Recently, there is a Peking Opera singing section of "good people's homes, bad people's homes" circulating on the Internet, and this seemingly casual cappella has made many young netizens fall in love with the long-lasting Peking Opera. This singing section can be seen literally, it is a marching soldier, flirting with the woman watching the shop. At first glance, this singing segment is full of the flavor of the city. In a village shop, a marching man, and a favorite woman encountered, under the tug of a begonia flower, the two people felt as if they were close to each other, if they were about to leave. However, fans who are familiar with this singing section know that the repertoire of this opera is called "Dragon Play Phoenix", and this so-called just right flirting is actually not the end of the point, and it is accepted when it is good.
To tell this story carefully, it is necessary to tell the male protagonist of this opera, zhu Houzhao, a famous rogue emperor in history, and this emperor is the later famous Zhengde Emperor. The most famous event of his life was the establishment of the leopard house, but his people were not only absurd, but also stubborn. In terms of the professional quality of the emperor's post, the Zhengde Emperor and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have essential differences, and even in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, they can be called emperors. Speaking of this, we have to return to the singing section of "good people's homes, bad people's homes", the "for the army" in this story refers to this Zhengde Emperor, and the reason why he called himself in the way of civilians at that time was because the Zhengde Emperor was visiting Weifu at that time.
According to relevant historical records, the Zhengde Emperor was playing in Datong at that time, and happened to meet Li Fengjie at the store, because he saw the beauty of his life, so he had evil thoughts.
According to the testament of Emperor Wuzong of Ming contained in The Guest Window Gossip, "The emperor is in Xuanhua, and there is a woman Li Fengjie, who is fourteen and fifteen years old, and has a special posture." His father set up a liquor store and took Sister Feng as a pawn. When the father was outside, the emperor passed by, and when he saw his abundant god covenant and the unparalleled color of the country, he could not help but be dazzled. Entering the liquor, Feng Jie sent wine, and the emperor thought that the prostitutes and the like suddenly hugged into the room. Sister Feng exclaimed, and the emperor hurriedly covered his mouth: "Become the Son of Heaven, and from me, rich and noble will rise." First, Sister Feng Heng dreamed of becoming a pearl, grabbing it for the dragon, and frightening the smoke and scattering. Hearing the epiphany, Emperor Ren dissolved the fox, fell red yin mattress, and was a real virgin. Emperor Dayue.
When Father Li heard the shouts for help, the door was closed, but he heard baochao's voice trembling, Pei Yu's sonorous sound, and his feminine voice hoarse, if he could not defeat the rapist. Rush to the card soldiers and swarming in. See the emperor pull out of the pass, the soldier ambush. Ling Ling returned Sister Feng to the Leopard Room, and his father Sanpinqing was given gold and two. He wanted to make Sister Feng a concubine. Ordering her to choose her own, Sister Feng stubbornly said: "Concubines are blessed with a thin life, and should not be noble, for fear of self-interest." Now with the supreme deity, it is an honor to win. Wishing that His Majesty would return to the palace as soon as possible, and with the thought of a thousand and a few, the concubine would be at peace, and the concubine would be more honorable than the knight. 'Emperor Haozhi, because he saw Sister Feng's Xuan clothes and was charming, he did not force the palace attire. Sister Feng repeatedly advised in front of the feast on the pillow, and Emperor Nai chose a day to return to Beijing, and drove with Sister Feng. To Juyongguan, the wind and thunder are intertwined.
Sister Feng saw the four heavenly kings chiseled by Guankou, her eyes were vivid and angry, and she fell on her horse in a daze. The emperor supported him, hurriedly retreated, and stayed in the palace. Sister Shi Feng cried: "Concubines know that they are blessed and cannot serve the palace forbiding." 'Please come back quickly.' The emperor said: "If it is, it will not be forbearing to abandon the world, and it will not be abandoned, and it will never be returned." Sister Feng mourned. The emperor mourned and pitied him, ordered him to be buried on the top of Guanshan Mountain, spoiled with special gifts, sealed with loess, and turned white overnight, and his heroic spirit did not dare to accept it. The emperor remembered his words and said with great excitement: "The little girl still knows that she attaches importance to the society, and she endures it." 'Then return to the palace.' Zheng Shi Zai Emperor in the leopard room, hundreds of officials handed over chapters and advice are not accepted, domain knows a weak woman's strength can return to heaven, the book cloud high ming Rou Keye? This merit cannot be lost. So far, those who have passed the customs have pointed to the white soil from afar and talked about it. ”
This story, more or less, has the prototype of "Dragon Play Phoenix". But the difference is that between Li Fengjie and the Zhengde Emperor, which is represented in the opera, there is not much forced plot. But when she knew the identity of the Zhengde Emperor, Li Fengjie was naturally obedient, after all, in the old-thinking society, feudal values firmly grasped everyone. And the Zhengde Emperor is the Son of Heaven, even if he is absurd, he will naturally be given the supreme authority. But the essence of this story is still this rogue emperor, using his social privileges to bully a "good family".
As an entertainment program of the old society, opera needed to express the moral values of the society at that time to a large extent. No matter how absurd and unruly the Zhengde Emperor was, he was still the honor of the Ninety-Five. Therefore, when shaping this character, the core content of the opera is still based on a romantic idealistic framework, under the poignant love story, showing Li Fengjie's mainstream moral values. At that time, the Zhengde Emperor was the Son of Heaven, the harem had three thousand beautiful ladies, and there were countless famous courtiers in the court, so the actual helmsman of the Ming Dynasty could completely live a kind of absurd birth and life of doing whatever he wanted. But in the hotel far away from the rivers and lakes, in a meeting at the end of the world, the emperor changed his bad habits because of this tender and delicate girl. Such stories are moving, but there is also no shortage of works of art that glorify the cruel reality.
As a famous singing section of Peking Opera, "Dragon Play Phoenix" has been interpreted by many famous artists. One of the most noteworthy is the mutual reversal of Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong. This scene is full of stories inside and outside the play, and in the end Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong had a love affair, but they did not go to the end in the end. Is Mei Lanfang's inadvertent tenderness to Meng Xiaodong also like the emperor's sudden heartbeat towards Li Fengjie in the play?
In fact, the story in the opera is not perfect, and later Li Fengjie was abandoned by Emperor Zhu Houzhao. So much so that later stories also talk about Zhengde's childless search for Jiajing. These contents are basically about the moral values of feudal orthodoxy. However, this "good people,bad people' homes" singing section is extremely elaborate, and many people who do not understand the background of the story feel that the mood and atmosphere at that time are shallow and just right. But you dragon finally want to play the phoenix, the last two people, just play a story of wind and snow, leaving the world with a poignant and beautiful thing of an oblique begonia flower.
After seeing the story behind this singing segment, we can feel the profundity of traditional opera culture, and behind the rhyme, there is also its higher spiritual value. As a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, what can be inherited in Peking Opera is not only the technique, but also a taste of the city and the end of the world, which is a regret of playing with dragons and phoenixes. Behind this, there is an unchangeable, cruel historical realism.