[Sichuan Opera Audio] "Sichuan Opera's past and present life" Episode 24: Sichuan Opera Performance Old Vulgar (Part 1)

"Sichuan Provincial Chronicle", I will share some old customs of Sichuan opera today.

In the old days, the performance customs of the Sichuan opera class were related to the religious beliefs and folklore of Sichuan. Anyone who encounters the birth of religious gods, local brothers and gangs often raise funds to invite drama classes to perform the gods. The scale of these performances is different, and the performances of the performance are mostly related to the gods and Buddhas. During the performance, good men believed in worship, stalls gathered, and very lively. In addition, when the old folk activities such as the birth of birthday, marriage and funeral, the completion of Huaju, the new house, the promotion of the job, the opening of the position, the opening of the business, the prayer of the rain, and the celebration of the harvest of the harvest must also be on the temple platform, the park garden, the garden, the garden, The museum or the market performed Sichuan opera, looking for relatives, friends and neighbors, or praying for the protection of the gods. At that time, the common performances include temple fairs, guild dramas, wishing dramas, congratulatory dramas, moving eyes and turning the east windows, and so on. In today's program, we also specially invited Du Jianhua, president of the Sichuan Opera theory Research Association of Sichuan Province to talk to us about the old customs of Sichuan opera performances.

(Interview with Teacher Du) The Sichuan opera performance temple fair, it is a custom. For a long time, Sichuan folks have such customs. Because in the old days, there were many temple fairs in Sichuan, and there were temple fairs every month, so a performance custom of temple fair show was formed. You can talk about Guanyin. At that time, there were many Guanyin Temple. The drama is sang in the theater. Generally, the "Burning White Bear Temple" is sang. For example, this God of Wealth, they will sing "God of Wealth" to interpret such a story of the God of Wealth Zhao Gongming. The temple fair is called sacrifice gods. In fact, it is also entertaining. The people "borrowed the birth of God to enjoy the joy", and the vendors made a profit based on the temple fair. At that time, the Niangniang Temple Fair of Chengdu, the Chenghuang Temple Fair of Ziyang, the Wangye Temple Fair, the Moonlight Club of the Jindang, etc., some of the larger temple fairs often became the stage for various dramas and famous roles. For example, the most famous one is the Chengyang Temple Fair of Ziyang. The Ziyang City God Temple Fair generally talks about it for up to a month or two. At this time, it forms a trend of snoring. It will be invited to this city god temple fair. Then, the names of various theater classes are gathered. In this case, a drama class is formed. The audience likes it very much. A big event in the local area.

Ziyang City God Temple, now constructs the People's Hospital of Nan Road City, according to the 2006 information and history data of Ziyang (picture source: Ziyang Jiuquhe Portal)

After talking about the temple fair, let's talk about "guild drama".

(Interview with Teacher Du) The guild show is not the same as the temple fair. The guild is equivalent to the concept of our industry association today, which is a joint organization of an industry. If you talk about the past water transportation, it is very developed. One is the shipping, so they believe in a "Zhenjiang Lord". In the water transport in various places, they sacrifice to sacrifice the prince Zhenjiang. This sailing must be safe. With this God of Wealth, this is a situation. For example, the slaughter industry is respecting Zhang Fei, Hou Hou, and also called Zhang Ye. Then when they perform in their meeting, it will perform such dramas related to Zhang Fei. During the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, there were many peer guilds under the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce. All guilds have organized guild organizations, and each guild is held once a year, which is called the meeting period. For example, Mr. Du just mentioned the God of Wealth, its meeting period is March 15th each year; the meeting period of Zhang Ye will be on August 23 each year. During the meeting, you should have dinner, and you must also ask the Sichuan opera class to sing and celebrate. A drama is divided into four in the morning, noon, pads, and nights. The rewards are generally ranging from 30 to 50. If the team is large and famous, it is not uncommon to sing a play to 100 oceans. Some guilds have fewer people, and they can't afford the play class. They also ask the puppet class and the lantern class to sing a few plays; sometimes several walks meet with the Sichuan opera class. The situation of the first and second play, so the play class will take half a month.

Finally, let's talk to you again. During the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, wealthy people were married and funeral, birthday, and ding. They generally invited the Sichuan opera class to come to home to sing and celebrate. The performance location performed in the living room, ancestral hall or simply performed. The drama of the performance depends on "Hongxi" and "Bai Xi". Teacher Du interview 3: Then all such dramas have a fixed drama. For example, when he gave him a life for his mother, he performed this "Mother -in -law Tattoo". The person who is dead is "playing friends". Now the custom of playing friends, the custom of fire, is still held now. If the old father died, he would sing this "North Sea". If it was a brother, he sang "Crying Taoyuan". Isn't Taoyuan the three brothers of the three knots, it has formed such folk customs. It is closely related. This kind of birthday drama or congratulatory drama is such a situation.

In addition to the "temple fair drama", "guild drama" and "congratulatory drama" just introduced, the old Sichuan opera performances also include "wishing", "stepping on the platform", "moving the eyes", "turning the east window" and so on. In the next program, we will continue to share with you.

"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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