The origin of duet

According to records, the development of duet has gone through six stages: meditation, acrobatics, wind stirring snow, soft packaging, amateur troupe and professional troupe. The duet in meditation cavity is developed from folk songs. For example, the songs of singing cherries and pressing cakes, which evolved from Han folk songs in central and western Inner Mongolia, absorbed many tunes of Shanxi Opera, folk percussion and religious music. In the winter leisure season, people sit around singing and break up happily. This is the "Zen Hall", which first appeared in Tang Jiahui and He Hui, before Qing Daoguang and famous artist Zhang Santang. Because singers can't help dancing when they sing. With facial expressions, the meditation cavity gradually developed into "playing tricks". The name of "juggling" comes from "juggling social fires", which is the general name of folk cultural activities during the Spring Festival in Hequ. In the ninth year of Guangxu, Tangjiahui Three Clubs organized "Taoist Class" and "Art Class" to perform in turn, which was called "Wind stirring snow". "Soft bag" and "Soft bag" are professional performance teams composed of class owners and foremen, with only about ten people in each class. Because its costume props are simple, but only a few bags are loaded, it is called "soft packaging". After the liberation of the amateur troupe, the two were reborn. In the 1940s, there were 30 amateur theatrical troupes in Hequ County. 1In the autumn of 953, nine comrades from the Central Institute of Folk Music went to Hequ for an interview and published an Interview Collection of Hequ Folk Songs. Hequ has since gained the reputation of "the ocean of folk songs" and "the hometown of Errentai". Professional Troupe1In the autumn of 956, Hequ County Government approved the establishment of Hequ Errentai Troupe. 1March, 964, the Errentai Troupe was transformed into Xinxian Cultural and Art Troupe, and the whole troupe was transferred to Xinxian. In the decade of the Cultural Revolution, the Errentai Troupe was criticized and disappeared from the stage, and many famous actors were forced to change careers. 1980, the unit was independent, with more than 30 cast members, and performed in Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Hohhot, Baotou and surrounding provinces and counties, which was very popular.