The Study Of Puyang Imperial String Opera

Imperial string opera, also called string opera or harp opera, is an ancient opera, popular in the northeast of Henan province, the south of Hebei province and the southwest of Shandong province, which was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. This article offers a comprehensive and systematic study of imperial string opera, which possesses a long history and regional features, and demonstrates a full picture of it, adapting methods of literature searching, case study, phenomena induction, field investigation, and so on. This article also analyzes its historical, cultural and opera value and discusses how to rescue and protect it so as to provide some academic reference about the inheritance and continuity of the opera as well as some inspiration and consult for other regional operas. The whole article consists of three parts: Preface, Body and Conclusion. The preface gives a brief introduction of the origin and sense of this topic, the current situation of academic study about it, and the main content and innovative points of it.The body expounds this topic in four parts.Chapter One: The origin, formation and development of imperial string opera. This part overviews the origin and current situation of imperial string opera, showing its development and evolution.Chapter Two: The artistic features of imperial string opera. This part gives a systematic analysis of its artistic features from the aspects of tune system, musical instrument, stage performance and role assignment.Chapter Three: The study about the traditional repertoire of imperial string opera. It analyzes the origin of the traditional repertoire, organizes 200 of them, and appreciates the themes, synopsis and artistic features of some representative ones.Chapter Four: The current situation and development of imperial string opera. It discusses its endangered situation, gives a deep analysis of its characteristics and values, and presents the rescue and protection measures taken by the government and relevant department at all levels in recent years. Basing on this, the author thinks about the existence and development of imperial string opera and offers some pieces of advice The conclusion part makes a summary of the precious value of imperial string opera and shows an expectation for a better situation.