During the development of Kunshan dialect, who made important reforms in its singing?

During the development of Kunshan dialect, Wei Liangfu made an important reform in its singing. During the reign of Jiajing and Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty, Wei Liangfu and others who lived in Taicang reformed Kunshan dialect, giving full play to its own characteristics of "flowing far away" and "listening to people's words most", making it a new voice of "changing its voice like silk" (Notes on Meihua Caotang by Zhang Dafu in the Qing Dynasty). At that time, it was called "Kunqu Opera", also called "Shuimo Tune" and "Cold Dishes Tune".

Wei Liangfu was an outstanding opera musician, innovator and the originator of Kunqu Opera during Jiajing period. He has made outstanding contributions to the artistic development of Kunshan Opera, and has been honored as the "ancestor of Kunqu Opera" by later generations, and also known as the "sage of Quyi" in the field of Quyi. He is the author of Qulv (named "An Introduction to Nanci"), which is an important work to study the aria of Kunqu Opera and the school of Nanbei Qu.

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Kunshan Opera is a form of China traditional opera music, which belongs to one of the four major operas in Southern Opera. However, Haiyan Opera in Zhejiang, Yiyang Opera in Yu Yaoqiang and Yiyang Opera in Jiangxi have declined and disappeared. Only Kunshan dialect has been circulated for 600 years.

Kunshan dialect originated from Kunshan area and has its social life foundation and historical and economic factors. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, various kabuki arts have prevailed in Kunshan. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Gong Zhong Wu Zhuan said: "Twenty miles west of Kunshan County, there is a village named Chuodun, so it has been passed down from generation to generation; This yellow tomb, so far the villagers are very funny and ironic. "

Song Lizong's Chronicle of Yufeng recorded that the villagers presented gifts to the gods with "Yue Ji", and their talents were outstanding. The development of commercial economy in Kunshan in Yuan Dynasty was also the main reason for the formation of Kunshan cavity. At that time, Liuhekou in Kunshan (where Loujiang flows into the Yangtze River) was the shipping center of international trade, and there was a shipping warehouse called "Six-country Wharf". Inspired by overseas trade, Liuhe Town has become a "big southeast port".

In the early Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the Western Seas, all for the purpose of sailing. This led to the convenience of industrial and commercial exchanges in Kunshan, and Kunshan dialect became popular in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

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