The main features of Sichuan Opera

1. Singing tune:

Sichuan Opera is composed of five tunes: Kunqiang, Gaoqiang, Huqin, Tanxi and Dengdiao. It draws on the strengths of others and is eclectic, absorbing the nutrition of all major opera tune systems across the country, integrating it with Sichuan's local language, rhyme, and music, and evolving it into local opera music with diverse forms, rich tunes, rigorous structure, and different styles.

Sichuan Opera has rich high-pitched tunes, beautiful and moving singing styles, and has the most local characteristics. It is the main singing form of Sichuan Opera. The accompaniment of Sichuan Opera includes leading, chorus, chorus, accompaniment, and duet singing, etc., which are meaningful and fascinating. The language of Sichuan Opera is lively, humorous, full of distinctive local colors, full of life flavor and has a broad mass base.

There are hundreds of repertoires that are commonly seen on the stage, including singing, acting, reading and playing, with humorous witticisms and instrumental music to support them. The freehand stylized movements on the painting contain endless wonderful flavors.

2. Jobs:

Sichuan Opera is divided into five jobs: Wen Sheng, Dan role, Raw role, Painted face, and Harlequin. Each job has its own system of exercises and procedures, especially Wen Sheng, Dan role, Raw role, Painted face, and Harlequin. The performances of clowns and female actors are the most distinctive. They have many outstanding creations in terms of dramatic expression techniques and performance techniques, which can fully embody the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese opera of virtual reality and freehand expression.

3. Costumes:

There are many kinds of costumes in Sichuan Opera, such as python robes, cushions, official clothes, pleats, etc., which all correspond to relatively fixed roles. There are strict rules for which roles wear what clothes. Be particular about it. As soon as an actor appears on stage, his costume first reveals the character's identity, personality, emotions, etc.

4. Make-up:

Before the performance, Sichuan Opera actors have to paint various patterns on their faces with different colors to show the identity, appearance and personality characteristics of the characters. Historically, there were no full-time facial makeup artists in Sichuan Opera, and the actors drew their own facial makeup. On the premise of maintaining the basic characteristics of the characters in the play, actors can creatively draw facial makeup according to their own characteristics to achieve the effect of attracting the audience's attention. Therefore, the personalization and diversification of facial makeup in Sichuan Opera are rare among various local operas.

The facial makeup of Sichuan Opera is not a dead score, but a living score. "Poetry Pu", "Ci Pu", "Music Pu" and other musical notations often have the so-called "Yu Yi", which also means changes in the "pu", indicating flexibility. The same is true for the facial makeup of Sichuan Opera. When using facial makeup, appropriate additions, subtractions or changes should be made according to specific characters.

For example, Guan Sheng and Zhao Kuangyin, although they both have red faces, Zhao Kuangyin has a white line on his eyelids to show the difference: Guan Yu is loyal and loyal, while Zhao Kuangyin plays power and kills. Hero. The former is a saint, the latter is a crooked person. More typically, Sun Wukong's facial makeup is that of a monkey, Zhu Bajie's facial makeup is that of a pig, and the Bull Demon King's facial makeup is that of an ox. Such facial makeup is simply a symbol of the characters on the Sichuan Opera stage.

5. Musical instruments:

Sichuan opera gongs and drums are an important part of Sichuan opera music. There are more than 20 kinds of musical instruments used in it. The commonly used ones can be shortened to small drums, hall drums, large gongs, large cymbals, and small gongs (also called hinges), collectively called "five directions". Adding string instruments and suona are the six directions. Snare conductor. This is a light band that goes to perform in rural areas. There are about three hundred gongs and drums.

Extended information:

Sichuan Opera has gradually formed some schools due to the popular regions of various tunes and the teacher-teacher relationship between artists. Among these schools, except for Xiangdan Xinghuan (Flower Immortal) School, Chou Xingfu (Sangan) School, Cao (Junchen) School, etc., which are named after outstanding artists, they are mainly divided into four schools according to popular regions:

The first is the "Western Sichuan School", which includes counties in the Wenjiang area centered on Chengdu, and mainly plays Huqin, forming a unique "Bei Diao";

The second is the "Ziyang River School" , including Zigong and Neijiang districts and counties, mainly uses high-pitched tunes and has the most rigorous artistic style;

The third is the "Northern Sichuan School", including parts of Nanchong and Mianyang, which mainly sings and plays opera, and is influenced by Qin Opera has influenced many schools; the fourth is the "Eastern Sichuan Opera", which includes eastern Sichuan and Chongqing. Due to the large number of foreign operas performed here, it is characterized by complex opera styles and diversified voices. ?

The actors who have been loved by the masses in the past half century include niche actors Yuan Yukun, Zeng Ronghua, Jiang Shangfeng, Xie Wenxin; female actors Qiong Lianfang, Yang Youhe, Yang Yunfeng, Xue Yanqiu, Hu Shufang, Chen Shufang, Xu Qianyun, Jinghua, Yang Shuying; Zhengsheng Chen Danran, Situ Huicong; Harlequin Zhou Qihe, Liu Chengji, Zhou Yuxiang, Chen Jinbo, Li Wenjie, Wusheng Peng Haiqing. There are also famous drum masters Wang Guanfu and Su Mingqing.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sichuan Opera