Longyao Yangko Investigation And Research

Longyao County , which lies in Hebei Province, is the home of "the Yaoshan culture". Longyao Yangko is one of it's native operas . In 2006 it is evaluated one of the first state-level non-material cultural heritages for its unique accompaniment pattern and the simple object and melody .The development of it's accompaniment plays quite an important part during this very opera's improving process. Based on on-the-spot investigation, this essay draws a conclusion that the accompaniment development shows Longyao Yangko's developing history. First being acted without accompaniment in the embryonic period, then going out of the field place gradually, entering the entire social life, it invented its uniqe singing style accompanied only by percussion instruments. With this pattern, Longyao Yangko has passed through a rough and long road of survival. Since the establishment of new China, our sociaty has changed a lot, Longyao Yangko has also been promoted by the exchanging and remelting with other cultural forms. Percussion instruments accompaniment becomes it's major characteristic, and it's most active vitality as well. Nowadays Longyao Yangko makes full use of this special feature, started a new accompaniment pattern with both Percussion and wind instruments . Although this new kind of acting only used in the minority newly organized plays or the reorganization plays , this is regarded Longyao Yangko's great step forward. In this essay , the author will rationalize the developing history of Longyao Yangko from the angle of accompaniment with the aid of real investigation and predecessor's fundamental research achievement, combing musicology with geography, humanities , ethnology, sociology, cultural science and so on, relaying on the fact and ancient books, the essay will show you the winding survival process of Longyao Yangko and it's amazing value. The year of 2006 should be a transition in the Longyao Yangko's developing history. Becoming first batch state-level non-material cultural heritage brought this opera new opportunity,or we can say , new challenge. But for the moment, it seems that this great honor hasn't brought the substantive change for Longyao Yangko, it is still on the edge of dying out , struggling with hardship. Whether it can get out of the difficult situation and reach it's prosperous is a theme being worth our close concern. In the favourable circumstance of protecing nationality folk culture, this essay intends to call on people to work tegether to protect our uniqe native operas.