There are many types of operas in China, and many regions have their own representative operas. The representative opera in China is Peking Opera. The representative opera of Anhui is Hui opera. Why can Hui opera become the representative? What characteristics does it have? Let’s learn about this opera collection together!
Hui opera is an important local opera of the Han nationality, mainly popular in ancient Huizhou prefectures (Shexian, Yixian, Xiuning, Wuyuan, Jixi, Qimen) and Anqing City. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Luantan tune was introduced to the Anhui area, and combined with local tunes and folk music, piaozi was formed in Shipai, Songyang, Tongcheng and other places in Anqing Prefecture. During the Qianlong period, the plectrum and the blowing tune, which were born out of Siping tune, gradually merged to form Erhuang tune.
Erhuang tune and Hubei Xipi formed a leather reed ensemble, laying the foundation for Hui opera. Hui opera was named after liberation. The meaning of Hui Opera is not the same as Hui Opera. Its tunes include Qingyang Tune, Hui Opera, Hui Kun and Coloratura Minors, with Hui Opera and Qingyang Tune being the main ones. Hui Opera is one of the four outstanding opera types in Anhui, along with Huangmei Opera, Lu Opera and Sizhou Opera.
The music singing of Hui Opera can be divided into Hui Kun, blowing tune, plectrum, Erhuang, Xipi, coloratura minor and so on. Huikun performs mainly martial arts, using mostly suona and gongs and drums, which are grand and powerful; the blowing style has both Qupai style and Banqiu style, with flute and small suona as the main instruments; the plectrum is played with jujube clappers, and suona, flute, Huihu accompaniment.
Erhuang uses Huihu as the main instrument, and has board styles such as guide board, original board, Huilong, and flowing water; Xipi has Wenwu guide board, loose board, rocking board, Erliu and other board styles, also using Huihu It is the main instrument; the coloratura minors are mostly folk songs with a rich flavor of life. The roles of Hui opera include Mo, Sheng, Xiaosheng, Wai, Dan, Tie, Jing, Chou, etc. The performances are lively, heroic and rough, and they are especially good at martial arts, such as turning over the stage, jumping through hoops, jumping with fire, flying crosses, etc. Stunts such as rolling lights and changing faces.
Anhui opera is good at being eclectic in the performing arts and drawing on the strengths of various styles. It has a large performance capacity and rich expressive power. It can express various complex characters' emotions with a variety of voices and create stage characters with a variety of performance skills. It has a wide range of performance themes, including dramas with historical themes such as "Eight Formations", "Seven Armies Flooded", "Dragon and Tiger Fight", "Seven Captures of Meng Huo"; it can also perform such as "Kickball", "Seven Meng Huo" Little dramas about life such as "Light Making" and "Scolding the Chicken". The performance scenes may be euphemistic and delicate, such as the birthday dramas "Giving Swords", "Broken Bridge" and "Drunk".
Or popular dramas, such as the martial arts drama "Fire Flag", "Eight Wax Temple", "Heroes", etc. Its performance forms are also flexible and diverse, and can be divided or combined, large or small, and can be performed in either single-fold opera or continuous stage opera. Due to the wide range of performance themes and the involvement of many types of characters, Hui opera has a complete system of character trades, known as "Ten major roles, hundreds of roles". Many scenes in the plays such as "The Golden Knife" and "Iron Cage Mountain" , "Jiangzhou", etc., all have performances with ten lines and multiple groups of "stalls" fighting.
Hui Opera has a history of more than 300 years and has played an important role in the development history of Chinese opera. It not only gave birth to Peking Opera, but also dozens of local operas in northern and southern China are inseparable from it. blood relationship. At the same time, Hui Opera is also an important part of Huizhou culture. It reflects many characteristics of Huizhou culture and even Chinese traditional culture in an intuitive way, and is worthy of in-depth study.
However, Huizhou opera is currently facing the danger of "cutting off the species". The actors are aging, there are few people to inherit it, funds are tight, and there are fewer and fewer practitioners. Now we must step up efforts to protect old artists and carry out the promotion of Huizhou opera. Rescue, excavation and organization work, otherwise good opportunities will be missed and huge regrets will be caused.