The lyrics "bringing up Song Laosan and his wife selling cigarettes" come from the Beijing ditty "Exploring Qingshui River".

"Exploring the Qingshui River" Singer: Guo Degang

Music type: Beijing ditty

Source: "Beiping Folk Songs"

Lyrics :

The peach leaves are pointed and pointed

The willow leaves cover the sky

The Ming Lord in his place

Listen carefully to what I have to say

This matter happened at the Jingxi Indigo Factory

There was a Song Laosan in the Firearms Camp of the Indigo Factory

Mentioned I married Song Laosan

The couple sold cigarettes

I have no children in my life

I gave birth to a daughter, Chanjuana

The little girl is old She is fifteen years old

The nickname she gave her was Dalian

The girl’s name was Dalian

Handsome and good-looking

No one picks these flowers

The pipa has broken strings and no one plays it

A slave is like Diao Chan missing Lu Bu

It is also like Yan Poxi sitting on the floor thinking about Zhang San

The sun has set

The autumn insects are noisy

The sixth brother who thinks about it day and night

came to my door

We made an appointment to meet at midnight tonight

Da Lian, I bowed my head shyly and was speechless

It was so bright at midnight

Girl, I am in tears

The most deplorable thing is that my second father and mother love to smoke opium

It has delayed my marriage, little slave

What if youth is over? Looking for the boy everywhere

At the second watch, there was a drumbeat

Xiao Liuer climbed up the wall

It alarmed the obsessed daughter Jiaowa who went to the house

hurriedly opened the door with both doors

held my beloved friend by the hand

the drum was noisy at midnight

the moon was shining in the sky

What a pair of passionate people sitting and chatting together

Mandarin ducks playing in the water while I talk about what’s on my mind

Hold the infatuated person hand in hand and keep talking. Tears abound

The fifth watch of the day is bright

My father and mother know the details

This shameless girl has ruined my family. Na

I must beat you today

A leather whip dipped in cold water will definitely beat you without mercy

Da Lian has nothing to say

Being I jumped into the river

Alarmed my sixth brother

Come and explore the Qingshui River

My dear, you died for me

Sister Dalian, walk slowly and wait for Brother Six

The autumn rain falls continuously

Frost falls on the Qingshui River

What a pair of infatuated people

Both jumped down the river

The infatuated woman’s passionate love

Written into a ditty to explore the Qingshui River

Written into a ditty Children come to explore the Qingshui River

Reference materials:

Beijing Xiaoqu is an ancient Han folk art. From some popular arias in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as from relevant information such as "Beijing Folk Songs", we can see that the popular ditties in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties had many names and different colors, and they spread to all levels of society. . Some Kunqu and Luantan performers from Jinjing are good at Northern and Southern operas, and some also work in small operas part-time.

From some popular arias in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as from relevant materials such as "Beijing Folk Songs", we can see that there were many popular ditties in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties with various names and colors. And it spreads deep into all levels of society. Some Kunqu and Luantan performers from Jinjing are good at Northern and Southern operas, and some also work in small operas part-time. Such a wide variety of seasonal ditties are circulated in Beijing. Judging from the distribution divisions and the comparison before and after, they can be roughly divided into the following situations: As folk songs that have been circulated among the general public, such as: "Jasmine", "Embroidered Purse", "Four Seasons of Love", "Twenty-Four Confusions", etc. are still circulated among the people in the form of folk songs.

Of course, some folk art artists also absorb these folk songs into their own repertoire, and the music is still sung according to the tunes of the folk songs or with slight changes.

Artists who perform with seasonal ditties as their repertoire, or people who are engaged in other businesses and sing ditties, are divided into several situations in society:

Playing and singing ditties in brothels Those who invite guests and reward them belong to brothel singers. The young singers raised by wealthy businessmen dressed up as women in the capital and entertained guests with singing and dancing. They were called Mingtong or "Xianggu". Mingtong and Xianggu were banned one after another in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, brothels and brothels were closed down and brothels were banned.

As folk art artists who perform ditties, those who walk around the streets and sing by themselves are mostly blind artists or little girls who sell songs (called Lu Qi people in history). Beijing's blind artists such as Jiang Lantian and Liu Xinchen have many repertoires, such as "Happy Return", "Prostitute's Complaint", "Facing the Flower", "Opposing the Flower", etc., as well as the Ma Tou tune "White Ape Steals the Peach". Very popular with citizens, especially women, they are often invited to perform in the courtyard.

Those who perform independent artistic performances with seasonal ditties in tea gardens, on stages, and at temple fairs are professional ditty singers. Among the famous singers in Beijing at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the actresses included Guo Xiaoxia, Song Dahong, etc., and the actors included Xiao Yuqing, Yin Fulai, Zhao Junliang, etc. For example, Yin Fulai's singing of "Big Five Watches", "Little Five Watches", and "Exploring Qingshui River", Zhao Junliang's "Twelve Layers of Towers", "Embroidered Unicorn", etc. were all very popular.

Although the seasonal ditties are a type of music, it is a huge project to sort out the circulation and continuation of various ditties. Because there are so many new ditties in the past dynasties, the names of the tunes and the titles of the arias change frequently. Searching from the titles of various arias and opera collections, we found that the most popular and longest-lasting contemporary ditty in Beijing during the Ming and Qing dynasties is: "Western" "Qu", "Cha Qu", "Sheep on the Hillside", "Flying in the Clouds", "Playing with Children", "Silver Knots", "Parasitic Grass", "Playing Jujube Sticks", etc. Some of these ditties are still circulating, some have had their names changed, some have disappeared from the stage, and some have become an integral part of certain opera music.