trace the history (of)
According to historical records, Bayin spread in the Buyi inhabited areas of Xingyi, Anlong, Ceheng and Wangmo in Guizhou as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties. Playing and singing in the Qing Dynasty was one of Bayin's businesses, and all kinds of operas, such as life, poetry, purity and appreciation of ugliness, were sung without makeup ... (According to Notes on the Qing Dynasty). At this point, octave has developed into a folk art singing method. According to relevant data, Buyi Ba Yin was once popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In Buyi villages in Panjiang Valley, there are generally Bayintang, a music workshop, which teaches Buyi Bayintang skills, and there are more than 300 Bayintang teams who have performed Bayintang for a long time. After the founding of New China, Xingyi Buyi Bayin Team has been invited to perform at home and abroad for many times, and it is known as the wonderful work of Panjiang, the living fossil of sound, and the artistic pearl along Nanpanjiang.
Development history
In the heyday of the development of octave singing, another new literary form quietly emerged. This is Buyi Opera. Buyi Opera originated in the early Qing Dynasty, but there are different opinions about when it was formed. First, according to the genealogy of the old dramatist, it is probably during the Qianlong period. First, according to the Records of Xingyi County, in the early years of Guangxu (1875), Wang Shoushan, a clansman of Xingyi, proposed that for the first time, many people made special costumes and went on stage to please the old dam.
At this point, Buyi Opera really completed her development, not only with tunes, voices, performances and costumes, but also became one of the operas. Buyi Opera is developed on the basis of octave singing (see China Opera Music Integration Guizhou Buyi Opera Music Volume). From the performance point of view, Buyi Opera has actions, makeup and special costumes, which are exactly what octave singers don't have. From this perspective, performance is the main difference between the two. This has also achieved two different forms of culture and art.
From pure instrumental music to performing singing, to octave singing, to Buyi opera, the unique scene of four musical forms has been formed. Moreover, these four forms of music have not been exhausted by the tide of history, but at present they exist at the same time, forming four musicians under one roof, which is extremely valuable. This provides a living specimen for studying the evolution and development of folk literature and art.