Wu'an pingdiao Luozi

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Ping Tiao Luo Zi in Wu'an

Applicant: Wu'an city, Hebei Province

Project No.: 196

Project No.: Ⅳ - 52

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Traditional Drama

Region: Hebei Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Wu'an city, Hebei Province

Protection unit: Wu'an Cultural Center

Introduction to Ping Diao Luo Zi in Wu'an

Applicant: Wu'an city, Hebei Province

Wu'an pingdiao Luozi is the general name of Wu'an pingdiao and Wu'an Luozi. Wu'an pingdiao and Wu'an Luozi are two unique local operas in Wu'an city, Hebei Province. They often perform together, and are commonly known as Wu'an pingdiao Luozi. Wuan pingtiaozi is popular in Handan and Xingtai in the south of Hebei Province, Anyang and Xinxiang in the north of Henan Province and Changzhi in the southeast of Shanxi Province.

Wuan pingdiao, commonly known as Daxi, was born in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. It is the combination of Henan huaidiao and Wuan local folk music. It belongs to the Bangzi tune system, melodious tune, smooth melody, unique style, there are adagio, 28 board, scattered board, water board, planting board, etc. In the early stage, the Wenchang was mainly accompanied by Erxian, baqin, Banhu, etc., and then added erhu, Zhonghu, suona, dizi, etc.; in addition to ordinary percussion instruments, there were also big gongs, big cymbals, big cymbals, and war drums, which were called "four fans". Pingdiao has a wide range of roles, including Hongsheng, Xiaosheng, Laosheng, Peisheng, Qingyi, Xiaodan, Caidan, laodan, Dalian, Erlian, sanhualian, zahualian and so on. They are collectively known as "Si Liang Ba Zhu" or "Si Sheng, Si Dan, Si Hualian". Among them, Hongsheng, Xiaosheng, Dan and Dalian are the most popular. Pingdiao's martial arts has its own style, rough and unconstrained, with the spirit of fierce folk martial arts. The performance is based on Wu'an dialect, and some of them even use Wu'an dialect completely. The style is pure and simple, with a strong local flavor. There are more than 200 traditional plays in pingdiao, among which the most influential ones are "San Jin Zhang", "Yao Gang Zheng Nan", "Dong Jia Ling", "Tian He Pei", "San Shang Jiao", "Tao Hua an", "Zhu Yanrong Diao Xiao", "Ji Zhao Wang", "Sima Yi Guan Shan", "Jing De Bei Bian", "Sao Hong Zhou", "Qi Nan Zhuan", "Fan Ji Zhou", "Shen Ma Rong" and "visit Ji Chang".

Wu'an Luozi, formerly known as lianhualuo, was developed from the popular "Huachang" in the late Qing Dynasty. Its singing style includes adagio, Gaoqiang, Wazi, Beiqiang, Mizi, etc. In the early stage, only gongs and drums were accompanied, and cymbals, cymbals, dizi, Banhu, erhu and Sheng were added. Wu'an Luozi's melody is beautiful, broad and resonant, with strong local flavor. Its singing has the characteristics of oral speaking and singing, which is closely combined with the local dialect. Wu'an Luozi has a wide range of roles, mainly including Xiaodan, Qingyi, Xiaosheng, clown and Laosheng. However, the division of labor is not very strict, and some of them can be performed concurrently. His performance is not good at martial arts and opera formula, but combines folk dances such as Yangko and stilts with life movements. He sings and dances while singing. He expresses his feelings in narration, and is humorous and lively. There are more than 140 traditional operas in Luozi of Wu'an, and the representative operas are "borrow Flute", "Lv MENGZHENG rush to Zhai", "old and young change of wife", "Little Chinese New Year", "borrow Dang", "blue bridge meeting", "he Wenxiu", "Wang Xiao rush to foot", "make donkey", "kneel flower hall", "make study", "train son in machine room", "hang up", "ceiling lamp", "send rice in An'an", etc.

Wuan pingdiao Luozi has a far-reaching influence, which is related to Ninghai pingdiao, Tonghua Luozi, shangdangluozi and Neihuang Luozi. Its main musical instruments are Erxian and baqin, which are unique in China and have high research value.

Chinese PinYin : Wu An Ping Diao Luo Zi