The origin of storytelling in northern Shaanxi?

it's difficult to study the origin of storytelling in northern Shaanxi. According to folklore, storytelling in northern Shaanxi began when san huang ruled the world. According to legend, a long time ago, an old man gave birth to three sons, and when he grew up, he became a slave. The eldest son was called rhubarb, and the slave owner chopped off one hand. The second son Erhuang's leg was broken, and the third son Sanhuang made his master blind. The three brothers fell to Qinghua County in northern Shaanxi to beg for a living. One day, rhubarb picked up two rotten boards, knocked on the boards and begged along the door, saying some auspicious words, and the owner gave them some leftovers. Once people ate sheep, they picked up sheep intestines, dried them and stretched them on the boards, and then they made their own pipa. Since then, they have cooperated with each other, playing, playing and singing. Erhuang wondered who would knock the bangzi after the death of his eldest brother. He had a brainwave and simply tied two boards to his legs to play and sing. Later, the eldest brother and the second son went to Linxian county, Shanxi province, but Sanhuang stayed in northern Shaanxi. After marriage, they gave birth to five sons and taught them the skill of playing pipa. After the eldest brother got married, he received thirty-six apprentices, passed Sanxian to eighteen apprentices, settled down in Yulin area, and passed on the skills of lotus drop, pipa and Sanxian to future generations. This folklore is enough to witness the long history of storytelling in northern Shaanxi.

nine times out of ten, the earliest storytellers in northern Shaanxi were blind or semi-blind, commonly known as teachers or booksellers. Storytelling is a means for them to make a living, and it is regarded as a cheap business. People with discerning eyes don't talk about books, and storytelling has become the patent of the blind for a long time. In order to support their families, they not only tell stories, but also engage in activities with feudal superstition, such as fortune telling, seeing a doctor, calming the nerves, thanking the earth, and locking dolls. For a long time, the disabled or beggars dragged the blind and walked from village to village all the year round to make a living by telling stories.

With the changes of the times, discerning people have joined the ranks of blind storytellers, injecting new blood and vitality into the ancient storytelling in northern Shaanxi. The storytelling in northern Shaanxi has also undergone great changes in form, from the original one-person rap to two-person duet or multi-person singing, and the instruments used are no longer a single pipa or sanxian, but erhu, banhu, flute and dulcimer are also involved, and the changes in number of people and instruments are more extensive. At the same time, it also plays an important role in portraying the characters in the book and rendering the environment and atmosphere. Now storytelling in northern Shaanxi is divided into three types: single storytelling, double storytelling and multi-person storytelling. There are also nine-cavity and eighteen-tone storytelling tunes, which are mainly flat tones, supplemented by joyous tones, bitter tones and martial arts. The changes of their musical tunes are particularly important in the whole storytelling process, including the expression of story plot, the rendering of joys and sorrows, and even tones.

Play my three strings to make a sound, and listen carefully ... ",storytelling in northern Shaanxi is a rap art, and singing accounts for a large proportion. Artists say," It's bone singing that is meat ". In the bookstore, besides listening to ancient myths, historical legends and stories of the people, you can also learn history and listen to the news. Storytellers can travel from state to county, be well informed, talk about political affairs, anecdotes and gossip, and so on. He can tell you vividly, and laugh at and whip those evil, evil and ugly, and praise and praise the truth, goodness and beauty. Northern Shaanxi said that every book in the book rarely has a tragic ending, which is rare in other sister arts.

storytelling in northern Shaanxi, a popular rap art, made gratifying achievements as early as the 193s. At that time, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region carried out activities to reform old storytelling, and reformed some books that promoted religion and feudal superstition. Gao Minfu, Han Qixiang and others created dozens of new books, such as Reunion in Liu Qiao, Great Victory in Yichuan, Turning over, Revenge with Blood and Tears, which were well received by the people in the border region at that time. In August 1946, Han Qixiang told Chairman Mao and Mr. Zhu a new book "Zhang Yulan Attends Election Meeting" in the Central Auditorium of Yang Jialing, Yan 'an. After listening to the book, Chairman Mao praised: "Your new book speaks well ...". After the liberation of the whole country, Han Qixiang's storytelling in northern Shaanxi was all the rage. He can say that he has five or six hundred old and new books, and he is a master of storytelling in northern Shaanxi.

When storytelling in northern Shaanxi is mentioned, people will think of these people: Han Qixiang (1915-1989), Zhang Jungong, Tian Zhizhi, Xie Mingsheng, Cao Boyan ...