Baoding, formerly known as Shanggu, Baozhou, Boot City and Fu Bao, is located in the middle of Hebei Province, at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain. It is one of the central cities of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and is known as "three customs in the north, nine provinces in the south, an important capital and a beautiful place in the south". Today, Baoding's name means "defending the metropolis and stabilizing the world", and Baoding has always been "the capital of both capital and capital".
In Qing Dynasty, Baoding was the capital of Zhili province and the residence of Zhili governor. During the nearly 300 years from 1669 to 1968, Baoding has long been the political, economic, cultural and military center of Hebei and the regional political center of China. After the founding of New China, Baoding was also the twice provincial capital of Hebei Province.
Baoding is also the legendary hometown of Emperor Yao, with a history of more than 3,000 years. Baoding has many cultural relics and historic sites.
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Baoding's history and culture
Dialect slang
Baoding dialect is a local dialect in Baoding, belonging to Tang Bao dialect of Jilu Mandarin in Sino-Tibetan language family. It has four tones, without entering tone, and it is partial (many of them are not connected with the previous words, but become wer independently), without sharp tone group, and the tone is lower than that of Mandarin, with at least two tones (words read once in Mandarin and once or three times in Baoding dialect).
Folk literature and art
Baoding old tune
The old tune, also known as the old tune Bangzi and the old tune, was changed from the "Hexi tune" in the Yuan Dynasty. Baoding old tune is one of the ancient local operas in Hebei province, and it is also a unique local opera in Baoding. The early old tune was based on life and purity, and life and purity sang the same old tune, so it was called old tune. It was named Laodiao Bangzi because it is different from Hebei Bangzi, that is, Laodiao opera.
Zhuozhou shadow play Zhuozhou shadow play
Zhuozhou Shadow Play is a "shadow play" that spreads in Zhuozhou and Dingxing, Bao Bei. The accompaniment instruments used in the performance include Jinghu, Erhu, Hu Si, dulcimer and Xiao Sanxian. , followed by accompaniment music and going through the door.
There are also cymbals and cymbals in Wu Le. The music structure belongs to the combination of banqiang and Qupai. The main banqiang include headboard, Erban, Qiang Qin, Duo, rejuvenation tune and sad tune, and Qupai has "three to seven" and so on. Merchants are divided into health, Dan, Jie and Ugliness, and each merchant has its own unique singing method.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Baoding (prefecture-level city in Hebei Province)