The Development and Evolution of Black Boy Books in Pingyao

At first, Black Boy's singing form was solo, with bamboo boards tied to his left leg, brass cymbals tied to his right leg, animal dominoes in his right hand, animal bone caps on his fingers, and a blind man with three strings sitting on his legs. A person is a "band" that can play, dial and strike. Later, the number of people increased, and the characters were divided into red, black, health, Dan, ugly and other industries according to the content plot. Musical instruments have also added big three strings, small three strings, four strings, cymbals, cymbals and huqin.

The singing of Heizishu first absorbed the charm of Qinshu in southeast Shanxi and the charm of Jinzhong folk songs. With the development, they gradually added some local operas and yangko melodies to make them more fluent and pleasant to listen to. There are flat plates, scattered plates, chopped plates and chanting plates. And its singing is more casual, the dialect is real and the local color is strong.

His singing content was originally composed of Han folk stories, jokes and anecdotes, and was later given by discerning people. He also taught long chapters and novels and a series of ancient books. Since 1950s, storytellers have compiled many new paragraphs reflecting real life, with more than 200 references.

Heizai's books have been bred and grown in the Han nationality for more than 300 years, and have strong vitality. Its formation is a comprehensive reflection of the real life, thoughts and feelings, and artistic aesthetics of working people in past dynasties. Its melody consists of local folk songs, operas, yangko and pop music. It is a representative form of Pingyao traditional folk art, which is widely spread and deeply loved by people in Pingyao area and surrounding areas. Because it was gradually formed under Pingyao's unique geographical environment, economic conditions, cultural level, local customs, living customs and many other factors, it has distinct regional characteristics and reproduces the characteristics of different historical periods, which is of great value for us to study and explore Pingyao's social, economic and cultural development history.