Liuqin drama

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Liuqin Opera

Applicant: Linyi City, Shandong Province

Item No.: 207

Project No.: Ⅳ - 63

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Drama

Region: Shandong Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Linyi City, Shandong Province

Protection unit: Linyi Liuqin opera inheritance and Protection Center

Introduction to Liuqin Opera:

Applicant: Linyi City, Shandong Province

Liuqin opera is commonly known as "La soul tune", and also has the names of "La Hu tune" and "La Hou tune". It was officially named "Liuqin opera" in 1953. It was formed in the middle of Qing Dynasty, and mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui and Henan provinces. There are two sources of it: one is based on the folk ditty of Lunan and influenced by the local Liuzi opera; the other is spread from Haizhou, Jiangsu Province.

The singing music of Liuqin opera is mainly composed of zhengdiao and GongDiao. Zhengdiao is gentle and lingering, and GongDiao is bright and vigorous. Its tunes include "qiban", "Daoban", "laqiang", "sheqiang", "Yili Canghua", "Huilong tune", "siliu Changqiang", "men and women Lala tune", "dieduanqiao", "daiyapai" and "Qianjin miss jinhuayuan tune". The tunes of Banban can be roughly divided into adagio, erxingban, shuban, Jinban and wuzijinban. When singing, it is accompanied by Liuyeqin, dizi, chuiqin, erhu, Banhu, suona, Sheng, bangu, gongs and other musical instruments.

The performance of Liuqin opera is rough and simple, the rhythm is bright, the local flavor is strong, the actor's posture and footwork obviously have the characteristics of folk song and dance. The traditional repertoire of Liuqin opera is extremely rich. There are nearly 200 kinds of repertoire copied by the drama Research Office of Shandong Province. There are more than 300 kinds of repertoire of Liuqin opera in Jiangsu Province, most of which are adapted from folk stories and chapter novels. Sipingshan, Bapanshan, huahuaji, yulanji, duanshuangpin, xiaoaoshan, Yanmenguan, bailuoshan, hemianye and xiaoshufang are the representative plays.

In the long-term development process, Liuqin opera has absorbed the advantages of various sister arts, and has a close relationship with the life of the popular people. As a carrier of regional culture, it has high research value in drama, folklore and local culture.