Now, how does a small fever faint spread?

Commonly known as "selling pear milk candy", it began in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Originally, it was a rap about singing news advertisements and selling pear cream candy instead of tickets. Later, according to his singing style, Du Baolin rapped all kinds of jokes and current affairs news, mostly satirizing the dark phenomenon of society at that time. In order to avoid persecution and trouble, he took the stage name "Little Heat Faint". Later it was named "Little Heat Faint". Small burn, mostly singing in the open air, is simple in form. A tripod and a bench represent the stage. One or two people build a rap building block with a small gong or a three-clever board. Generally speaking, gong is played first to attract the audience, then jokes and news are told, and finally Long song is sung. Commonly used tunes include Gong Xianfeng, San Qiao Fu, Dongxiang Tune, Five Seasons, Ten Sighs and other popular tunes.

Where did the "little fever dizziness" come from? Like most folk art forms, it may come from folk entertainment. In the past, the biggest entertainment activity during the slack season was probably the formation of grassroots teams, and folk artists appeared in black powder one after another. China was a rural society in ancient times. No matter who is famous, it is in the city. It is more difficult to get a famous role than to ascend to heaven, let alone how many roles there are in the country. Inviting them here is a waste of money and energy. Farmers in China are the most careful, which is certainly not cost-effective. Anyway, as long as everyone can get together and have fun, there won't be so many poor people in the city. Folk artists trained in this environment are bound to be able to sing a few words in any play and play any musical instrument.

By the end of Qing Dynasty, the level of urbanization in China was rapidly accelerated. Folk artists moved to cities to make a living. It is even more difficult to make a living by performing arts, and doing small business has become a better choice. Selling "Bao Chao" may be a good choice. Bao Chao, as its name implies, is a newspaper sold in the morning, mostly local tabloids. The content is naturally where the murder happened, where strange things happened, and where there was out-of-line social news. In order to attract readers and passers-by to buy newspapers.

This method must be very good and will soon be accepted by people. Later, it was probably a newspaper seller who wanted to increase his income, sell pear cream candy, or a sugar seller who wanted to learn such promotion methods. Gradually, people who sell pear milk candy also sell candy while rap news. At that time, there was a popular saying in Hangzhou: "Big business is open, small business sells sugar". Generally speaking, artists who sell sugar are better than those who sell newspapers. Gradually, later people remembered the pear cream candy and forgot to report it.

In troubled times, "heat faint" is really sober

Du Baolin, a famous artist, is now recognized as the originator of Hangzhou Xiaore Zui, which has had an important influence on later generations. Du Baolin early education master Chen Changsheng's stage name is "Ma Deli", which means immediate effect. When Chen Changsheng was performing, he vomited while chatting. Due to the limitations of Jianghu artists, there are many low-level interesting things in the content, which are despised by some self-righteous peers and called "blind dizziness". There is also the word "heat faint" in Shanghai dialect. Originally Suzhou dialect, it is a derogatory term, which means that people are out of control because of fever, so that they talk nonsense and run amok. After learning from Chen Changsheng, Du Baolin took the title of "Blind Heat Faint" and took the stage name of "Little Heat Faint". It not only shows the place where teachers inherit, but also shows another meaning of self-protection.

The content of a daily newspaper composed of Du Baolin is the content of Du Baolin's performance. There are different kinds of news, so there are different performances in the evening. Those who don't read newspapers or can't read can learn the news of the day from Du Baolin's performance. Chosun Ilbo is the source of Du Baolin's music creation.

