Before the birth of New China, it was called "Ningdu Banban", and in the early days of the People's Republic of China, it was called "Ningdu Local Opera". 1955 In April, Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Culture stipulated that the local operas in the province were collectively called "tea-picking operas". Since then, Ningdu local opera has been renamed as "Ningdu Tea Picking Opera", which is one of the 335 independent operas in China. Together with Gannan Tea-picking Opera, Donghe Opera and Xingguo Gan Opera (also known as "Xingguo Nanbei Ci Opera"), it is called the four major operas in Ganzhou (see Ganzhou Opera Annals published in 199 1).
Ningdu Tea-picking Opera was formed in the middle of Qing Dynasty (about 1768). It began with tea-picking lanterns, so it was originally named "Lantern Opera", also known as "Tea-picking Opera". It has gone through the stages of triangle class, first half class, half miscellaneous class and second half class, and by the early 1960s, it had a large class size. Founder Ling is a native of Longgongshan, Xingguo County, and his birthplace is Lai Village, Ningdu County. In the development process of more than 240 years, Sansheng experienced three declines: in the early years of Jiaqing, there were many artists and clubs, and it had entered the semi-class stage from the triangle class, but in the early years of Daoguang, it declined and was banned by the government for performing plays against exploitation and oppression and feudal ethics (see the four-year edition of Ningdu Zhili Prefecture? It is forbidden to move and pick tea); Second, he was born in the early years of Guangxu and performed on the same stage with Qi opera artists. The conditions are good, the level has improved, and he has entered the semi-integration stage. However, after the Red Army went north to resist Japan, it was brutally persecuted by the reactionary rulers. From liberation to the eve of the Cultural Revolution, three sheng enjoyed unprecedented prosperity. Under the leadership of China, the artist became a master as proudly as the people of the whole country. This kind of drama has been concerned and valued by party and government leaders at all levels, has been strongly supported, and has been loved and assisted by many celebrities.
The repertoires include Ten Turn to Come, Ten Horses, Ten Lights, Song of Lights, Song of Waiting for Lang, Mending the Back, selling groceries, Climbing Bamboo Shoots, Fan Flower Drum, Selling Oil, Picking up Sister, Picking up Sister and Making Tea.
After the founding of New China, a professional troupe was established, which not only excavated, sorted out and processed outstanding traditional plays, but also created a number of new plays such as One Heart, Sending Straw Shoes, New Neighbor and Tao Ji. Ningdu Hakka tea-picking drama is not only full of trades, beautiful tunes, but also rich in performances, which has become "able to sing and dance, and can make the past and the present"
Ningdu Hakka tea-picking drama comes from the folk, with simple and vivid language, vivid performance image and strong local flavor. In performance, the basic footwork of male role is high step, short step, square step and broken step, while that of female role is square step and fast broken step. There are various performance combinations, such as horse washing, fan dancing, dressing, embroidery, going in and out of the gate and productive labor. Both the student and Dan drew a clear face, while the colorful Dan drew a "spider" and the clown drew a white bat or dragonfly on his nose.