Brief introduction of Huangmei tea-picking drama

The main tunes of Huangmei Tea-picking Opera come from Tongcheng Song in Anhui, Qingyang Opera in Anhui, Hua Gutiao in Fengyang, Anhui and Lantern Festival in Jiangxi. It combined with the original singing of Dabie Mountain to form today's Huangmei tea-picking drama. Its aria has seven boards, two lines, fire attack, high cavity, coloratura, resurrection cavity, etc., as well as rich minor tunes. Traditional dramas such as Love Story, Storytelling and Telling Buddy reflect the struggle life of local people. After liberation, the play was Crossing the Boundary Ridge. After liberation, because Huangmei Opera in Anqing, Anhui Province was popular all over the country, people in Huangmei County, Hubei Province gradually gave up tea-picking opera and turned to Huangmei Opera in Anhui Province, but Huangmei Opera was still well protected and passed down in Dabie Mountain area.

The mountainous areas of Huangmei County, such as Ziyun, Long Ping and Cloudy, were rich in tea as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties. Every spring when picking tea, tea farmers are used to singing folk songs while picking tea. Huangmei tea-picking drama is maturing in this endless singing.

Huangmei Tea-picking Opera actively expanded to other places in the process of its continuous development. During the reign of Qing Kang Gan, Huangmei Tea-picking Opera spread to Anhui with a large number of fleeing villagers and storytellers in Huangmei County, forming a mature Huangmei Opera.