Local Opera Styles Circulating in the Shandong Peninsula Region

Liuqiang is a traditional Chinese opera in Jimo City, Shandong Province, and is a national intangible cultural heritage.

Liuqiang is a national intangible cultural heritage of Jimo City, Shandong Province. In the Qianlong period, the elbow drum was introduced to Jimo, and it was fused with the local folk tunes and rice-planting songs to form the Liuqiang, which was mainly circulated in the area of Jimo, and then became popular in the Jiaodong area and spread to Qingdao city.

Liuqiang uses the dialect of Jimo area, which belongs to the Jiao Liao official language of the northern Chinese dialect, and is easy to understand, simple and friendly, rich in exaggeration, full of life, and has a strong local flavor. At the same time, it is good at using picaresque and hyperbole to enhance its infectious power.

Music

Liuqiang is accompanied by folk music, and is divided into Wenchang and Wuchang. The music is composed of strings and winds, and the main instruments of strings are sihu, erhu, zhonghu, pipa, yueqin, sanxian, yangqin, etc. The winds are composed of sheng, suona, oboe, and so on. The wind music includes sheng, suona, flute and so on. The wind music is mainly used to play over the door, the song, play excessive and create an atmosphere.

The main musical instruments in the martial arts field are the drums, gongs, gongs, cymbals, cymbals, cymbals, mute cymbals, clanging bells, large and small drums, etc., which are used for percussion accompaniment. The musical scores and drum beats are mostly borrowed from Liuzi and Peking Opera sets.

The tunes of Liuqiang include singing tunes, string accompaniment tunes and blowing tunes, most of which are developed from local folk songs and ditties, while some are transplanted from other types of dramas.