The Difference between Shaanxi Opera and Shaanxi Opera —— Introduction of Shaanxi Opera

Hu Mei is one of the major operas in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and it is also one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Popular in Gansu, Shaanxi and Hubei. It removes the smoothness and has charming charm. Shaanxi Opera also originated in Guanzhong area, so what's the difference between Shaanxi Opera and Hu Mei? This issue of Shaanxi Opera takes you to know.

Introduction to Hu Mei's plays

Hu Mei is also called Mei 'e. Because of its dialect pronunciation, some people mistakenly think that it is also called "confused", or "Quzi Opera" and "Heizi Opera", which is one of the major Han operas in Shaanxi Province. Eyebrow households are popular in Guanzhong, but also in Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu and Ningxia.

origin

Hu Mei opera is famous for its euphemistic tunes and charming artistic charm. In the 1940s, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region was called "Hu Mei". Meixian County and Huxian County are located at the foot of Taibai Mountain in Qinling Mountains, and folk songs have prevailed since ancient times. Hu Meige originated from these Han folk songs and was called "Qingqu" in ancient times. Meihua Opera has gradually developed into Meihua Opera in Huayin and hua county.

Huayin and Huaxian belonged to the State of Zheng in the Zhou Dynasty, and the Mei people may have been influenced by the "Zheng Sheng". Therefore, the eyebrows in Guanzhong are divided into two ways: east and west. On the East Road, there is a saying that "the same state bangzi is connected with Yang (referring to puppet hanging) line, and the two eyebrow households are handed down from generation to generation".

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, with the development of opera art in places such as Shaanxi Opera, Hu Mei was gradually put on the stage, forming a certain number of plays. In the form of singing, Meihua still retains the form of singing in the street art. His plays are mostly broken books, such as Widow's Field Investigation, Gu Chenghui, Grandma Becoming a Monk, etc. , often sing to the end, rarely speak. There are large-scale dramas such as Anti-Datong, Foal of Fire, Zhang Lian Selling Cloth, Two in-laws Fighting and Du Shiniang. There are white singers and performances, and the choice of qupai is relatively free.

trait

The accompaniment instruments of plum blossom are mainly three strings, supplemented by Banhu Haidilao. Different from the high-spirited and uninhibited development of Qin Opera, Hu Mei's singing is euphemistic and delicate, beautiful and beautiful, full of deep, sadness and sadness. Chinese opera has simple costumes and heavy makeup. The performance is real and life-oriented. The overall style is more modern. Hu Mei's tunes are very rich, which is called "72 major and 36 minor".

In major, the main theme is to sing sad stories, such as "Old Dragon Crys for the Sea", "Resentment in Luojiang" and "Watching Old Five". Minor is mainly about singing happy stories, such as picking flowers, silver-red silk and string bells. Now Hu Mei's vocal music works have been refined to more than 50 kinds of tunes. There are 200 to 300 kinds of traditional dramas in Humei, not including different songs from all over the country. Zhang Lian Selling Cloth, Nun Fan Si, Peace of Sending Rice, Severe Persuasion and Du Shiniang are widely circulated.

Newly-edited plays include Brother and Sister Reclaiming Land, Everybody Loves, Twelve Sickles and so on. The drama "Liang Qiuyan" is one of the representative plays, which enjoys an excellent reputation, so much so that it is called "I saw Liang Qiuyan and didn't eat for three days".

Singing form

Hu Mei has two singing forms:

First, the folk art form of singing opera in the street stalls is still preserved. Most of his plays are book plays, such as Widow's Field Investigation, Gu Chenghui, Grandma Becoming a Monk, etc. This kind of program often sings to the end, and is rarely spoken in plain English.

One is the form of stage performance, and its plays include large-scale plays such as Anti-Datong, Huoju, and Zhang Lian Selling Cloth, Fighting between Two in-laws, Du Shiniang, etc., with white, singing and acting, and free choice of qupai.