Which province is Pingju from?

Pingju is a traditional drama in China, which spreads in northern China. It originated in the eastern part of Hebei Province and developed from the folk art Lotus Waterfall popular in Luanxian, Qian 'an, Yutian, Sanhe and Baodi (now Tianjin).

The artistic characteristics of Pingju are that the singer is good at singing, the words are clear and clear, the lyrics are easy to understand, the singing is as clear as resentment, the performance is lively and has a cordial folk flavor. Its form is lively and free, and it is best at expressing the life of contemporary people, so it has a large audience in both cities and villages.

The aria of Pingju Opera is a banqiang, which consists of adagio, Erliu board, crib board and scattered board. After liberation, remarkable achievements have been made in the innovation of Pingju music, singing and performance, especially in changing the shortcomings of poor male voices, and male voices have made new creations. Although its performing arts absorbed the form and program of Bangzi and Peking Opera, and once appeared the tendency of Peking Opera, it still maintained the characteristics of lively folk, freedom and rich flavor of life.

The origin of the name of Pingju

There are different opinions about the origin of the name "Pingju". One view is that the name was given by Li Jinshun, an early famous actress. There is also a saying that this name was given by Li Dazhao. As a small drama at that time, Pingju was called "Pingju" together with the national opera Peking Opera when it first entered the city stage, which aroused the jealousy of the Peking Opera squad, and they provoked martial arts actors to make trouble.

Later, Li Dazhao, who worked in the press at that time, came forward to mediate. He came up with an idea to add a word "Yan" to Pingju. He said that Peking Opera is a national opera, and Pingju represents Peiping. Pingju is a kind of folk opera, which reflects the social reality quickly, with simple singing form and easy to understand. Adding a word to Ping Zi becomes "comment", which means to comment on society and folk rap.

There is also a view that when Cheng et al. adapted Lotus Falls into Tangshan Luozi, they absorbed a full set of musical instruments from Hebei Bangzi, and they named the new play JD. COMNo. 1 Pingqiang Bangzi Opera, or Pingju Opera for short, is sung in one's own voice.