As Xiao Gexian grew up, men from eight surrounding villages came to Xiao Gexian's house to propose marriage, and the threshold of her house was almost smoothed by the suitors.
Although there are so many people who come to propose, Xiao Gexian doesn't like any of them. Xiao Gexian likes singing, so she hopes to find a man who also likes singing and sings well as a husband.
So Xiao Gexian said to all the men who came to propose, "In three days, I will sing folk songs on the top of Phoenix Mountain. If you are worthy of my folk songs, I will marry him. "
The news that Xiao Gexian married a folk song soon spread all over Chaozhou City and became the talk of people after dinner. People can't help comparing it with past competitions.
At this time, in the street of Chaozhou City, there was an actor who came back from Guangzhou. Because he can sing when he sings, people nicknamed him "Chongtianpao".
After hearing the news, Tianbao asked the people next to him about Xiao Gexian. After listening to people's praise for Xiao Gexian, he immediately decided to participate in the folk competition three days later to see for himself whether Xiao Gexian was as good as people said.
This celestial cannon was famous in Guangdong at that time. It worships famous teachers and is proficient in Yiyang, Kunqu, Bangzi and Pi Huang. This time, I intend to set up my own troupe in Chaozhou, and create a world in Chaozhou.
Three days later, people came to Phoenix Mountain early, waiting to see this wonderful drama of a strange girl choosing a husband with folk songs.
The sun gradually rises to the sky, and the sun shines on the Phoenix Mountain. Xiao Gexian, dressed in a long white dress, appeared at the top of Phoenix Mountain as scheduled. Under the sunshine on her and the grass at the foot of the green tree behind her, she is as otherworldly as a fairy who just came down to earth. It's so beautiful!
The moment Tianpao saw the fairy, he felt that his eyes seemed to see the legendary fairy. He couldn't control his steps and walked forward.
Standing on the top of the mountain, Xiao Gexian also saw the outstanding celestial cannon. She also felt her eyes lit up and wondered if the other party would pick up her folk songs.
Xiao Ge looked at the cannon first, and clearly spit out the lyrics full of Chaozhou dialect with a clearer voice than oriole. She sang:
Drive people out of the house, crow, give people something to leave the water,
I dare not even think about it, and I will not keep a chicken from now on.
Tianpao heard Xiao Gexian's folk songs and sang in a magnetic voice with Yiyang accent:
Let Jiaying state go, and the three rivers run.
Two silk threads tied in a knot are inseparable from each other.
Xiao Gexian was excited when he listened to the folk songs of the artillery. He couldn't help but look at this man who easily confronted his own folk songs and continued to sing:
I like to eat two or three tubes of cigarettes, and even my sister likes to eat two or three boxes.
First, we should do a good job in building Guangdong with talents.
Tianpao listened to the fairy's sweet song, fearing that others would hit him, and quickly took it down with the aria of Kunqu Opera and sang:
Put down the burden and sit in the tea pavilion, dare to sing folk songs and be afraid of people.
Brother is like Zhuge Liang, not afraid of Cao Cao's millions of soldiers.
When Xiao Gexian heard that the cannon was against his own folk songs, he liked it even more. He looked at each other and sang:
When you enter the mountain, you will see vines wrapped around trees, and when you leave the mountain, you will see trees wrapped around vines.
Vines are attached to trees, and trees are attached to vines.
Tianbao listened to the folk songs of Xiao Gexian, knowing that the other party also liked himself very much, so he sang:
Take care of trees and flowers, my brother takes care of my sister,
Take the tail of the shirt and wait for Lang to take it, then go home.
When Xiaoquxian heard the folk songs of the cannon, his face flushed as if he were going to fall into the water. She was very satisfied with the cannon in her heart and continued to sing:
The newly bought fan is seven inches long, and I am bent on buying it as a lover.
Tell your lover not to fall, let them have a good sleep and cool off.
The artillery also heard the feelings of the little fairy from the song and sang:
The willows by the Jiao Jiao River are tender, so pick up the paddles and wait for the east tide.
