What does the saying mean by "men are afraid of running at night, women are afraid of Sifan"? People in the show business often like to say that "men are afraid of running at night, women are afraid of Sifan", is there any hidden feeling behind it?
Folk sayings are the refinement and sublimation of life experience, so the words are often vivid, concise, and thought-provoking. For example, "Cold mo rely on the lamp, poor mo surrender", "rich wife, wall skin; poor wife, heart, liver and lungs", "the wrong horse also has a step to kick", etc., are from different aspects of the way of dealing with the world.
Not only for people, but also for all walks of life, there are also their own unique colloquial sayings, such as the military practitioner pays attention to a "saddle does not leave the horse's back, the armor does not leave the body", from the writer's "a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred families contend", the buyer's "millions buy a house, ten million buy neighbors"... There is also a famous saying in the Kunqu opera circle, that is, "men are afraid of running at night, women are afraid of Sifan", what does this sentence mean?
It turns out that "Night Run" and "Si Fan" are two plays in Kunqu Opera. "Night Running" and "Si Fan" are the most difficult plays for Wusheng and Danjiao in Kunqu opera, respectively. It's all a one-man show, and one person performs all kinds of twists and turns. Therefore, some men are afraid of "Night Running", and women are afraid of "SiFan".
"Night Running", also known as "Lin Chong Night Running", a traditional martial arts drama in Kunqu Opera, is a fold in the legend of "The Book of the Sword", based on the story of Lin Chong being forced to go to Liangshan in "Water Margin" - Lin Chong's wife was framed by Gao Yunnei, and even almost killed, so he was angry and burned the hay field. In order to avoid disaster, he threw himself into Ben Chaijin, who specially studied and recommended him to throw himself into Liangshan, so Lin Chong traveled far away by night. After Gao Li received the report, he sent xu Ning, a golden gunner, to lead his troops to pursue him. After Wang Lun received the letter, he also sent Du Qian and Song Wan to the Yellow River ferry to meet Lin Chong. Lin Chong was chased by Xu Ning, the two could not win or lose, and in the end, Lin Chong killed Xu Ning with the help of Du and Song, which led to Liangshan...
"Night Running" is a song that pays attention to both singing and workmanship, the body is extremely complicated, and the whole play is sung while dancing. Almost every word has a body, requiring the actor to not be ambiguous in one move and one style, and it is necessary to sing Kun in full tone, which is very demanding on the performance technology and skill of the performer, and is the most able to test the martial arts kung fu.
"Si Fan" is a fold in the Kunqu opera "The Book of the Sea of Iniquity". "The Book of the Iniquity of the Sea" is a play created in the late Ming Dynasty, borrowing the story of the little nun Sekong and the little monk Ben Wu who escaped from the Buddhist gate in search of love, and sharply criticized the rituals and religions that bound human nature in the Ming Dynasty. In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, Kunqu opera absorbed two plays of "Sifan" and "Down the Mountain", preserved the original lyrics, added a wealth of dance figures and performance skills, and became a famous Kunqu folding play, which has been passed down to this day.
The protagonist of "Si Fan" is the little nun Sekong, who was sick when she was young and was sent by her parents to xiantao'an to live. Sekong was impatient with the lonely life of worshipping the Buddhist sutras and escaped from the nunnery without permission. The whole drama is one person to the end, the body is heavy, and the posture is changeable. The first half of the play is mainly based on the delicate singing voice and the process of ideological transformation, and the second half of the drama focuses on the kung fu of the body, covering the field of Boumen Dan and Tiedan, generally in the case of Tiedan, it must have the subtlety of Boudoir Dan, which is very difficult.
The prose of "Si Fan" is beautiful and very popular with the audience, and Mr. Lin Yutang once praised "its literary words are worthy of being called China's first-class works without shame". For example, the last lyrics of Xiao Sekong pushed the image of a Sifan girl alive in front of people:
The slave tore the robe,
Buried the Tibetan scriptures, abandoned the wooden fish, and lost the cymbals.
Learn not to cast demons,
You can't learn the South China Sea Water Moon Guanyin Seat.
Deep in the night, lying alone,
When you get up, sit alone.
Who is as lonely as me?
Like this, why cut hair?
Hate only hate, lying monks and laymen,
Where are the world's garden trees Buddha?
Where are the branches and leaves of the Bright Buddha?
Where are the quicksand Buddhas on both sides of the rivers and lakes?
Where are there 840,000 Midas Buddhas?
From now on, keep the Bell and Drum Tower Buddhist Hall away,
Go down the hill and look for a young brother,
By him hitting me, scolding me, calling me, laughing at me,
Single-mindedly unwilling to become a Buddha, not to recite Midas Prajnaparamita!
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This person sang and danced, without real kung fu, and really couldn't take it down. It is precisely because "Night Running" and "Sifan" are very testing the singing and acting skills of male and female actors, and it is difficult for ordinary artists to be competent, so there is a popular saying in the opera industry that "men are afraid of night running, women are afraid of Sifan".
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