Erjiaxian has a strong popular character and a profound mass foundation. It profoundly reflects the customs and customs of Anhui, Shandong and Henan and is deeply loved by the people. The masses once used such words to praise the beauty of his singing: "It is better to hum with two strings than to tear a silk silk or to make a tea cup." , It’s not the New Year, but you still have to listen to Erjiaxian”... In 1958, the Erjiaxian Theater Troupe was officially established in Bo County (today’s Bozhou), with teachers such as Ma Lu, Wang Yunmou, Gao Gaoxian, Wang Yuqin, and Wu Zhixiu as the main actors. The main repertoire performed includes: "Big Iron Mountain", "Golden Dragon Cup", "Three Jinshi", "Kowtow: Two and Three Halls", "Borrowing the Pawn", "Wang Lin Divorced His Wife", "Embroidered Shoes", "Sujiatan" ", "Lanqiao", "Standing on the Flower Wall", "Selling Treasure Boys", "Sanlafang", "Poor Persuasion" and more than 70 others.

Features

Erjiaxian drama is very unique. The theater troupe is a family-style "children" troupe. The artists sympathize with each other in adversity and hardship, and cooperate very well. Artists are often multi-talented, actors can play roles in several professions, and accompanists can wear multiple hats. Although the industry has developed to "six doors and twelve lines", the main ones are Xiaosheng and Xiaodan's plays, and there are also many red-faced plays. There are not many major clown plays, and there are not many tricks. Most of them are red-faced and sing. The repertoire mostly shows the love between men and women and promotes ethics and morals. Most of the plays have rural themes and have a strong local flavor. Erjiaxian singing style was developed on the basis of "Spinning Minor". Its tune is a fusion of Yellow River boat songs, fishermen's chants along the Bohai Sea, drumming chants and folk songs. In the process of development, it also absorbed the musical nutrition of Han folk songs, dances and operas such as Huagu, Bangzi, Qinshu, etc., and gradually formed its own singing style through the artistic creation of the past generations, which not only contains rich historical culture, but also has a strong flavor of the times and distinctive local characteristics. feature. In terms of singing technique, he uses a big voice to pronounce words (singing lyrics) and a falsetto drawl. That is, the organic combination of nasal and chest sounds is used at the end of the sentence to imitate the special effect of the timbre of a hand-made spinning wheel, forming the characteristic of the two-stringed tone with frequent alternation of true and false sounds. After the liberation, Bozhou Erjiaxian not only absorbed the fresh and soft melody of Shandong's "Erjiaxian" while studying abroad, but also adopted the high-pitched and lively rhythm of Henan's "Erjiaxian", gradually forming its own characteristics of combining hardness and softness.