Guansuo Opera

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

Applicant: Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province

Project No.: 1113

Project No.: Ⅳ - 151

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: Traditional Drama

Region: Yunnan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province

Protection unit: Chengjiang Cultural Center

About Guansuo Opera:

Applicant: Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province

Guansuo opera, popular in Xiaotun village, Yangzong Town, Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, has a history of more than 300 years. It was an ancient Nuo ceremony for exorcising evils and pestilence, and then gradually developed into a Nuo opera for entertaining both gods and people.

The performance of Guansuo opera is characterized by no stage, no makeup, and no time and place restrictions. It usually wears masks and dances while singing, which is a legacy of entertaining gods. At the beginning of the performance, there will be a sacrifice, a pilgrimage to the Yuewang temple, and a special performance of the story of the Three Kingdoms. There are only three trades: Sheng, Dan and Jing, while there are only two Jingjiao (Bao Sanniang and Princess Baihua). They are men disguised as women. The actors don't need to wear rouge to draw face, they only wear masks. The tune of Guansuo opera is complex, which is composed of no string accompaniment and accompaniment. It is said that it originated from the high tune, but from the analysis of some tunes, it is mixed with the melody of local folk songs and chanting Buddhist scriptures, and the more obvious one is to absorb the tune of Yunnan opera. No fixed plate, singers are not limited by the rhythm of the range, even if the same tune, everyone sings different. There is no complicated instrumental accompaniment when singing Guansuo opera, just beating gongs and drums. There are white in singing and white in singing. Singing and white are in local dialect. Singing and melody mainly include long board, short board, message board, seven character board, Dadao tune, etc. The purpose of Guansuo opera is to perform the Shu opera in the story of the Three Kingdoms. The main line of Guansuo opera is to praise the merits of Liu, Guan, Zhang and other Shu characters, such as huaguansuo fighting mountains, Sanniang Princess fighting, Xiaolong fighting Huangzhong, etc.

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