The hometown of "Liang Qiuyan"
Author: Dragon Cow
"Yang Chun'er Tian,
Autumn swallow went to the field,
Comforting the soldiers to cut the vegetables,
I'm going to be ahead of the curve.
…
Carrying a bamboo basket,
And with a shovel,
……
Speaking of the opera "Liang Qiuyan", singing such a drama text, people of a little older age will immediately think of this gentle and vivid, smooth and bright, moxibustion population singing voice, think of the rural atmosphere, twists and turns, euphemisms, and encouraging plots, and even think of the past era that was full of heat and passion.
On Saturday, I was nostalgic in front of an old book stall for a while, the books were not very new, colorful, flowers and greenery were placed on the ground, but I was still attracted by an old book, the name of the book was "Liang Qiuyan", I picked it up and turned it over, I couldn't bear to let go.
Although the book was bought back, for a few days, I was thinking about an article, impulsively unable to take a lunch break, and even difficult to sleep at night. The title wanted to write "The Story of Me and Liang Qiuyan", but when I think about it, in fact, I and Liang Qiuyan do not have any stories. If there is a relationship, it is just that I like the lyrics and tunes. "Liang Qiuyan", a meido drama that is well known to the locals in Guanzhong, I have not seen the whole drama so far, and this script is only the first time to meet. But why do I keep thinking about stories that are closely related to this?
"Liang Qiuyan" is a meido drama in the early 1950s that rural youth opposed feudal marriage and fought for marriage freedom. It was rehearsed by the Weinan Cultural and Labor Troupe in 1951, published in a single book in 1953, and performed by the Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Opera. At that time, the performance of "Liang Qiuyan" was warmly welcomed and loved by the masses, and there was a proverb among the masses that "after watching "Liang Qiuyan", I did not eat for three days". In the play, Liang Qiuyan is played by Li Ruifang, a famous actor in Shaanxi, who is in a beautiful age, a stunning figure, a clear voice, and a superb performance, which is deeply loved by northwest opera lovers. Listening to the old man in the village, if he learned that Li Ruifang went to the countryside to act, they would have to go to see it for dozens of miles, and they would never tire of it.
Li Yinhe, who used to play Liang Qiuyan in the village at that time
Our village can be described as "Meido Nest", and the older generations have a tradition of singing "Meido Tunes". Cui Nianxi, an old artist in the early liberation village, returned to his hometown as a director from the Mei Bowl Troupe of the Provincial Research Institute and enthusiastically inherited the Meido song. Influenced and guided by him, Shi Linde, Liu Yongsheng, Cui Yanwen, and other meido enthusiasts in the village have continued one stubble after another to this day. For more than 60 years, Murakami has rehearsed "Liang Qiuyan" three times. The first time was the beginning of the liberation, directed by Wang Hairong, the delegated cadre Chen Benzhen played Liang Qiuyan, Wang Xinji (dog) played Chunsheng, Wang Dewa played Qiu Yan's mother, Sun Dusheng played Qiu Yan's father, Sun Fuyuan played Hou Xiashan, Wang Burong played the district chief, Zhou Yuling played the second sister-in-law, Lan Wa played Dong Xuemin's mother... Everyone in the village can sing a few paragraphs, and everyone will talk about the plot of "Liang Qiuyan". Chen Benzhen, who plays "Liang Qiuyan", looks small and exquisite, is beautiful and outstanding, and is extremely popular in the eight townships of Ten Miles and the Canglong River. In the history of his hometown, there is a saying that "Fenghe is a good feather, Niudong is a good woman", and "Liang Qiuyan" adds color and mystery to the Niudong woman. Later, gao xiuhua, Cui Yinfeng and other meido "female drama stars" emerged, who have been singing important roles such as "Blood and Tears Vengeance", "Three Worlds Feud", "Female Secretary" and "Ah Qing Sister-in-law" and "Sha Grandma" in "Sha Jiabang" in the village, and are still the "Pillar of The Stage" actors of the "Quzi Society".
Niu DongQuzi Society provided a list of people who rehearsed "Liang Qiuyan" that year
When Guanzhong Dadi and Murakami sang the red "Liang Qiuyan", I was not yet born. When I was a child, I hummed with the adults for a long time, and when I was less than ten years old, this play was listed as "sealed, capitalized, and repaired" and not allowed to sing. But the Meido lovers in their hometown don't care about this, they are still singing in private, telling the story of Liang Qiuyan and Liu Chunsheng's free love. At this time, I already understood some things, wrote down Liang Qiuyan, and also sang a large part of the scene when "Liang Qiuyan" appeared.
