Study On The Script Of Meishan Nuo Opera

Meishan Nuo opera is a local opera transformed from traditional rituals such as folk sacrifice in Hunan province.Although the number of its plays is small,the texts are diverse in form and flexible in content.The repertoires are still widely performed in the ancient Meishan Mountains,namely Xinhua,Anhua and their surrounding areas.Meishan Nuo opera shows the unique charm of folk art,which is reflected in the literary level mainly as follows:First of all,Meishan Nuo opera tightly revolves around the two themes of production and life,to show the traditional appearance of the vast rural areas in central Hunan province.the drama achievements of Meishan Nuo opera come from the collective wisdom of Meishan residents for generations,rather than the original creation of one person.In the past,it spread orally,but it was easy to adapt to the local environment.People in different regions can express its text connotation in diversified ways and create a variety of different text forms.Secondly,the creators present the pictures of production and human reproduction in the script,and describe the daily life of women,employees,sorcerers,monks and other groups from the perspectives of marriage,work and social intercourse.The script also records the local folk activities,which reflects the local belief in ghosts and gods and the worship of their ancestors.Thirdly,the image building of Meishan Nuo opera is based on reality,which makes people feel familiar and cordial.It not only endows the gods with human nature,but also shows the vulgarity of human beings.The interaction between human and god is mostly connected by wizards who have the dual identities of "sorcery" and "art",which constitutes a special phenomenon in drama literature.In addition,the language used in Meishan Nuo Opera has strong regional color and is full of humor,which shows the optimistic,cheerful and straightforward spiritual temperament of Meishan people.A large number of dialects and idioms highlight a variety of folk customs in central area of Hunan.As one of the representatives of the folk drama in central Hunan,the script creation and performance of Meishan Nuo Opera closely matched with the grassroots life in reality,so it can always retain a rough,popular and humorous folk temperament in a strong religious atmosphere,which is welcomed by the audience.Meishan Nuo opera is deeply rooted in the soil of traditional culture and contains the spiritual beliefs and psychological demands of Meishan people.It is unique in the blooming folk literature.