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Yong Opera has its own unique performances, such as bun, palace boy, palace boy, horse stance just look, platform jumping, mountain climbing, and many unique stunts, such as vomiting blood, eighteen arhats, Qigong changing face and Luomao.

Performance style

Yongxi's performance style is simple and rough, and the literary performance is delicate, paying attention to the expression of the characters' inner feelings. Wushu, on the other hand, is rough and bold, exaggerating and provoking, and paying attention to hard bridge and hard horse. Boxing, knife, gun, fork, stick and flute have their own routines, which are quite different from other operas. Many figures, shapes, movements and gestures come from folk dances, martial arts and artistic shapes that Zhuang and Han people like in southwest Guangxi, which reflect Zhuang people in some ways.

operating characteristic

The performance of Yongxi is very characteristic: the lines are rough and powerful, simple and magnificent, and it is a combination of southern martial arts and western Guangdong style. Among them, the traditional martial arts stunts of Yong Opera are deeply loved by the audience, and the martial arts stunts such as "changing face", "playing fangs" and "jumping on the platform to shovel chairs" show the actors' profound artistic skills. [4] Yongjiu Wushu belongs to the "Southern School", which is different from the "Northern School" Wushu. Yongjiu's martial arts is calm and brave, and it is a "five-color real weapon". It's impossible to perform on stage with a bright real knife and gun. At that time, the most attractive tricks for the audience were as follows:

First, Li Mingyang's "sudden change of face". Li Mingyang, the leader of the third group, has his own "Zhenbao". In the harmony drama Li Huai Selling Arrows, his character Li Huai was teased by Gongsun Zan, and his face suddenly changed: from blue to red, then from red to blue. When he was red, he was extremely red and green. Li Mingyang's face changing is not represented by facial makeup like Sichuan Opera, but by Qigong, which is a real kung fu.

The second is "playing with fangs", which is the stunt of the old artist Jiang Mingfu. The tusks are made of the tusks of wild boar or old sow, which are more than two inches long. Jiang Mingfu, who plays Huahua, needs four fangs in his mouth in order to better show the fierceness of the characters in the play. In order to prevent the fangs from falling out, lead must be poured into the fangs in advance, and the weight of the fangs should be concentrated at the back. Put all four fangs in your mouth when you don't need them. When you need them, you can push them out by stirring the tip of your tongue and the joints of your teeth, and make various gestures, such as closing or spitting, crossing the tip of your teeth, or knocking on two teeth, to show the fierceness of your face vividly.

The third is the "smashing stage" of the old artist Sanliu. At that time, Sanliu was over 60 years old, and the performance of "smashing Taiwan" was unambiguous. In the center of the stage, three tables are stacked together, with a chair on top and a table next to it. Sanliu climbed into the high chair, turned over, and hit his back on the table next to him, smashing the table to pieces, but the person was safe and sound. This was the finale of the martial arts performance at that time.

Such martial arts stunts fascinate and amaze countless audiences, which is the most attractive place of Yong Opera. Unfortunately, most stunts are not easy to pass down from generation to generation. Even if Master is willing to pass it on, success in cultivation will not happen overnight. So many stunts have been lost, and future generations can only imagine the magic of that year in the description of the old artist.

Music singing

The business of Yong opera can be divided into four categories: life, Dan, purity and ugliness. Most of his vocals are based on Pi Huang Tiao (North-South Road), supplemented by Anqing tune, Qiju Bandiao (Luoluo tune), Bugang tune and local minor. Music accompaniment is mainly gong, cymbals, erhan and throat.

stage language

The language of Yongxi Opera is southwest Guangxi Mandarin, which contains a large number of folk idioms, vocabulary, proverbs, two-part allegorical sayings, etc.

Always play facial makeup

Yong Opera has more than 100 masks, many special angles and special music. Black, red, white, green and yellow are commonly used, and sometimes blue, gray and gold are also used. The content of its color expression, on the one hand, explains the skin color, and on the other hand, implies the character characteristics, reflecting the traditional customs and local cultural characteristics of Lingnan people.

Yongxi

One of Guangxi Zhuang local operas. Yong Opera belongs to Pi Huangqiang School and originated in Hunan. It used to be called Cantonese Opera, Old Opera, Local Opera, Local Opera and Wuliu Opera. It is called Yong Opera because its activity center is in the ancient Yong Zhou area, and it is sung in the official dialect of Nanning. It is one of the four major local operas in Guangxi. It has spread in Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Vietnam, Cambodia and other places.