Guansuo opera, a traditional local opera genre in Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, is one of the national intangible cultural heritage.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Xiaotun Village Guansuo Opera Performance Team toured Yangzong Town.
Guansuo opera is popular in Xiaotun Village, Yangzong Town, Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, with a history of more than 300 years, and belongs to the military series of the Puppet Opera family, which is in the same stream as Guizhou Opera. Originally a ritual used in ancient times to drive away evil spirits and ward off epidemics, it gradually developed into a puppet play that entertained both gods and people. During the guansuo opera performance, there is a set of formal rituals throughout. At the beginning of the first month of the new month, when the performance starts together, the sunrise tour, stepping on the village, stepping on the street and stepping on the home, the first program at the beginning of each performance must be performed "Point General", the resignation after the end of the performance on the day, the loading box and the medicine king after all the performances on the sixteenth day of the first month have their fixed procedures and requirements.
The team members dressed in guansuo are waiting for the start of the tour.
The performance characteristics of Guan Suo opera are that there is no stage, no makeup, and no time and place restrictions, and the performance generally wears a mask, sings and dances at the same time, and has the legacy of entertaining the gods and singing. At the beginning of the performance, a sacrifice is held, and the temple of the King of Le is worshipped, and the story of the Three Kingdoms is performed.
Guan Suo's profession is only three lines: sheng, dan and net, and the actor does not need to wipe rouge to paint faces, only wears a mask.
Exaggerated and colorful masks representing the main heroes of the Three Kingdoms.
In the old days, guansuo opera in Xiaotun Village was performed only once every three years, that is, from the first to the twelfth day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar, it was performed in this village and Yangzong Bazi.
Xiaotun Village Guansuo Opera Touring Team.
Lively street parade.
Walk through the streets and alleys of the old districts and wish the villagers a good luck in the coming year.
As a special kind of drama, Guansuo opera has gone through hundreds of years in the long river of history and has become a precious living fossil left over from local opera. Its mask shape is exaggerated, the color is gorgeous, and it has high ornamental historical value.
(Original picture: Yunnan hometown zyy, part of the text from the Internet)