The Artistic Development of Yuanan Flower Drum Opera

As a kind of Han Chinese folk art, the traditional Yuanan Flower Drum Opera is often performed by three characters, namely, a boy, a girl and a clown, so it is also known as the "Three Little Operas". According to the Qing Dynasty Yu Zhi's "get a record" records, the Daoguang, flower-drum opera in the south of the vast countryside has been very popular, each with a different name, there are "Wu commonly known as beach spring, Chu in the name of the play, Ningbo, the name of the string of guest class, Jiangxi, the name of the three-legged class." Chu Hubei also, the end of the Qing dynasty flower drums are very popular in the countryside, and is a small "pair of theater" (small, small Dan or small, clown). Far-an flower drums are mostly two small three small plays, and most of the life of small plays, singing all the rural family affairs. Among them, love between men and women and love between children account for a large part of the so-called "flower drums open the gong, either Yu Laoshi, or Zhang Dehe". The traditional repertoire of Yuanan Flower Drums is excavated from the hands of old artists***104. Among these repertoires, the one with the largest number of roles is "Rouge", **** eight. Followed by "Playing Gold and Silver - Shop Meeting" **** six people. One one-act play, "Sifan", and the rest are mostly pairs and three small plays.