The Proper Study Of Baoding Laodiao's Development

Laodiao, Laodiao bangzi is one of the local Chinese operas with long history. It's tune resounding, changed, plain with traditional and local characteristics. Baoding area in central Hebei province is the birthplace of it.The formation and development of Laodiao may be classified into three stages: The first stage is the formation period (in late Ming and early Qing dynasty); The second stage is the development period (from the end of Qianlong to the year of Minguo 28, 1790-1939); The third period is thinking of the decline and emerging period (Lo Gou Qiao Incident in 1937 to now).According to the feature of Laodiao, it is divided into east and west. ZhouFuCai is representative of east, the main plays are Diaokou,Lin Tongshang,Zhan Huangpao. Representative of the west is XiaoKuanyu. His main plays are Down to the East of River,The Peace City. The lyrics of Laodiao is concise and lively, it can often seize the essence of language, it is the best way to express the thoughts and feelings of people. Laodiao's roles are divided into: Seng, Dan, Jing, Chou.The voice and tune of Laodiao is natural, its structure is simple and easy. The basic tune is made up of similar structure of the sound and words. The traditional Laodiao has male and female voice with a series of changes in tune. BanHu is a kind of mainly used instrument in WenChang. Supplemented by flute, shengs and erhu, three-stringed instrument, In WuChang we mainly use GuBan, big gongs, cymbals, XiaoLuo, ZaoMu bangziBaoding Laodiao has a long history and high artistic value. It is our duty to protect and develop it. In 2006, Laodiao was listed in the first non-material cultural heritage list by Hebei province, and we are declared national non-material cultural heritage list. We learn about its development history and different art style to study and summarize its artistic development. In the new historical period we should develop and create Laodiao to adapt to The Times.