According to relevant data, the origin of lotus pendant art was popular in Song and Yuan Dynasties. Scene 23 of "Falling Lotus in Shaoxing" written by Yu Daopo in the Buddhist classic "Legend of Continuing Lights" contains: "One day I heard beggars sing lotus music and said,' Why did you get the cave garden because of Liu Yizhi's faith? "I suddenly realized." It can be seen that it was originally sung by beggars. The legend of Shaoxing Lotus began in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. From time to time, an artist named Zhang came to Shaoxing to sing in the "Xiasanfu" (now Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou) and settled in Shaoxing. He has received Shen Afa from Shangyu Songxia and Tang Tang from Shaoxing as disciples. The lyrics at that time were fabricated, with no fixed content and no fixed tone.
In the early years of the Republic of China, influenced by the intonation of Yue Opera, Tang began to create a set of basic vocals by adopting the intonation method. Its performance form has also changed from singing along the street to performing on stage. Later, a paragraph with a story was gradually formed, which was called "Festival Poetry". According to legend, there are only 18 half stanzas, and the first stanza uses one rhyme each, and * * * has 18 half rhyme. Festival poems, such as mother's day poems, old women's day poems, farewell poems, hoop festival poems, etc. Most of the stories are based on folk life, and the protagonists of the stories are mostly farmers, women and craftsmen. A poem tells a story with a simple plot, which is funny, exaggerated, ironic and humorous, and has a strong flavor of life and local flavor. Then he began to rap long stories, still taking folk anecdotes and legends as the theme, such as Naojishan, Majia robbery, Tiansongzi and so on. Later, he borrowed and absorbed literary books such as drama, how to preach Wen Xiu, Baihuatai, Gu, Youlong, Dragon Lantern and Shaoxing Lotus Show II.
In recent years, Shaoxing Lotus has made great progress in performance, singing and music. Pipa, dulcimer, erhu, flute and other musical instruments are sometimes added to the accompaniment. According to the needs of the plot, Shao Opera, Yue Opera and some folk songs are interspersed, and men's double-file performances are tried. In addition to the original rap features, performances were also added. Its bibliography is increasingly rich, and the recording of Blood and Tears adapted from Shao's drama has been reserved for Zhejiang People's Broadcasting Station. Back to Mother's Home, adapted from Poems on Mother's Day, was performed by Hu Zhaohai in the National Quyi (Southern Film) Exhibition on 1982, and won three first prizes for creation, music and performance. After that, he was selected into the national excellent repertoire, participated in the performance group organized by the Ministry of Culture, and toured in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other 12 provinces, cities and autonomous regions. Since 1985, Shaoxing has held three consecutive performances of Shaoxing Lotus Fall, with more than 30 professional actors and more than 50 amateur actors in the city.
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Artistic feature
Shaoxing Lotus Waterfall usually performs in groups of three. The pre-singing tone is a metric ruler, and the post-singing tone is a basic tone. The Mile Ruler consists of a singer and two singers, one of whom sings with a beat and a drum, both of which are chorus without strings. According to the type of plate, it is divided into flat plate and eyeless walking plate.
In the mid-1920s, Shaoxing Lotus Fall began to be accompanied by Hu Si, which changed the original forms of cantata and accompaniment, and gradually formed the basic tunes that have been handed down to this day. Its singing form is that the singer holds three clappers and a paper fan in his hand, and there is a wake-up log on the table. Accompanied by a person who knocks on the board, a person who plays the four Hu, or a person who plays the pipa, the pipa will accompany the singing of the flat voice. At present, the singing style of Shaoxing Lotus Fall has been greatly developed. In addition to singing the basic tune, Yue Opera, Yue Opera and folk songs are sometimes interspersed, and both men and women have tried to perform. In addition to rap, I also joined the performance.