An Investigation Of "Liangjiaxian" In Shenxian County,Shandong Province

Liangjiaxian originated from the late Ming Dynasty,Liangjiaxian is one of the traditio nal Chinese folk operas,popular in the Qing Dynasty,mainly in the eastern and Northern Henan and Western Shandong,Anhui,Northern Jiangsu,about 200 years of history.Later,because of the difference of the prevailing areas,the two strings in juancheng and Shenxian of Liaocheng were called as the northern Liangjiaxian by the common people,and the Lia ngjiaxian in Caozhou of Heze were called as the southern two strings.Two clip string is als o called two clip string.People often call it big five or half bowl honey,which belongs to o ne of the outstanding rare operas in China.The reason why it is called two strings is that the musical instrument used in this play is mainly four strings(also called four Hu).It is simil ar to the erhu,but it has two more strings than the erhu,which makes double sounds.The v olume is large.When the zither player is playing,he often wears a metal finger cap to pluc k strings.The voice is sonorous and powerful.Other string instruments are erhu,Banhu an d so on.Two strings often play plays with strong life atmosphere.Among them,the two str ings "sanlafang" and "Eighteen Li Xiangsan" have important reference value for the study of the development history of Chinese opera,and play an important role in the art treasure house of Chinese opera.In Shenxian County,there are Liangjiaxian of northern CI near housanliying village.I n wusongzhuang,Zudian Town,Xinxian County,there are two strings of Southern CI.She nxian’s Liangjiaxian aria is mainly originated from local language,and it also draws on the advantages of various factions in its development,so its aria has diversity,namely harmon y and unity,with strong local representation.Firstly,this paper introduces the historical origin of the two Liangjiaxian in Shenxian County,Shandong Province,and expounds the current situation of the two strings in Shenx ian County,including through the visit to the successors of the Liangjiaxian in Shenxian C ounty,we can understand the current scale of the inheritors and the repertoire of the Liangji axian,and collect some research materials(singing,performance form,companion)about t he body shape of the two strings in Shenxian county Playing characteristics,dress styles,et c.).In this paper,the author summarizes the value,significance and protection measures of the rare play Liangjiaxian.