[Sichuan Opera Audio] "Sichuan Opera's past and present life" Episode 18: Sichuan Opera Sound Lantern

"Sichuan Provincial Chronicle", today I want to share with you one of the five sounds of Sichuan opera.

The lamp is derived from the sound -luminous music of the "Lantern", which is born in Sichuan, and the music system. The Sichuan lantern scenes originated from the seedlings or altar dramas that originated in the countryside. Most of the repertoires are small comedies or small dramas with simple plot and humorous content. In the early days, most of the lanterns were mainly based on the self -entertainment of farmers, with simple folk styles and rich rustic atmosphere. Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, some lanterns and sound music have gradually been absorbed by the "big drama" opera class of the lead singer, Huqin, and played drama, and have become one of the five sound cavities of Sichuan opera.

So when did the source lamp show appear? We invited Mr. Du Jianhua, president of the Sichuan Opera theory Research Association in Sichuan Province to tell us. [Lights] The lamp play is very long in history. You ask our lighting artists, when do you say when this light show is, he usually tells you that there is a Tang Dynasty. ‘Where does the lamp come from? 'Because there are folk customs from the Tang Dynasty, after the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, the lamps must be seen during such a period. , People come out to perform. Generally speaking, the lantern drama and theater class is not like a professional drama class like Sichuan opera. His farmers come out to entertain and entertain themselves. People like it very much. "

Stills of Sichuan Opera Lantern Drama "County Lingzhi"

There are detailed records about the performance of the lamp play in the "Langzhong County Chronicle" in the Ming Dynasty. As Mr. Du said, the initial light drama has no fixed professional drama class. Red and white happy events, amateur lighting classes are freely combined and performed in squares or courses. During the performance, the center of the venue will be erected as a "fire tree silver flower" light rod with red lights hanging on it, known as "sky lamp"; "". Speaking of which, the reason why lamps are called lanterns is because the actors are performed under the light.

[Lantern and light show] "The lamp drama is different from our Sichuan opera in the form of performance. It is to be stubborn. There is a characteristic of lamp play. It is dancing. The actor is always jumping on the stage. Unlike the Sichuan opera, the actors can sometimes stand up and sing. The lights are not. He is always moving and in a dynamic state. In terms of drama, the Northern Lantern Opera is still the intangible cultural heritage of the country. "

Sichuan opera light drama "Tiger" stills

After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, while the Sichuan Lantern Opera continued to develop in the form of independent dramas, some of its repertoires and sound music were gradually absorbed by Sichuan opera, and eventually formed the lights we are now called. During the Xuan Tong years, the performance of the major drama in Chengdu has appeared in the performance of the drama. During the Republic of China, the exchanges between Sichuan opera artists and lantern artists were increasingly frequent; the number of lanterns performed by the Sichuan opera class also continued to increase, and it was loved by grassroots audiences. For example, Changle Ban's name is ugly Jiang Runtang, and he has successively inherited Yue Chun and utensils. In his hands -on show, there are light dramas "Tailor Stealing" and "Please Long Years". Luo Qingming, who was in the ugly corner of the science class of the southern Sichuan Chen, also reputable the southeast of Chichuan with the lamp drama "Rolling Lantern" and "Five Sons". During the Republic of China, some Sichuan opera classes also complied with the needs of the current situation. In the form of lamps, they edited "Smoke" and "Mistakes" and other fashion dramas that promoted the dangers of opium and "Daughter -in -law" and "Wangmei" reflecting the lives of citizens. "Life drama" came to Kuangzheng's disadvantages.

[Lights] "This kind of light is a small small tone one by one. Its general characteristics are that it performs small plays, there are not many big dramas, so this small tone enters Sichuan drama, which is called the lamp tone. . What about this light in Sichuan and its instrumental music, we call it a 'fat tube Huqin'. Its tube is particularly loud.

The "fat tube Huqin" said by Mr. Du is the main play instrument of the tone. Its body is slightly longer than Chuan Erhu, also known as "fat tube". The main curved "fat tube" is named because of this. The two songs of "Fat Tube" and "Wangshan Monkey" are very widely used in the lights. They talk about the huge space of improvisation for Sichuan opera actors. In addition, the small folk songs contained in the lights are also very rich. There are both the province's "car lights", "Lianxiao tune", and "bun tunes", "flower drum tune", "bull tune" and so on. Essence For example, in the Sichuan opera "Rolling Lantern", the "sounding ah rod, my hammer ..." singing accent sang during the "sacrifice of stick hammers" is the change of "Mother -in -law's Mother's Mother" when she borrowed "Master" crying to death. of.

Sichuan Opera Lantern "Shopping Mall" stills

In Sichuan opera, the lights can be played alone, or they can also be sung in high -cavity and Huqin.For example, "Please Long Years", "Tailor Stealing", "Face Tank" and other dramas are sang with lights alone.In the "Embroidery" in the high drama, "The Song of Huazi" is the tone of the high -rise drama.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the lighting of the lights in other sound cavity is more common in many innovative dramas.The music color of the lighting machine, the witty and humorous performance style, has a unique effect on portraying comedy characters and creating comedy scenes, and is loved by the majority of Sichuan opera enthusiasts."Sichuan Province, Sichuan Opera" shows you the charm of Sichuan opera.

This show was jointly produced by the Sichuan Provincial Local History Office and Chengdu Radio and Television Station.

Thank you "Du Jianhua Studio" Du Jianhua's special guidance!

Source: Sichuan Provincial Local House Work Office

Guidance: Du Jianhua

Produced: Wang Yi

Planning: Ling Fei

Writing: Yang Rui

Host: Kwai Aoi

Picture: Fang Zhi Sichuan

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