History and Culture of Qiyang County

Since ancient times, Qiyang has been the key place of Shun, Chu and Hunan cultures, the birthplace of WuXi culture and the source of Qiyang opera. Qiyang is a famous hometown of opera, the old "sing but Qiyang" said, which reflects the prosperity of the art of opera around Qiyang, the famous Peking Opera master Mr. Mei Lanfang once exclaimed: "Qiyang children all over the world". Qiyang originated in Qiyang opera, Qiyang ditty, Qiyang fishing drums, Qiyang flower drum lamps, Qiyang puppet theater, etc., of which Qiyang opera and Qiyang ditty are national intangible cultural heritage. Qiyang Opera

Qiyang Opera, than the history of Beijing Opera 400 years earlier than the local theater, formerly known as Qiyang Opera, Qiyang Banzi. Qi opera is one of the most popular and longest-established local operas in Hunan Province. In Hunan Province, among the eight ancient local opera genres, only Qi opera occupies the territory of Yongzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoyang, Huaihua, Loudi and other half of Hunan Province. Qi Opera has three kinds of voices: Gaoqiang, Kunqiang and Baoqiang, and in the course of its development, it has gradually formed the Yonghe and Baohe schools, whose stage languages are unified in the official Qiyang dialect. When singing, Yonghe School is helped by drummers, and Baohe School is helped by suona, with a high and exciting voice. Qiyang opera repertoire, rich in song, is the main play cavity of the multi-vocal Hunan opera species.

Qi opera's traditional repertoire and modern repertoire **** there are more than 1,000, of which the play cavity repertoire accounted for about 80% of the total repertoire. The main traditional repertoire includes: "The Legend of the Meilian", "The Legend of the Jingzhong", and "The Honeysuckle Flower".

Qiyang Xiaojiao

Qiyang Xiaojiao is popular in the area of Qiyang, Qidong, Zuling and Hengyang in Hunan. In 2010, Qiyang Xiaojiao of Qiyang County, Hunan Province, was selected as one of the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

Qiyang Puppet Theater

Puppet theater originated in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties. In the Qiyang area, puppet shows were already performed in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Qing Jiaqing, Daoguang years, Qiyang puppet theater has been very popular, spread in the civilization store and Panjiabu area. To the Xianfeng years, the famous puppet troupe first Qiyang civilization store Li Tao'er family's "Renhe class". Republic of China period, Qiyang has semi-professional, professional puppet theater 108, more than 500 artists. Famous artists include Liu Guangkui, Wang Liansheng, Tang Yao, Liu Yusheng and others.

Qiyang Fishing Drum

Republic of China, Qiyang Fishing Drum singing all over Qiyang, in the form of single fishing drum and group of fishing drum in the city and countryside, Qiyang Fishing Drum had been widely spread in Qiyang, Hengyang, Leiyang, Chenzhou area, but it has been close to decline.

The main style of singing of Qiyang Fishing Drums is: there is no book to follow, no song to follow, easy to understand, easy to stretch, and there are various singing methods such as duet singing, performance singing, fishing drum skit, and theater singing.

The representative repertoire of Qiyang Fishing Drums includes: "Payment for Tao Casting", "Qianlong's Journey to the South", "The Good Ugly Daughter-in-Law", and "Jade Bangle Grievance".

Fishing drum artist representative characters are: Liu Xingguo, Zou Huachun, Zou Huashan, Zou Kunshan and so on. Qiyang civilization rice flour

Civilization rice flour is the traditional flavor of Qiyang, because of its late Ming and early Qing dynasty started in the county civilization store town and named.

Oil tea

Oil tea, also known as tea seed tree, belongs to the Camellia sinensis genus of Camelliaceae, is one of China's unique species of woody oilseeds, oil extracted from the seeds of oil tea is known as tea oil, which is a high-quality woody edible oil.

Qiyang grass mat

Qiyang grass mat has a history of more than 2000 years, is one of Hunan's famous souvenir products. There are mainly sleeping mats, wall mats and other varieties. Grass mat is both bedding, but also as a decorative item.

Qiyang Pen Fish

Qiyang Pen Fish, produced in the Qiyang area of Hunan Province, WuXi area, shaped like a brush, "mat treasures," said. It is made by stir-frying the pen fish with chili peppers.

Qiyang Ume

Qiyang Ume, which has a history of four hundred years, is planted on the low hilly terrain in the townships of Muguantou, Yunpandian, Taibaishan, Chitang and other townships.