How much do you know about the "living fossil" ancient paintings and operas of Huxiang culture?

Ancient painting opera is a local opera in China, which usually refers to Hunan ancient painting opera. Hunan ancient painting opera is a small variety of traditional folk singing, which has a great influence on Hunan local operas. It is closely related to traditional Chinese opera and folk songs, and it is a part of China local opera art. However, with the continuous development of social economy and the enrichment of various entertainment activities, the actor team of xiang opera ancient paintings is also shrinking, and the audience group is decreasing. In this case, it is of great significance to discuss and analyze the artistic value of xiang opera's ancient paintings.

Xiang opera is the intangible cultural heritage of China.

Intangible cultural heritage refers to people-oriented living cultural heritage. Compared with material cultural heritage, it emphasizes people-centered skills, experience and spirit. Intangible cultural heritage mainly comes from people's long-term production and life practice, which is closely related to the production and life of the masses. In June 2008, Hunan ancient paintings and operas were recognized as national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture. China's intangible cultural heritage law was also implemented on June 20 1 year 1 day. Its promulgation and implementation has filled the gap that China only has the law on the protection of cultural relics. Cultural protection law? This blank makes the protection of intangible cultural heritage in China have laws to follow.

As a historical and cultural form, Huxiang culture has distinct characteristics, is relatively stable, and has a certain inheritance relationship. It is a regional culture and a culture with a long history. Hunan ancient painting opera is a folk opera art form with distinctive regional characteristics, and Huxiang regional culture has a great influence on it. In economy, politics, folklore and aesthetic consciousness, folklore is a system with more lasting historical continuity, which is related to? People? More closely connected. Hunan ancient painting opera is a kind of local opera gradually developed and perfected in the production and life practice of the broad masses of people in Huxiang land. Can be called the crystallization of Huxiang customs culture, but also Huxiang culture? Living fossil? .

The reference of folk songs singing to the embellishment of ancient paintings and operas

The reason why Hunan ancient painting opera can be used for reference by our national vocal music is mainly because of its three characteristics: (1) The most important difference between ancient painting opera and many operas is that men and women are co-educated, which lays a technical foundation for ancient painting opera actors to sing modern folk songs; (2) The range of ancient paintings is high, especially the range of female roles; (3) There are obvious differences between male singing and female singing in ancient paintings and operas.

There is a certain correlation between ancient painting opera and modern national vocal music. The first thing that reminds us of this connection is that the melody of ancient painting opera has been absorbed into the creation of many folk songs. The ancient painting opera officially became an opera with a short history of more than 200 years, but many of its melodies have been absorbed by modern composers. For example, Li Jinguang, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, drew lessons from ancient painting and drama in his "picking betel nuts".

The Inheritance and Development of Music Singing in Hunan Ancient Paintings and Dramas

The artistic genre and music of Changsha ancient painting plays are unique among the operas in the province. As early as the early 1950s, many emerging literary groups, literary cadres and old artists created a large number of new scripts, new music and new vocals to match the political activities of the Party at that time. Over the past 40 years, they have created and adapted many plays, and created new music and new vocals for these plays, which have received good results. It not only maintains the characteristics of ancient paintings and operas, but also greatly reforms and develops the music of ancient paintings and operas, making Hunan ancient paintings and operas have made new progress and development.