Brother rocks the boat, sister paddles, and the boat floats on the water for brother to rock.
The artillery was completely attracted by the fairy's people and songs. After singing, he couldn't wait to ask each other. He sang loudly:
Newly built a big square house, and did one class to do the next class;
I made three rooms and three sets and asked my sister if she loved corridors.
In the face of the cannon bold inquiry, the little song fairy red face connect a way:
The new precepts are serialized for nine years, one for nine years;
Ninety-nine is still eighty-one. After nineteen years, we still love to be friends.
After listening to Xiao Gexian's songs, he was so excited that he left everyone behind and ran to the top of the mountain with Xiao Gexian to visit her father. Xiao Gexian is also very satisfied with the celestial cannon around him. A man holding Yiyang Opera, Kunqu Opera and Ganju Opera is simply the best lover given to her by God.
Xiao Gexian married Chongtianpao, and they set up their own troupe in Chaozhou. The two men combined their own vocals and formed a kind of vocals with Chaozhou local characteristics. This kind of singing, coupled with their legendary love story, quickly swept Chaozhou and was talked about by people.
In fact, Chao Opera is a branch of Southern Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties, which evolved gradually. This is an ancient opera with a history of more than 440 years. It mainly absorbs the characteristics of Yiyang, Kunqu Opera, Bangzi and Pihuang, and combines with local folk arts, such as Chaozhou dialect, Chaozhou music, Chaozhou song album and Chaozhou embroidery, and finally forms its own unique artistic form and style.
From12nd century to13rd century, traditional operas in China formed northern zaju and southern operas, that is, southern operas. Northern Zaju was developed on the basis of Song and Jin Academy. Achieve the prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty; Southern Opera was first formed and developed in Wenzhou, Zhejiang at the beginning of12nd century. In the spread and development of Song and Yuan Dynasties for more than 200 years, Southern Opera spread to the Yangtze River valley and the southeast coast, forming Yiyang Opera, Haiyan Opera, Yu Yaoqiang Opera, Kunshan Opera and Quanchao Opera.
There are generally two situations in which southern operas spread to various places and formed local operas. First, after the original tune of Nanxi Opera spread throughout the country, it was sung by opera actors in the local language. Due to the differences in language and intonation, their styles are constantly changing and gradually localized. One is the local folk music-from yangko and minor to some religious songs, which has been continuously adopted into the traditional operas in China, enriching the original tunes.
These two factors permeate each other, forming many different styles of vocal operas. The development of Chaozhou Opera in Ming Dynasty proved that there were prosperous performances of Southern Opera in Chaoshan area in Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Some lost scripts of Southern Opera in the early Song and Yuan Dynasties, such as Yan Chen, The Story of Chen and Lian Jingniang, Liu Xibi Ji, etc., are all evidences of the spread of early Southern Opera in Chaoshan area.
Cai Bojun and Liu Xibi's Collection of Chai Jin are scripts of Southern Opera sung in Chaozhou dialect, which shows that Chaozhou artists once sang in Chaozhou dialect after the Southern Opera spread to Chaoshan area. Due to the differences in pronunciation and intonation, the original tunes were changed, and Chaozhou folk music and minor tunes were absorbed, thus a new tune-Chaoqiang was formed on the basis of Southern Opera.
Dai Jing in Ming Dynasty recorded in Guangdong Tongzhi;
Haichao and customs often use local accents to impress their acting skills.
In the early Qing Dynasty, Qu Dajun wrote in Xinyu, Guangdong:
Chaozhou Opera is performed by chaozhou people singing North-South songs with local accent.
The excavation of these two-handed copybooks is the evidence that chaozhou people sang the North-South songs with local accent.
Litchi Story and Beautiful Scenery Story are scripts written with Chaozhou folk stories, which are complete in structure and skillful in techniques, and are sung in Chaoqiang, indicating that Chaoqiang has matured during Jiajing period.
Some experts in traditional Chinese opera research believe that:
Before the mid-Ming Dynasty, Chunchao Opera was very popular, with its unique repertoire and performance form, spreading in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Chaozhou and other places.