Huadeng Opera (Sinan Huadeng Opera)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Huadeng Opera (Sinan Huadeng Opera)

Applicant: Sinan County, Guizhou Province

Item No.: 222

Project No.: Ⅳ - 78

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Traditional Drama

Region:

Type: new item

Applicant: Sinan County, Guizhou Province

Protection unit: Sinan Cultural Center

Brief introduction of Huadeng Opera (Sinan Huadeng Opera)

Applicant: Sinan County, Guizhou Province

Huadeng opera is a kind of opera art form widely popular in Han nationality. Its outstanding feature is that the hand does not leave the fan, the handkerchief, sings and dances, sings and does the close union. Huadeng opera, originated from folk song and dance, is a form of local opera formed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In the process of popularity, due to the influence of local dialect, folk songs and customs, different singing and performance styles were formed.

Huadeng opera is one of the main local operas in Guizhou and Yunnan. Due to the difference of regional culture, it has different styles and characteristics.

Guizhou Huadeng opera was developed on the basis of local folk songs and dances in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. At first, the lantern was called Caihua lantern. It was only used for singing and dancing. Later, it added small plays to the singing and dancing. Later, influenced by foreign operas, it developed into a local opera. Guizhou Huadeng opera is mainly popular in Dushan, Zunyi, Bijie, Anshun, Tongren and other places. Northern and Western Guizhou is called "dengjiaxi", Dushan is called "taideng", Sinan and Yinjiang are called "Gaotai opera" or "Huadeng opera". At first, the performance form of Huadeng opera was simple. It mainly performed small folk operas. The themes were mostly rural life and folk stories, including "New Year's greetings", "sisters watching flowers", "three visits to relatives", "Liu Sanmei carrying water", "herding cattle to stop his wife" and so on. Its performance is characterized by "twist", and actors often use folding fans and handkerchiefs as props to express their emotions. Dance steps include two and a half steps, four square steps, fast and slow three steps, pheasant step, shuttle step, broken rice step, short pile step, Futian step, fast step, etc.; fan playing methods include small flower fan, big flower fan, cross fan, cover fan, difference fan, flutter Butterfly fan, etc.; body parts include rhinoceros looking at the moon, planting flowers on knees, yellow dragon winding waist, fishing for the moon from the bottom of the sea, snow covering the top, rock eagle spreading wings, etc. Some of the tunes of Guizhou Huadeng opera are dramatic, while others are derived from lyrical folk songs, among which "embroidering purse" is the most famous. In the process of its popularity, Guizhou Huadeng opera has gradually broken the song and dance formula of "lantern, fan and handkerchief", and its role is no longer limited to "two small" and "three small", but divided into Jing, Mo, laodan and Caidan. On the basis of the original tunes, the tunes of Qiyue's tunes also expanded and changed, and gradually formed their own "banqiang" and "Qupai". The commonly used tunes are "Introduction tune", "itinerary tune", "road tune", "counting board", "scolding board", "crying board", "one character tune", "chumamen", "Yin Erhuang", "shanpo sheep", "Aizi" and "Siping tune". Commonly used tunes include four sceneries, four seasons Acacia, moon tune, song Fu tune, skillful dressing, white peony, Bigu tune, song Cha tune, flower watching tune and snow floating tune. When depicting characters in the performance of the plot, the integrated use of banqiang and melody forms the string lamp tune system, table lamp tune system and Gong and drum tune system, which makes the music more expressive. Sinan Tujia Huadeng opera integrates some elements of the national Nuo opera and hand waving dance, forming its own characteristics. Its graceful singing, strong local flavor and unique national style compatible with the lantern opera reflect the humanistic style of the Wujiang River Basin.

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