In the mid-1970s, I enlisted in the army and served in Gaotang Town, Weinanhua County. Although this is only an obscure small ravine at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, the people call it Erhegou, but the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the folk customs are simple, and it is the memorial site of the "Weihua Uprising". Soon after I arrived here, I heard the people say that this was the hometown of "Liang Qiuyan", and I didn't quite believe it. Finally, one day, in the home of a farmer next to the bamboo garden on East Street in the town, I met a female cadre named Wang Xiande in her forties, and learned that she was a girl from Niudong in her hometown, the sister of the famous calligrapher and opera composer Wang Hairong, and her husband, Gaotang, who was working in the Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department at that time. When I saw people from my hometown here, I called her Gugu. She personally said that her mother-in-law's family is the "birthplace" of "Liang Qiuyan", and the people who wrote the script lived in the box of their family, talking with the masses about how to discuss, how to discuss, and how to introduce the ideas and ideas of the plot. I not only believed what she said, but also felt curious and shocked! It turns out that such a famous opera was born here! This curiosity prompted me to see a local young woman "carrying a bamboo basket" in my later life, as if she were Liang Qiuyan, and I admired and worshiped her as Liang Qiuyan. Although the company instructor often taught us that we could not "see and see" young women and even women, I still couldn't help but peek a few times, and I couldn't help but hum the lyrics of "holding a bamboo basket in my hand and holding a shovel and shovel"... This, for a long time, made me feel quite proud and proud, I was able to be a soldier here, loyal to my duties, and later made some progress, which is not unrelated to my love for the army and the hometown of "Liang Qiuyan"! ......
Reform and opening up, renaissance, "Liang Qiuyan" re-put on the stage. The village once again rehearsed "Liang Qiuyan", the village girl Li Yinhua played Liang Qiuyan, and the young man Hou Naiqun played. Playing Liu Chunsheng, of course, there are a lot of actors involved, and it is also a sensation. I have never had the opportunity to watch it, but I often hear the singing section of "Liang Qiuyan" on radio stations and radios, and whenever I hear such a cheerful and beautiful song as "Yang Chun'er Tian, Qiu Yan goes to the field", I excitedly follow it, and I think of the people who taught me to sing when I was a child, I think of Gaotang Town, Dongyang Township, Black Tiger Cave, and Erhegou in Hua County, where the troops are located, and think of the young women in xiaoshan villages who "carry bamboo baskets"... This affection and affection have been entangled in my heart and soul for decades, but this weekend, I unexpectedly met an old script called "Liang Qiuyan". Fortunately, what I met was only a book, and if I really met a young woman "carrying a bamboo basket", slim and handsome, and greeted her, I didn't know what I would confess to her...
In the book stall of the antique market in the southern suburbs of Xi'an, this yellowed and old "Liang Qiuyan" script is calm like the "character stills" on the cover, beautiful eyes, smiling and smiling, although I am late, she still seems to have no complaints and loves me. I read it by hand, the book was published by the Shaanxi People's Publishing House in June 1981, it is very thin, and the price is 0.21 yuan. In the appendix of the book, there is an article written by the playwright Mr. Huang Junyao in August 1953 at the "Northwest Opera Research Institute" entitled "How I Created Liang Qiuyan". It is roughly said: "In the autumn of 1951, the Central and Northwest Ministries of Justice organized an inspection team for the implementation of the Marriage Law to work in Huaxian County and Tongguan in the Weinan Special District of Shaanxi Province. I am one of the team members. When we lived in Gaotang Town, Huaxian County, in just ten days, we received more than forty marriage cases, and I could not resist my emotional impulses, and before I could return to Xi'an to summarize the work, I cooperated with Comrade Shi Lei to study the materials and draft this script. ”
The article written by Mr. Huang Junyao in that year was left in Fang Baishi
Oh, "Gaotang Town, Huaxian County", what a familiar and kind word, is indeed the place where Liang Qiuyan was born and grew! At the same time, I admire even more the fine style of the older generation of literary and art creators who take root in the soil, go deep into life, and write warning boutiques in the farmhouse, and my generation is ashamed of themselves! We should emulate and learn. I thought so, my hands kept rolling over it, and the stall owner saw that I liked it, so he asked for 30 yuan in one bite. I smiled and said, "I'm not studying opera, I just like it." After a while, the stall owner said cheerfully; "You really like it, take 15 yuan!" "I bought it.
These days, as soon as I have time, I look, sing, and remember the small ravine I fought in that year...
"Liang Qiuyan" Ah "Liang Qiuyan", where is your hometown? When I questioned with such affection, a wisp of spring wind blew, and in the spring wind, there seemed to be such a word: Huaxian Gaotang is your hometown, Huxian Niudong is also your hometown, and the land of Guanzhong is your hometown!
2018.3.25 Recorded in Xi'an
Taiyi Lou Chen Weiwu Comment: (Li Ruifang) Liang Qiuyan played well and caught up with the times. He plays Li Ruifang, the popular lover of our father's generation, and often listens to them joke about it when he was a child, and even the handsome daughter-in-law in the village is often called Liang Qiuyan. In the early 90s, I also saw her performance once, when she should be in her 60s, and her appearance was still like that of a daughter-in-law in her 20s. When I watched Li Ruifang perform, she was the president of the Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Opera.
Source: Yuanshang people's home
Original author: Canglong Niuzi
Compilation and editing: Yuanshang Renjia, Huazhou Literature and History Collection