Laiwu Bangzi

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Laiwu Bangzi

Applicant: Laiwu City, Shandong Province

Project No.: 720

Project No.: Ⅳ - 119

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Drama

Region: Shandong Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Laiwu City, Shandong Province

Protected by: Jinan Laiwu Bangzi art inheritance and Protection Center (Laiwu Bangzi Troupe)

Introduction to Laiwu Bangzi

Applicant: Laiwu City, Shandong Province

Laiwu Bangzi is an ancient local opera in Shandong Province. It originated in Taiyi mountain area and is popular in central and eastern Shandong. It has a history of more than 200 years. At the end of Qianlong period, Anhui Hui Opera Troupe Lao Yangchun went northward along the way of Hui troupe to Beijing and settled down in Xia Zhang, Tai'an. Hui opera flowed into Shandong and gradually integrated with Bangzi Opera (local Bangzi) which had already spread to the southwest of Shandong. Under the influence of local dialect and other factors, it gradually developed and evolved into Laiwu Bangzi.

The singing music of Laiwu Bangzi belongs to banqiang style, which can be divided into four types: Adagio, liushuiban, Bangzi opera and Sanban. In addition, there are more than 100 Qupai with rich content. Laiwu Bangzi is rich in repertoire resources, with 479 kinds of repertoire. Before the founding of new China, there were 323 kinds of traditional operas, including 173 kinds of Bangzi operas, and more than 100 kinds of operas, such as laoxipi, laoerhuang, laopihuang, Luantan, Pizi, Luoluo, Kunqu Opera, tanhuang and Xiaodiao. After the founding of new China, 54 kinds of traditional plays were adapted and transplanted, and 102 kinds of modern plays were created and transplanted.