Tracing back to the development of ancient painting Tian Mian Opera
(1) The earliest recorded artist of Mianyang ancient painting was in the Kangxi period. Wang Yuanfa, a family of five arrested and homeless, surnamed Wang Mingshui. Although he entered the Jianghu, he always passed on the opera, pushing ancient paintings, drawing lotus boats, singing ditties, playing couplets and playing tiles, and passed it on to his son ... and to Wang Chunbao. (See artist Liu Tiandang.
(2) "Husha Mianyang State will not accept it for ten years and nine years."
1 year, 1724 Mianyang suffered a serious flood. At that time, there was a documentary about wandering the streets and begging for flower drums in Mianyang Chronicle. According to textual research, Mianyang Huagu Opera was formed during the reign of Daoguang, and it was also the period when Wang Chunbao learned to play.
2, 1845 Mou (twenty-five years of Qing Daoguang), Wang Chunbao of Changjiawan and Mianyang liked to play and sing colorful lotus boats since childhood, and were often the first directors to meet the gods. At the age of thirteen, he studied under Wang Kai, worked as an actor, and changed his life in middle age. After his master died, he took over Wang Ban's company. He learned from other people's strengths, became a school of his own, and started the flower drum Wang Jiatou in Mianyang.
3. As a form of China traditional opera, the performance of Mianyang ancient painting opera was first recorded in Daoguang period. According to Fu Zhuoran's Mao Jiang Night Talk, during the Daoguang period, Daijiachang had a singing class with a fishing drum board, and the audience sat around, and the venue was full and famous. The villagers called Mianyang ancient painting and drama a platform. This shows that Mianyang ancient painting drama has begun to go.
4. From Xianfeng to Tongzhimou, Mianyang Flower Drum entered its first heyday, from a Taiwan Flower Drum to' six lemons' (a stage form). Artists have developed from a class of three to five people to a scale of seven tight, eight loose and nine present, and the repertoire has also developed from a single play to an opposite play and three small plays (Xiao Sheng, a small shop and a clown), such as pinching a cabbage patch.
5. During the Tongzhi period from Daoguang to Xianfeng, since the appearance of Wangmen, its influence has been expanding, and there have been three gates of Huang, Shi and He, which are collectively called Mianyang Huagu.
6. Take Wang Chunbao (1832? 19 10) As a representative figure, Wang Jia's head spread to nearly 100 people, covering Jianghan, Wang, Er Dan and other high-pitched operas. The figures represented by Wang Shi (1832- 19 16) are the heads of historians. The history department is in Mianyang Nanxiang Golden Boat. Learn ancient paintings. First it was Dan, then it was life. I can also write plays and make up words, which are characterized by high notes and Qinshui plays. Huang Ersheng (1853- 19 13), a native of Zhaoganhe, Huilongwan, Mianyang. Huang likes watching sambang drums since he was a child. Focus on [Siping accent and minor]. He Jiamen, representing He (7. 1928), is from Hejiawan, Sanguantang, Jianli County. Because he was young, he liked flower drum defense and was expelled from the clan elders. He joined Mianyang artists and changed from Dan to an angle. In view of the lack of Huagu Art -3, he disguised himself as a clown, studied hard and practiced hard.
7. In Xuantongyuannian (1909), Mianyang ancient painting drama entered the three towns of Wuhan for the first time and showed its cards. Lu Jinyu and Zhou Gao, artists of ancient paintings, organized classes and went into Xujiapeng, Hankou Railway Station, Hanyang Parrot Open-air (Theater) and Teahouse in Wuchang to perform programs such as Standing on the Flower Wall, Liu Xiahui and Sanguanting, and remained seated for two months. Mianyang Four drum plays. B 4 people Chen Xingou, Chen Jialin, Shen Si, Xie, Tang Shitou, Yao Yuchun, Huang Heigou, Wu Fuxing, etc. I entered Hankou French Concession * * * and Shengping Building (the first regular theater in Wuhan at that time) for the second time, and the result was a sensation in Jiangcheng with wonderful singing and performance.
8. In the early years of the Republic of China, the first generation of female artist Feng Duan appeared in Mianyang Huagu Opera (date of birth and death is unknown). She is a peasant girl in Zhulin Bay, Daijiachang (now Honghu), Mianyang. She made her debut and was called the real Phoenix. After her, a group of more influential actresses broke the secular prejudice and old habits, such as Wang Gan and Wu Cui. Li et al. They have made positive contributions to enriching the singing and performing arts of Mianyang ancient paintings and operas. In the late 1920s, Mianyang ancient painting and opera had its first most influential class, which was dedicated to training talents of ancient painting and opera. The monitor is Mianyang artist Cui Song (1887-952). During the Republic of China, from the 17th year of the Republic of China (1950), many flower drum artists resolutely joined the domestic revolutionary movement, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression led by the * * * Party and the War of Liberation. During the Agrarian Revolution led by China * * * Party, Du Jinting and Wang Gan (female), flower drum artists of Xiliuhe in Mianyang, were arrested and sacrificed heroically.
9. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, Mianyang artist Liu and Liu participated in the propaganda work of Honghu Soviet government led by He Long. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Song Jingui, a famous old artist of Mianyang ancient paintings, was a gaotu (a native of Jingshan). He often sang in the anti-Japanese base areas in the Hubei-Henan border region, gave a condolence performance for the troops of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army in Bazimen and Dahuanling, and was ordered to cover the scouts who went to the Japanese-puppet-occupied areas and directed Fashion Ancient Paintings.
In the Republic of China 10 and 29 years (1940), Wang Jinzai, the division commander of Kuomintang 128, set up an anti-Japanese propaganda team and invited Mianyang flower drum artists Huang Kaoxiang, Huang Chuxiang, Huang, Yang to conduct company flower drum drama teaching and anti-Japanese propaganda activities. At that time, there were 45 Huagu opera classes in the whole division, 1435 actors, and the scale was huge.
1 1. In the history of the development of Huayang ancient paintings and operas, it left an extremely precious page. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek's puppet regime continued to ban ancient paintings and dirty plays, and the troupe was forced to dissolve. Some artists are imprisoned, some go home to farm, and some live in other places. In order to survive, most artists have to form three factions with the Han opera Chu Opera (Huang Xiao) and even Yue in Henan.
12. Due to historical reasons, many Mianyang ancient painting artists mainly sang Chu Opera and formed many Chu Opera troupes. In Mianyang, there are four influential Chu troupes, namely, Guangfu Troupe, Guangfu Troupe and Unification Troupe. They are named after fish biting their tails, and they also sing Chu opera and ancient painting drama.