Singing is an extension of speaking, just like people in reality: calm and extremely angry; When you are happy and sad, the tone of your voice and the weight of your voice are different. When you are angry, you speak quickly and loudly. However, when you are sad, it is very heavy and intermittent-the fast, slow, slow, urgent and evasive singing in Beijing opera is to express the feelings of the characters in the play.

Nian: refers to the speech of Beijing opera, which is called Nian Bai in Beijing opera terminology.

There are three kinds of singing styles in Beijing Opera: Jing Bai, Yun Bai and Dialect Bai. The characters who use Bai Jing are generally Hua Dan and ugly; Bai Yun is mainly used by old students, primary school students, Laodan, Tsing Yi and Hualian. Some characters in Beijing Opera use dialect white to highlight their individual characteristics or emphasize their local color. Dialect Bai is a dialect with strong local characteristics. Dialect Bai is rarely used in Beijing Opera, but only plays an embellishment role in individual characters.

Doing: refers to the performance of Beijing opera, which can be summarized as hand, eye, body, method and step.

The purpose of "doing" in Beijing Opera is to express the characters' personalities and portray the characters in the play, such as Li Kui jy, Song Jiang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. These characters are very different in personality, which should be fully demonstrated by "doing" (of course, by "singing and reading").

Fighting: refers to fighting and war scenes in Beijing opera.

In addition to technical factors, the "fighting" in Beijing opera mainly shows the mental outlook and specific temperament of the characters. Before some generals in Beijing opera come to power, there is often a stable boy who makes a small turn in a row, and then the general comes to power; For another example, generals often punch and kick soldiers who come to report for duty, all to show the mighty momentum of generals and the different personalities of ordinary people.

Extended data

On the stage, actors can't mold their roles without a series of performance means, which are usually summarized into four aspects: singing, reading, doing and acting, which are customarily called "four merits".

An actor plays a role, and these four aspects must be organically combined and indispensable. Different plays, different businesses, singing, reading, doing and playing have their own emphasis. For example, "Lulin Club" is impressed by singing, and "Noisy Wood" is convincing by doing; Xiao Sheng, Sang Dan in the boudoir, ugly robes, ugly shoes, Wu Sheng, Wu Dan, Jason Wu, Hua Dan, Xiangshan, etc.

The audience can appreciate the different feelings brought by the "four great merits" from the specific plays and roles.

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Baidu encyclopedia-singing and playing