The origin and history of Huangmei Opera cannot be changed. After liberation, Anqing Commissioner Gui, a native of Huangmei, Hubei Province, liked hometown operas, so he organized local troupes and folk artists to collect materials on Huangmei operas and rehearse plays. First he performed successfully in Shanghai, and then he went to Beijing to perform, which became an instant hit. Therefore, it is generally believed that Huangmei Opera belongs to Anqing. Any art form must have a folk foundation. Many stories of Huangmei Opera took place in Hubei Province. For example, The Immortal Match tells the story of Yong Dong, a dutiful son in Xiaogan, Hubei, who sold his life to bury his father and touched the immortal. At present, there are hundreds of small folk troupes in Huangmei Opera. Every festival, every village has Huangmei Opera Troupe. There are weddings and funerals at home, so please ask the small troupe to sing for a few days. The origin and history of Huangmei Opera cannot be changed. It is human nature to compete for fame and fortune. Huangmei opera comes from the rainy season of Huangmei, and frogs are everywhere in the grass pond. It's past midnight, and the invited guests haven't come yet. I tapped the chess pieces bored and shook the wick of an oil lamp. No one can change the historical facts about the evolution of Huangmei tea-picking tune.
Searching for roots and ancestors is just like the ancestral temple, the fourth ancestral temple and the fifth ancestral temple in Huangmei County. There are historical allusions to important Buddhist events in Huangmei. Can you move to Huangmei County? Everything has a historical origin, just like "descendants of the Yellow Emperor" can't change the blood relationship. It's no use talking too much. After a long time, the cow knows the rhythm. Why are people not as good as cattle?
The reason why some local rap elements in Huangmei County say that Huangmei Opera originated in Anqing is based on comprehensive judgment. Mainly because there are a lot of local rap art and chanting in the singing system of Huangmei Opera, as mentioned at the beginning. Anqing has the soil that breeds traditional operas, such as tea-picking opera, bangzi opera, yangko tune, Yuexi gaoqiang, Susong Wennan Ci, Taihu Lotus and so on. So many local rap arts are concentrated in one place, which is rare in other places. Huangmei Opera is sprouting, growing and expanding on this fertile soil. Besides Huangmei Opera, Anqing also gave birth to Peking Opera. As the saying goes, "There is no stone (Huaining Shipai) and no class". When Mr. Cao Yu visited Shipai, he said, "I came to Shipai with the feeling of pilgrimage." Of course, Huangmei Opera also absorbed sister arts in its development, such as Peking Opera, which was mainly introduced by the master Wang Shaofang. There is also Yue Opera, and butterfly lovers has absorbed some musical elements of Yue Opera. Of course, it is not excluded to absorb some local rap elements in Huangmei County, because the two places are close and culturally connected. But you can't say that Huangmei Opera originated in Zhejiang because it absorbed the elements of Yue Opera, can you?
Huangmei Opera originated in Anqing. In short, it is an indisputable fact that Huangmei Opera originated in Anqing. As for the title of the play, just like the name of a person, it's just a symbol. What can't be called? Huangmei Opera is also called Huai Opera and Huai Tune, and Huangmei Opera is just one of its names. What's the last name? This is just a routine.