Wuhu LiHuang Theatre Research

The LiHuang Theatre is a folk traditional local opera popular in Wuhu,Anhui Province and its surrounding areas.It has a history of more than 200 years.The LiHuang Theatre was born and developed in Wuhu.It is both formally composed of opera and art.It is culturally inseparable from the social political background and local customs.It is a combination of the people's spirit and thought,social needs and functions,entertainment and education.However,due to the rapid development of social economy in recent years,the LiHuang Theatre has fallen into a development dilemma,and related research work has almost stopped.The article takes the Wuhu LiHuang Theatre as the main body and tries to use the research methods of literature,drama,musicology and folklore to display the LiHuang Theatre from the four aspects of historical traceability,script analysis,art form and protection development.A full-scale display of the overall appearance of the LiHuang Theatre from its birth to the present.This article has four chapters.The first chapter sorts out the origin,development and major historical turning of the LiHuang Theatre since the birth of Qing Daoguang.According to the historical data of the literature,it analyzes the various arguments and restores the true style of the LiHuang Theatre.The second chapter firstly combs the LiHuang Theatre.This overall situation,according to the classification of each script theme,summed up the five aspects of the artistic characteristics of the LiHuang Theatre,respectively,highlighting the multi-angle female characters,the traditional and daily marriage theme,advocating the filial piety of punishing evil and promoting goodness,social and local infiltration.Finally,the author analyzes the creation methods of transplant scripts in the LiHuang Theatre,and summarizes the characteristics of the transplant script form.The third chapter is based on the analysis of the art forms of the LiHuang Theatre,from the accompaniment cards,sound chambers and body segments.In the four aspects of performance and service,the process of the development,formation and aesthetics of the overall art paradigm of LiHuang Theatre is restored.The fourth chapter begins with the protection,inheritance and development of the intangible cultural heritage project.And through the folklore research method,explain the author's field investigation and collected information,analyze the current difficulties faced by the LiHuang Theatre,and propose a reasonable solution to the problem.Measures envisaged the LiHuang Theatre future development.So far,relatively systematic and normative research on the LiHuang Theatre,including scripts,body performances,costumes and props,has not yet appeared.By arranging the data of all parties,the author tries to make the LiHuang Theatre begin with a theoretical outline framework,which is to provide data support for the future in-depth exploration,and try to construct a realistic and practical practice plan for the LiHuang Theatre.