Snipe and clam quarreling (lyrics from a classic piece of traditional Chinese folk art Taiping)

Lyrics:

It is cloudy in the first month and the Weishui River is cold

The river mussels came out of the water and basked on the beach

The osprey fell from the air

The eagle skewered the clam meat with its wings closed and its feathers drawn down

The pain is unbearable

The clam holds the eagle's beak and the wings are fanned

A fisherman came from the south

A fisherman came to the shore

He actually said that he was happy and happy

Caught clams and drank wine with snipe in exchange for money

A snipe and eagle shed such sad tears

I call a river clam to make you listen

I knew I had fallen into the hands of fishermen

It would be better for you to return to the sea and me to the mountains

You return to the sea and drink the water from the sky I go to the high mountains and feel safe

This is like a snipe and a clam fighting for the fisherman's profit

It's easier for you to stick your head out but harder for you to turn back

The lyrics of Taiping are a kind of The folk art form of cross talk was formed around the early Qing Dynasty. It evolved from folk ditties in Beijing and was widely spread in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

In the 1920s, there were artists singing in the open air (in the open). It became more popular in the 1930s, but was gradually buried. It has always been regarded as one of the four basic skills of cross talk and one of the main means for cross talk artists to attract audiences.

As an important component of "singing" in the four crosstalk subjects of "speaking, learning, teasing, and singing", Taiping lyrics are different from the opening ditty often used as a "head start" and can be integrated into crosstalk jokes. You can also perform independently.

According to legend, the Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty often summoned folk artists to sing in the palace. Once the Lotus Falling artist Zhao Xingyuan (stage name Zhao Ji Zhao) came to the palace to perform Lotus Falling. When Cixi heard the Empress Dowager's praise, she said: "He sang It is about civil and military loyalty, filial piety and virtue, and it praises the peace of the country and the people." So it was named "Taiping Lyrics". He also summoned Cheng Xi, Lai Xi and others to the palace as full-time teachers to teach the eunuchs how to sing. After it spread outside the officialdom, artists also adopted this name.