The Investigation And Research On Wuan Lao Zi

Wu’an Laozi, a folk opera which is a unique local operas inSouth Area, is produced in Wu’an County,Handan, Hebei Province.It sings smoothly, lively and has long been loved by the people.Wu’an Laozi comes from street theater, so its early days was knownas " Liao De play."Wu’an Laozi evolved from the folk tunes, processed throughgeneration of artists and reform. In the end, it gradually formed aunique style of music and performing arts where opera is the resultof many factors working together. First, social unrest and frequentnatural disasters make many refugees.Some of them becomebeggars and some of them have to go to theatrical troupe formaking a living. It paves the way for the production of Wu’an Laozi.Secondly, advantageous location and convenint transportationmake it easier for the group to communicate with others. Inaddition, the effects of long-term fire performances prosperous civilsociety, people rich cultural heritage, long-standing folk musicorganizations, Wu’an pingdiao, Hebei Clapper and other operas andWu’an Nuo opera is also an important condition to the formation ofthe Laozi.In early times, Wu’an Laozi mainly populared in Wu’an Countyand surrounding counties. About late Qing and early Republic of China, Wu’an Laozi soon spread to AnYang, XinXiang of HeNan,Shanxi and XingTai. After the founding of the PRC, the communistparty of China has attached great importance to the development ofLaozi, together with the flat reconcile reorganized as Wu’anPingdiao and Laozi, Beijing reported after repeated performances,renowned for its unique form outside the province.The vocal music of Wu’an Laozi belongs plate change body,currently collected about28plate, very strong performance, boardchambers distinct rhythm, with a narrative folk nature. Field ofcivil and military instruments, musical accompaniment changewith the changing times, special instruments are banhu for Wu’anLaozi beginning that some form.Wu’an Laozi lyrics are mostly dual down sentence, occasionallyirregular sentence, it ’s singing there colloquial rap features, theuse of local languages Wu’an, extremely strong local flavor. Inaddition, because Wu’an Laozi folk dance performances draw a lotof factors, and therefore more interesting, kind, honestcharacteristics. It is also because of singing very close Laozi localpeople living with colloquial features, so very popular in the localcountryside.Wu’an Laozi performances in the long process of constantlyabsorbing the current performance characteristics and skills ofother operas, there are a relatively mature urbanization own skills.Currently finishing95traditional repertoire of Wu’an Laozi,including historical drama, police drama, drama, drama and moreof these stories reflect the folk life "three small "," two small " showto promote the neighborhood harmony, the young should to protect and respect the old, men and women affair of the "domestic drama" based, the performance of Chinese rural society in southernHebei and southeastern overwhelming majority of the peoplesuffering and appeals, joy and boredom, love, enjoyment andsorrow of parting sigh, life repercussions of oppression, as well asstruggle for political darkness.Wu’an Laozi modern opera repertoire and diverse subjectmatter, but more is to be made of the service as politicalpropaganda, staged the day even though the demise of.Wu’an Laozi also encountered in the current developmentchallenges. There are many reasons, but from the developmentpoint of view, Wu’an Laozi not perished, along with the culturalemergence of a multi-polar pattern of the mentality of the peoplewould calm down. In addition, the May20,2006the State Councilannounced Wu’an Pingdiao and Laozi selected first batch of nationalintangible cultural heritage, with the support of the government,seeking a national self-confidence, and explore the charm of theidea of national culture will encourage people to support andprotection of the continuous development of the operas.This paper relies on field survey of oral information, combinedwith the relevant literature, talking about the history, changes,lists of plays, stagecraft and show convention, show group, thepresent situation of Wu’an Laozi. I do my best to draw the outlion ofWu’an Laozi development history.