The singing form of campus theater fans is Peking Opera.
Peking Opera has a set of standardized artistic expressions in various aspects such as literature, performance, music, and stage art. The singing style of Peking Opera is a variation of the Ban style, with Erhuang and Xipi as the main voices. The accompaniment of Peking Opera is divided into two categories: Wenchang and Wuchang. The Huqin is the main instrument in the Wenchang and the drumboard is the main instrument in the Wuchang.
The roles of Peking Opera are divided into roles such as Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou, Za, Wu, and Liu. The latter three roles are no longer exclusive. Each profession has its own set of performance routines, and each has its own unique skills in singing, chanting, and beating. Peking Opera takes historical stories as its main performance content. It has more than 1,300 traditional repertoires, and more than 300 to 400 are frequently performed.
Historical development:
With the development of social economy and the rise of the Kunshan dialect of opera, literati and wealthy businessmen in the south and north of the Yangtze River have established family theater troupes. Huizhou businessmen who have already made a mark in the business community in other places have also followed suit. The opera troupe, which was maintained by a certain Huizhou businessman for a long time, was called "Hui Troupe" by outsiders. Hui merchants Guangzhu Jiaban, and local operas along the Anhui River, including ancient Huizhou, also began to flourish.
They sang Kun Opera, but due to the difference in language, they did not "harmonize the Wu accent", and they inadvertently sang a little bit. Especially Shipai Diao, which was born in Huaining County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, is the most famous.
Huizhou artists went to Yangzhou with their local accents and received loving patronage and heavy financial support from Huizhou merchants. They either hang out in the dock streets or are accommodated by wealthy Hui merchants. Skills were developed and local accents gradually gained the upper hand.