Du Baolin's favorite pupil Ding Yousheng is Shine. Not only did you make up the contents of the newspaper. But also went deep into the people and interviewed the news of the day in the streets. The news that Ding Yousheng often performed was the content of the newspaper the next day. For example, Ding Yousheng's jokes about "persuading gambling" and "whoring around". Ding Yousheng was slightly hot after listening to it, giving up gambling and not going whoring. There are disharmonies among neighbors, parents-in-law, and mother-in-law. He made up jokes and performed them, which educated many people. At that time, there was such a group of people in Hang Cheng who liked to hear about Ding Yousheng. Wherever Ding Yousheng went, they followed him.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it was the time of social unrest and internal troubles and foreign invasion. Natural and man-made disasters combined with dark social reality inevitably produce many sensitive stories about the world. As artists, we often use topics to attack and satirize the current affairs of the authorities. Du Baolin is an unusually honest, frank and outspoken person. In that era of "not talking about state affairs", it is inevitable to offend those in power and get into trouble. To avoid trouble. He had to use "heat fainting" to prevaricate, which means that he is out of his mind and can't take his nonsense seriously. And the word "hot faint" is humorous and catchy. "Faint with a slight fever" gradually changed from Du Baolin's stage name to synonymous with "singing and selling sugar". The self-deprecating name "Little Heat Faint" has been handed down with the vicissitudes of history with its unique sense of sobriety and justice in troubled times.

Small hot clothes and housework stunts

When a faint artist works in the streets and lanes, he first puts a wooden box (called "selling bags" in the jargon) with a small gong, a small gong piece and three bamboo boards (or wooden boards) on a shelf (bamboo or wooden, detachable), which is called "three clever boards" because of its compactness. There is also a fan, a wake-up log, a lotus board and a small drum. Put a bench next to the box and add a bench when two people perform. The bench is the performance area. If you perform at night, hang two lights. Artists usually wear robes and a folding hat on their heads, commonly known as "dome". Performers standing on the bench and playing gongs can attract the audience, wake up the wood and knock, calm the audience's mood, and make jokes. When you hear the bamboo board knocking and the small gongs and drums ringing, the audience will come from all directions, because everyone knows that the small gongs will be the opening.

In order to attract and calm the audience's emotions, artists first tell some sporadic jokes, commonly known as "selling mouths." The content is familiar and interesting.

After the joke, sing "Gong Xianfeng" first. It is mainly based on singing, and sometimes it is plain, because before each aria, a small gong should be taken as the pioneer and a rhythmic small gong and drum should be used as the "door" before singing, because artists call it "Gong Pioneer". After singing "Gong Xianfeng", the audience was completely attracted. Therefore, the pioneer artist Gong is commonly known as the "hanging shed", which means to attract the audience. Then they tell an interesting joke, and the artist improvises according to the change of the audience's mood, which is also commonly known as "selling mouth". "Selling your mouth" means telling jokes. Why not call it "selling jokes"? Because people are used to calling prostitutes and prostitutes' lives "smiling", this kind of "smiling" is essentially different from others.

Then there is the formal rap part, which is usually the best part of the artist. Formally, there are two people. But when they rap, one wants to be the lead singer and the other wants to "hold" and sing.

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One person's performance is called "single selling mouth", and two people's performance is called "double selling mouth" or "double selling mouth". Sellers attach great importance to the introduction and preparation of the opening ceremony, which is similar to "entering the play" in traditional storytelling and "beachhead" in tanchun Quyi. You can also tell a little joke first, and then introduce the topic of the same topic. For example, before Du Baolin said "The Assassin", he told a joke about "Luz bought wonton", to the effect that when Confucius told Luz to buy wonton, a leaf happened to fall into the bowl. Because Luz couldn't make room, he bit out the leaves with his mouth. Unexpectedly, Confucius saw it and said that Luz was stealing wonton. Then, when the conversation changed, he said, "If a saint doesn't look at the truth, there will be many grievances in the world. Then turn to the topic story and naturally come. " Actually, it's a bad story, but it's enough to make people laugh by replacing dry rice with firewood wonton, which is popular in Shanghai.

This form of selling mouth was brought to Shanghai by Jiang Xiaoxiao and Bao Lele in 1972, and was widely absorbed by comedians. Later, many new names were derived: old selling mouth, new selling mouth, flexible buying mouth, piecemeal selling mouth, tying mouth and so on. It has become a "noun" in today's funny world. This is why it is a funny intersection of Hangzhou Xiaore Square and Shanghai.