Huayin Laoqiang is a family drama of the Zhang family in Quandian Village, huayin city, which is set in huayin city, Shaanxi Province in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties (only the family name is passed on, but not outsiders). Its voice is straightforward, sonorous, majestic and heroic, and it is very willing to pursue freedom and improvisation. It sounds related to Xi Dahan's generosity in singing "Going to Dajiangdong", which is also called "the earliest rock" on the loess plateau. Huayin Laoqiang is one of the oldest operas in China, which has a history of more than 2,000 years since the Western Han Dynasty. Because of its special artistic aesthetic value and historical value, it shines alone in a garden of exotic flowers and herbs. In June 2006, Huayin Laoqiang was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council.
The origin of Huayin old tune
The old name comes from two sources. First, compared with other popular local operas, it is earlier, especially the music is simple and solemn, solemn and vigorous, rough and unrestrained, which is an ancient legacy, so it is called the old tune; Second, because it evolved from the rap of Laohekou in Hubei Province to Huayin, the first word of Laohekou was called Laoqiang.
Classification of Huayin old tune
Huayin old tune can be divided into two categories: Agong tune and chord tune.
Gong Qiang is also known as Qiang Qin North Road. Because of the artistic characteristics of singing, it is also called restraining palace cavity. Popular in Liquan, Fuping, Xingping, Xianyang, Jingyang, Sanyuan, Ganxian, Gaoling, Yaoxian, Tongchuan and Lintong. Grandpa's opera was originally performed in the form of shadow play, and 1960 was put on the big stage. Great reforms have been made in conventional opera, performance, music accompaniment and stage art, but the original artistic characteristics have been maintained. It is characterized by elegance and smoothness, steel and strength, lingering and passion, drawling with "swallowing" sound and falsetto singing. A Gong Qiang's character is full of life, danger, purity and ugliness; The performance basically followed the Shaanxi opera program and adopted some unique performances of shadow play, which was unique and unique. At the same time, there are martial arts stunts such as city collapse, sword drawing and kicking.
String board cavity is mainly popular in Xianyang, Ganxian, Lixian, Liquan, Xingping, Baoji, Fengxiang and other places in Shaanxi and the eastern part of Gansu. It is said that it was circulated among the people in the 18th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 183 1). The vocals are Adagio, Tight Board, Curling Board, Irritating Board, Skimming Board and Erliu Board. There are more than 500 scripts, of which 350 have been sorted out, and there are more martial arts dramas than literary dramas. As a form of shadow play, the stringed board cavity is performed by a few fine bands, and the form is monotonous. Singing is generally a repetition of two sentences, and "Er Ban" and "Tight Ban" are more like rap "Plate Shell". After the same board "Bantou" and "Square Board", Nagato Du is a variation of the same theme, and Xiaomendu in the sentence is basically a repeated change and extension of the melody of blowing cavity.
The rise of Huayin old tune