Inheritance and Protection of Zuo Quan Opera

In the late Qing Dynasty, Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera absorbed a lot of folk tunes and added simple story lines. The characters have also developed from the initial third person to the first person form of different occupations such as life, Dan and Chou, and gradually developed into a local opera singing and dancing. The performances include selling flat food, flying kites, watching lights, shoveling vegetables and hitting cherries.

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Zuoquan County was a base area behind enemy lines. The anti-Japanese revolutionary government used this literary form to publicize the masses and organize them to resist Japan. It used, reformed and perfected Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera, and named this fixed form of literary activity "Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera", which really began to become a relatively complete form of stage opera. He created and performed small plays reflecting the life of struggle at that time, such as sending my brother to join the army, defending the Yellow Smoke Cave, herding cattle, going to winter school, going back to my parents' home, and producing in the four seasons, which became a powerful weapon to educate the people, boost morale and attack the enemy.

1954, the traditional flower play "Selling Flat Food" performed by floral artists Zi and Wang Lianzi participated in the first national folk art performance, which was well received.

1June, 958, Zuoquan County established the "Zuoquan County Red Flag Song and Dance Troupe" and staged many colorful plays.

1996, Zuoquan county established the Xiaohua Opera Art Troupe.

In 2006, Zuoquan County successively established Zuo Quan Folk Song Xiaohua Opera Research Association and Zuo Quan Folk Song Xiaohua Opera Protection Center; Organize the inheritors to rearrange excellent traditional small flower plays such as autumn fiber beating, transplanting, flying kites, picking pepper and making military shoes through "passing, helping and taking"; Inherited and innovatively held "Cultural Activities Month", "Shehuo Festival", Zuo Quan folk songs singing, urban and rural literary and artistic performances, "Huopan" folk activities and other cultural activities with wide participation of the masses. The triennial Zuo Quan Folk Song Xiaohua Opera Grand Prix has been held for three consecutive times; Published and distributed the Poems of Peach Blossom, Red Apricot and White, Shi Zhanming Album, Ji Aifang Album and other CDs.

In June 2006, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Culture announced that Huaqiang 1 1 was listed as the top music category in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list.

In 2008, the county fully implemented Zuo Quan folk songs and small flower plays into the classroom project. Over the past seven years, more than 63,000 local textbooks of Zuo Quan folk songs and Xiaohua Opera have been printed and distributed free of charge to primary and secondary schools in the county, benefiting more than 60,000 primary and secondary school students.

In 2008, Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera was included in the provincial intangible cultural heritage list.

On October 20 14, 165438+ 10, Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera was selected into the national intangible cultural heritage protection list.