Local operas in my hometown

My hometown is also famous in China, which is the birthplace of Sichuan cuisine. This Sichuan has not only delicious Sichuan cuisine, beautiful scenery, but also our unique Sichuan opera.

Sichuan Opera has a long history. According to records, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, due to the immigrants from all over the country and the establishment of local guilds, a variety of North and South operas were also spread all over Sichuan, and in the long-term development and evolution, Sichuan dialect, folk customs, folk music, dance, rap and folk songs were integrated, gradually forming a vocal art with Sichuan characteristics, thus promoting the development of local operas in Sichuan.

There are many kinds of Sichuan operas. There are five tunes in Sichuan Opera: Kunqu Opera, Gaoqiang Opera, Huqin Opera, Tanxi Opera and Dengdiao, as well as music forms such as gongs, drums, suona, piano score and flute. Sichuan opera music is eclectic. It absorbed the nutrition of the big cavity system of Chinese opera, merged with Sichuan local language, phonology and music, and evolved into local opera music with diverse forms, rich tunes, rigorous structure and different styles.

Besides, Kunqu Opera was written by many scholars. The words are white and elegant, and the rules are strict. When singing, pay special attention to clear pronunciation and mellow voice, plus the twists and turns of qupai, the rhythm is slow; Gao Qiang is the most important vocal cavity in Sichuan Opera, which combines Sichuan dialect, folk songs, labor songs, hair rap and other forms. After several processing and refining, vocal music with local characteristics has gradually formed; Huqin tune in Sichuan Opera is a combination of Xipi and Huanger tune. Because its main accompaniment instrument is "Little Huqin", it is collectively called Huqin. Huang Er should express deep, serious, euphemistic and light emotions in the positive tone, while Huang Er should express desolation, bitterness and indignation in the negative tone. The old tune is mostly used for high-pitched and passionate emotions. Contrary to Huang Er's drama, Xipi Opera in Sichuan Opera is bright, unique, intense, concise and fluent. ...

There are too many kinds of Sichuan operas to introduce. You may not know much about these things, but there is one thing you must have seen, and that is the face-changing of our Sichuan Opera. That dazzling face, that speed, that magic, people can remember at a glance. There are three ways to change the face shape, namely "wiping face", "blowing face" and "pulling face".

Wipe the face, that is, the actor applies makeup paint to a specific part of the face in advance, and then touches it with his hands to make the face turn into another color;

Face-blowing means that an actor puts powdered cosmetics (gold powder, pink powder and silver powder) in a container at a specific position on the stage or in a wine glass and other utensils used by characters, then closes his eyes, breathes and blows with his mouth to make his face discolored;

Face-pulling means that an actor covers his face with several faces painted on silk, and each face has a specific silk thread and is fixed in a specific position. With the needs of the performance, under the cover of the performance, it was quickly dismantled one by one. This method is ingenious and neat;

Luck changes face, that is, the actor uses qigong to change the face of the characters in the play; Face changing of masks means that actors draw different faces, that is, face shells, on different materials, such as wood, paper, cloth, silk and rubber, according to actual needs.

In addition, there are many unique skills in our Sichuan Opera, such as spitting fire, hiding knives and lighting oil lamps ... There are many famous plays in our Sichuan Opera, such as Wusanhuna, Sanniang Jiaozi and Legend of the White Snake ... I like Sichuan Opera because of its interesting Sichuan dialect, which makes people never tire of listening to it.

Well, now you know something about Sichuan opera. Opera is a characteristic of our country. We can learn a lot from it. I hope students can listen to more operas and learn more about them.