Research On The Scripts Of Shaoyang Flower Drum Opera

Being a derivation of Hunan Flower Drum Opera,Shaoyang Flower Drum Opera plays an important part for its strong local features and unique tunes.Since its very beginning,Shaoyang Flower Drum has produced hundreds of plays.These plenty of works represent a major part of our whole artistic and cultural treasure.An incomplete statistic shows that over 230 traditional plays are performed for the opera.It basically consists of three categories,double-role play(erxiaoxi),tri-role play(sanxiaoxi)and multi-role play according to the times of formation and forms.As the foundation and a major part of stage performance,script determines the ideology and artistic quality.Most of its themes reflect common people`s life and thoughts.formulating its strong regional characteristics in its artistic expression and performing skills.The shaoyang Flower Drum Opera has strong local feature and flavor of life for it is from grass root stages,its subject matter is from real life,traditional opera stories,myths and legends.Content is given priority to with love marriageand the family ethics.The most of traditional repertoire is transplantation and adaptation.The majority of new modern dramas by personal created.The shaoyang Flower Drum Opera has the characteristics of regard situation as important and make little of plot in the dramatic conflicts.Creating a large number of vivid and familiar to ordinary people "small" the character imagestraightaway language,Singing in Shaoyang dialect,It has strong local feature.