Ming opera style

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Yiyang tune

Applicant: Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province

Item No.: 149

Project No.: Ⅳ - 5

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Traditional Drama

Region: Jiangxi Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province

Protection unit: Yiyang cavity Art Protection Center

Introduction to Yiyang cavity:

Applicant: Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province

Yiyang tune is an ancient Chinese opera tune. In the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty, Nanxi, which originated in Zhejiang Province, was introduced to Jiangxi Province through Xinjiang. In Yiyang area, a new local tune Yiyang tune was bred in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, which was juxtaposed with Kunshan tune, Yuyao tune and Haiyan tune. Yiyang cavity, with Yiyang as the center, is mainly inherited and continued in Guixi, Wannian, Leping, Poyang, Fuliang, Shangrao and other areas in Jiangxi Province. It spread to Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou and Beijing in the early and middle Ming Dynasty.

Yiyang Opera repertoire is divided into liantai opera and legend. The former includes three kingdoms, outlaws of the marsh, Yuefei, Mulian, Fengshen, etc., while the latter includes Qingmei club, Gucheng club, Dingtian mountain, jindiao, Zhenzhu, Shuishui, etc. Since its birth, Yiyang tune has been widely spread among the people with its artistic characteristics of "making up all kinds of dramas" and "misusing local language". The roles of Yiyang tune are divided into Xiaosheng, Zhengsheng, Laosheng, Erhua, Sanhua, Xiaodan, Zhengdan, laodan, etc, It further enhances the dramatic and expressive force of tune music. In the process of wide spread, Yiyang tune produced a variety of variants, thus forming a high tune system, which had an important impact on more than 40 kinds of tune operas in the north and south, and promoted the development process of Chinese local folk opera.

Yiyang tune is a wonderful work of Chinese traditional culture, and its contribution to the development of Chinese opera, especially local opera, is irreplaceable. Yiyang tune has been lasting till now, showing a strong artistic vitality. In the past 20 years, due to various reasons, Yiyang opera has entered into a dilemma. The performing team is seriously aging, and the troupe is dying. Many excellent plays and singing tunes are on the verge of being lost. Even in its popular area, Yiyang opera has been unable to meet the audience for many years and has fallen into an embarrassing situation of being forgotten. This situation must arouse the attention of the relevant parties and take effective measures To change.