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What are the characteristics of Shanxi’s Beilu Bangzi music?

Influenced by the spread of Pu Opera, Northern Shanxi gave birth to Beilu Bangzi, which has an exciting tone and bold style. Beilu Bangzi music is divided into three parts: singing tunes, tunes and gongs and drums.

The singing structure of Beilu Bangzi belongs to Banqiang, which can be divided into Adagio, Splint, Two-natured board, Duobanban, Flowing board, Three-natured board, Inverted board, Rolling white board, Intermediate board, Coloratura, etc. .

Traditional accompaniment instruments can be divided into Wencheng and Wuchang instruments. Wenchang instruments are composed of banghu, two-stringed strings, three-stringed strings, four-stringed instruments, sheng, flute, suona, etc., while Wuchang instruments are composed of bangu, horse gongs, and cymbals. It is composed of hand gongs, clappers, war drums, hall drums, bells, small sound gongs, etc.

The singing tune of Beilu Bangzi is deeply influenced by Puzhou Bangzi. It has the characteristics of high-pitched, exciting, hearty, steady and rough. At the same time, it is combined with local folk songs and minor tunes to form a self-contained system such as "Kake Tune". The singing style has distinctive local characteristics and fully reflects the simple, honest, generous and generous character of the local working people.

Beilu Bangzi has more than 200 traditional plays, mainly including "Nine Pieces of Clothes", "Yang Bajie's Spring Outing", "Wang Baochuan", "Golden Boughs", "Golden Water Bridge", "Crying Palace", "Beheading the Yellow Robe", "Blood Handprint", "The Beauty Case", "Counting Food", "Butterfly Cup", "Beheading the Ten Kings", "Visiting the White Robe", "Huilong Pavilion", etc.