Huangmei Opera is the main local opera in Anhui Province. Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Taiwan Province and Hongkong all have professional or amateur Huangmei Opera performance groups, which are widely welcomed. Huangmei Opera, formerly known as Huangmeidiao, is a folk opera that was formed in the neighboring areas of Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces in the late18th century. One of them gradually moved eastward to Anqing, Anhui Province, and combined with local folk art, sang and spoke in the local language, forming its own characteristics, known as "Huaiqiang" or "Huangmei Tune". This is the predecessor of Huangmei Opera today. The name "Huangmei Opera" was officially put forward for the first time in Susong County Annals (192 1) published in 0/0. In terms of repertoire, Huangmei Opera is known as "36 major dramas and 72% small dramas". The play mainly shows the people's dissatisfaction with class oppression, the disparity between the rich and the poor and their yearning for a free and beautiful life. For example, The Story of Buckwheat, Guan, Tian Xianpei, etc. Traditional Chinese operas mostly show the life segments of rural laborers, such as ordering barley, spinning cotton yarn and selling buckets. After liberation, a number of traditional plays such as Fairy Descent, Ma Xu, Luo Afraid, Zhao, Mother's Tears, Three Searches for the State House have been adapted successively, and a number of dramas such as Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Historical Drama, Modern Drama and Spring Blossom have been created. Among them, Fairy Descent, Female Xu and Cowherd and Weaver Girl have been put on the screen one after another, which has had great influence at home and abroad. Yan Fengying, Wang Shaofang, Wu Qiong and Malan are famous actors in Huangmei Opera. Huangmei Opera has become a famous drama deeply loved by the national audience. Huangmei Opera has a history of more than 200 years. In the early days, it was called Huangmei tune, which was a kind of folk art of "singing and enjoying oneself". The original drama of editing this paragraph should be seen from the language and tone cavity. The most important factor to distinguish the characteristics of traditional Chinese opera is language and music (vocal cavity). Anqing dialect is the support of Huangmei Opera, and even Hubei Huangmei Opera Troupe, including Huangmei County, speaks Anqing dialect when performing. Thus, Anqing dialect is the soul and charm of Huangmei Opera. Huangmei opera music (vocal cavity) can be divided into "Pingci" and "Huaqiang". There are many operas in coloratura, which are called "one drama and one tune". These tunes are all from Anqing's folk songs, and Pingci is obviously born out of Qingyang tune and Huizhou tune, which seems to have little connection with Huangmei County, Hubei Province. The so-called "one side of the soil and water to support one side" can also be said to be "one side of the soil and water to support one side of the drama." Why there are so many local literature and art in China is because traffic information was underdeveloped in the past. Anqing, Anhui Province and Huangmei County, Hubei Province are hundreds of miles apart, and their languages are fundamentally different. If it's Huangmei Opera in Hubei, how can it be sung and spoken in authentic Anqing dialect? Perhaps because of the word "Huangmei" in the title of the play, it is widely circulated that Huangmei Opera originated in Huangmei County, Hubei Province. In fact, "Huangmei" in Huangmei Opera is closely related to Huangmei Mountain in Huaining County. Huangmeishan is located in Shijing Township, Huaining County. There were Huangmei Temple and Kannonji in Ming and Qing Dynasties. These two temples are full of incense. Because of the Xianfeng War, it was destroyed by the Taiping Army. Later, Huangshan Mountain was gradually ignored. After liberation, even many people in this town didn't know about Huangmeishan. However, Zhang Ting, the former director of the Cultural Bureau of Huaining County, clearly marked "Huangshan Mountain" on the maps of county and township records, which confirmed that there was indeed Huangshan Mountain in history. According to textual research, there were many literati in Huangmeishan in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. They made some folk songs into minor tunes, sang in harmony with each other, and gradually spread them to Shipai, Gaohe, Yueshan, Zong Pu and other places. Because the minor came from Huangmei Mountain, it was later called "Huangmei tune". Huangmeishan area has always been rich in traditional Chinese opera nutrition. First of all, there are a large number of outstanding figures in history around Huangmei Mountain, such as Yang Rugu, an imperial envoy from the official to Zuodu in Qing Dynasty, Chen Shirong, a scholar in Daoguang period, Yang Fengxiang, an actor in Huangmei Opera and a revolutionary martyr. Secondly, there are many legends circulating in the Huangmeishan area, among which the legend of "Yong Dong meets an immortal" was born here and developed into a nationally famous "immortal couple". Third, in Hongzhen, south of Huangmei Mountain, there are ancient master operas, cow lantern operas and tea picking tunes. At the same time, the people in the villages around Huangmeishan staged Huangmei Opera, and some famous classes and actors emerged, such as the Huangmei Opera Class organized by Tian De 'an, Ding Yongquan and local Cao in the early years, and the Hengtang Opera Troupe organized by Mr. Wu Shaosong, a private school after liberation. A large number of data show that since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Huangmeishan area has the custom of singing "agricultural songs and operas" every autumn, and later absorbed Buddhism and became a "music and Buddha tune". On the birthday of Emperor Qianlong, four Hui classes went to Beijing and stayed in the so-called Hui class in Huaining. After several generations' efforts, the "Music and Buddha Tune" was cultivated and processed into today's Huangmei Opera, which originated in Huangmei Mountain, so it was called "Huangmei Tune". Today, people only know "Huangmei Opera", not "Huangmei Mountain". They mistakenly believe that Huangmei Opera originated in Huangmei County, Hubei Province, and the misinformation of more than half a century should be over here! Edit this development 1. History of Huangmei Opera in Anqing Huangmei Opera is the main local opera in Anhui Province. Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Taiwan Province and Hongkong all have professional or amateur Huangmei Opera performance groups, which are widely welcomed. Huangmei Opera, formerly known as Huangmeidiao, is a folk opera that was formed in the neighboring areas of Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces in the late18th century. One of them gradually moved eastward to Anqing, Anhui Province, and combined with local folk art, sang and spoke in the local language, forming its own characteristics, known as "Huaiqiang" or "Huangmei Tune". This is the predecessor of Huangmei Opera today. The name "Huangmei Opera" was officially put forward for the first time in Susong County Annals (192 1) published in 0/0. The development history of Huangmei Opera can be roughly divided into three stages: the first stage, from Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty to around the Revolution of 1911. Tea-picking tunes, Jiangxi tunes, Tongcheng tunes and Fengyang tunes, which originated and spread to Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi, were influenced by local operas (Qingyang tunes and Huizhou tunes) and combined with folk arts such as Lianxiang, stilts and dry boats, and gradually formed some small operas. Further development, it absorbed the performance content and forms of folk art form "Luohanzhuang" and Qingyang tune and Huizhou tune, thus producing a complete story. There is also a transitional form from small play to this kind of play, which is called "string play" by old artists. The so-called "string play" is a group of small plays that are both independent and interrelated, some of which are "strung" by things and some are "strung" by people. The story of "cross-dressing" is richer than that of a small play, and the characters appear in it have also broken through three small areas: Clown, Xiao Dan and Xiao Sheng. Some old roles need to be played by Zheng Dan, Lao Sheng and Lao Ugly. This created conditions for the production of this play. The second stage is from the Revolution of 1911 to 1949. At this stage, Huangmei Opera gradually moved towards professionalism, and stepped onto the urban stage from the rural grass-roots team. After Huangmei Opera entered Anqing, it was combined with Beijing Opera, and was influenced by Yue Opera, Yang Opera, Huai Opera and Pingju Opera from the north in Shanghai. Great changes have taken place in both content and form. A number of new plays have been arranged and transplanted, including the series Wen, Hong Bi Yuan, Gorgeous Garden and The Tale of Bees. In music, the traditional singing method has been reformed, which reduces the empty talk in the old cavity, makes it bright and smooth, and makes the audience easy to understand the singing content. Cancel the help and try to accompany Hu Qin. In terms of performance, it absorbed and integrated the procedural movements of Peking Opera and other brother operas, enriching the means of expression. Others, such as clothing, make-up, stage setting, etc., have also developed compared with rural areas. The third stage is 1949. From 65438 to 0952, Huangmei Opera artists performed plays such as "Beating Pig Grass" and "Blue Bridge Club" in Shanghai. For decades, a large number of actors have been trained. Besides Yan Fengying, Wang Shaofang and other artists of the older generation have made outstanding achievements in the singing art of Huangmei Opera, Ma Lan, Han Zaifen and other young and middle-aged actors have also shown their heroic roles on stage, screen and TV screen, attracting the audience's attention. Yan Fengying and Wang Shaohang co-starred in "A Match Made in Heaven", which was made into a movie twice and caused a sensation at home and abroad. In terms of repertoire, the artistic features of Anqing Huangmei Opera are known as "36 big plays and 72% discount on small plays". The play mainly shows the people's dissatisfaction with class oppression, the disparity between the rich and the poor and their yearning for a free and beautiful life. For example, The Story of Buckwheat, Guan, Tian Xianpei, etc. Traditional Chinese operas mostly show the life segments of rural laborers, such as ordering barley, spinning cotton yarn and selling buckets. After liberation, a number of traditional plays such as Fairy Descent, Ma Xu, Luo Afraid, Zhao, Mother's Tears, Three Searches for the State House have been adapted successively, and a number of dramas such as Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Historical Drama, Modern Drama and Spring Blossom have been created. Among them, Fairy Descent, Female Xu and Cowherd and Weaver Girl have been put on the screen one after another, which has had great influence at home and abroad. Yan Fengying, Wang Shaofang, Wu Qiong and Malan are famous actors in Huangmei Opera. Huangmei opera mainly includes coloratura and pingtan. Coloratura mainly plays small plays, full of life and folk songs. The main lyrics in the original drama are often long descriptions and lyricism, with rich charm, such as flowing water. 2. Hubei Huangmei Opera The development of Hubei Huangmei Opera today is inseparable from a slogan put forward by the provincial party committee and government 18 years ago, that is, "Please bring Huangmei Opera back to your parents' home". Under the guidance of this slogan, Hubei Province has done a lot of work around revitalizing Huangmei Opera. Hubei Huangmei Opera Theatre was established; Some Huangmei opera actors were invited from Anqing, Anhui.