What are the artistic features of Gannan tea-picking opera and its traditional plays?

Gannan tea-picking opera is one of the traditional operas originated in Gannan, Jiangxi. It was formed on the basis of local folk lanterns and tea-picking songs and dances, and its emergence and spread have a long history. It is also called "triangle class" because there are usually only two talents and one ugly, or students' performances, Dan and Ugly. Blending with local dialects and tunes, five schools of eastern Jiangxi, western Jiangxi, southern Jiangxi, northern Jiangxi and central Jiangxi were formed, each with a different local accent. The overall characteristics of Jiangxi tea-picking drama are: cheerful performance, humor, singing and dancing, strong comedy, strong local flavor, and popular among the masses.

The stage language of Gannan tea-picking drama is the local Hakka dialect. It sings and dances, with a relaxed and lively atmosphere and humorous language. It combines local folk oral literature, folk songs and dances and lanterns, and has a strong flavor of life. Its musical aria belongs to Qupai style, with tea cavity and lamp cavity as the main features, and road cavity and miscellaneous tune as well, commonly known as "three cavities and one tune". Accompaniment are all folk musical instruments, mainly hook pipe (erhu), suona, gong, drum, cymbal, flute and so on. There are "three musts and three musts" in Gannan tea-picking drama. The three wonders are: the traditional tea-picking drama shows all the love and labor that the lower-class working people dream of, and there is no court dance and talented person and beautiful woman dance, which is surprising; A large number of performers imitate animal movements and are named after animal movements, which is the second wonder; Song and dance dramas go hand in hand, so that some people think that it is a local song and dance drama, and it is a three-stop. The three musts are: small step, single sleeve and fan flower.