Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Tibetan Opera (Batang Tibetan Opera)
Applicant: Batang County, Sichuan Province
Project No.: 224
Project No.: Ⅳ - 80
Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)
Category: Traditional Drama
Region: Sichuan Province
Type: Extension Project
Applicant: Batang County, Sichuan Province
Protection unit: Batang County Cultural Center
Introduction to Tibetan Opera (Batang Tibetan Opera)
Applicant: Batang County, Sichuan Province
Batang Tibetan Opera is a school of Kangba Tibetan opera with a history of more than 300 years. Kangba Tibetan opera, known as "jianggaran" in Tibetan language, is one of the four major schools of Tibetan opera. It was formed in the 10th year of Shunzhi (1653) of Qing Dynasty, and then developed in Batang, forming a unique performance style of Tibetan opera.
The performance of Batang Tibetan opera can be divided into stage performance and Bazi performance, and Bazi performance is the main one. When performing, there are simple make-up, usually wearing masks, especially focusing on depicting the evil images in myths and legends. The audience can distinguish the beauty, ugliness, good and evil of the characters in the play through different colors of make-up, different masks and performance actions. In addition to the front stage actors, the back stage actors can also help with the performance, usually accompanied by drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments. Some plays are accompanied by trombone, suona, flute, huqin and so on.
The performance of Batang Tibetan Opera is generally divided into four parts. The first part is the prologue "Zhaxi xiewa", which is mainly to congratulate the festival; the second part is the opening ceremony "enba", which is mainly to introduce the actors and preview the repertoire; the third part is the formal performance content "Xiong", which is performed separately according to the plot. A repertoire is performed for two days in length and two or three hours in short The fourth part is the closing ceremony of "zhaxijiao". All the actors receive donations from the audience during the singing and dancing, and express their gratitude to the audience and wish them a good harvest in the coming year.
Batang Tibetan opera has a rich repertoire, mainly including zhaxixiewa, Princess Wencheng, zhimeigengdeng, langshawenbu, Langsha girl, king of Chengyun, autumn harvest season, zhuowassam, Prince Lausanne, dunyuedengzhu, etc.
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