What does the fold of meta miscellaneous drama mean? What is the structure of the meta miscellaneous

To add: the folds and wedges of the meta miscellaneous drama.

Each four-fold Yuan miscellaneous drama sings four sets of different tunes in the palace tune, and each fold uses the same palace tune Ruoqian song card to form a suite, and if necessary, add "wedges".

Wedge A separate passage added to the four-fold side of the variety. The length is short. It is usually placed at the beginning of the play, and sometimes it is also used between two folds to connect the plot, similar to the cutscene in modern opera.

The structure of the Yuan Miscellaneous Opera has a unique convention, which is generally to perform a complete story in a four-fold book, which just reflects the four processes of the contradictions, inheritance, transfer, and merger in real life.

Stills from "Dou E's Injustice" rehearsed by students of the Chinese Academy of Drama.

The characteristics of the meta-miscellaneous drama are as follows:

1. "Four folds and one wedge" is the most common script structure form of Yuan miscellaneous dramas, combined into one, each script is generally composed of four folds, sometimes plus a wedge, to tell a complete story, a few works are also divided into five or six folds, and two wedges are used. Usually one play is one play, and individual plays with too long plots can be written into multiple copies.

2. In terms of tune, the Yuan Miscellaneous Opera is based on the North, so it is also known as the "Northern Miscellaneous Opera", which adopts the form of a set of Northern Songs, each fold uses a set of songs, and each set of songs is generally composed of several pieces of the same palace tune.

3. The characters of miscellaneous dramas are divided into dan, end, net, and miscellaneous. Dan includes Zhengdan.

Waidan, Xiaodan, Dadan, Laodan, and Lindan. Zhengdan: The main actress who sings, and the secondary actress of Waidan and Tiedan. The end includes the main end, the small end, the punch end, and the secondary end.

4. The lead singer of Yuan miscellaneous dramas is generally sung by one person or male and female protagonists, and the role of the lead singer is either the end of the year, or Zhengdan, and the lead singer of Zhengdan is called Danben, such as "Dou E's Injustice".

Dou E's lead singer, the lead singer at the end of the lead is called the last book, such as "Han Palace Autumn".

The lead singer of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty.

The conditions for the production of meta-miscellaneous dramas

There are many conditions and factors for the rise and prosperity of Yuan Miscellaneous Opera: the development of various opera arts in the previous generation has provided various references in the form of miscellaneous opera, many literati have participated in theatrical activities to promote the prosperity of script creation, and the emergence of many famous actors has also contributed to the prosperity of miscellaneous opera.

At that time, theatrical performances were extensive, from the court to the civilian society, watching theatrical performances became an entertainment habit, and the competitiveness brought about by the commercialization of performances was also one of the reasons for the prosperity of miscellaneous operas, and from the aspect of literary scripts, one of the main factors was the emergence of some new writers who maintained close ties with the people, some of them were "scholars and talents", some were "professional actors", and more were literati who did not meet or served as lower-level officials.

Meta Miscellaneous Drama Classification:

1. Expose the darkness of society and reflect the suffering of the people.

2. Show heroism and praise the people's resistance and struggle.

3. It depicts love and marriage, reflects the tragic fate of women, and expresses women's wishes and pursuits.

4. Praise loyalty and goodness, and whip traitors.

5. Reflect the state of family ethics and social morality.

The formation of Yuan Miscellaneous Opera is the result of the development of various performing arts in Chinese history, and it is also a product of the times. Yuan Miscellaneous Opera is also known as Northern Miscellaneous Opera, Northern Opera, and Yuan Opera. Yuan Miscellaneous Opera is a complete form of drama that integrates various performing art forms under the direct influence of Jinyuan Ben and Zhugong Tune.

And since the Tang and Song dynasties, he has created mature literary scripts on the basis of scripts, lyrics, songs, and rap literature.

This can be said to have undergone a qualitative change compared to the military dramas or Song miscellaneous dramas that mainly focus on funny and teasing. As a mature drama, Yuan Miscellaneous Opera not only enriches the stories that have been sung in traditional folk for a long time, but also widely reflects the social reality of the time, and has become one of the favorite literary and artistic forms of the masses.

Miscellaneous dramas are divided into dan, end, net, and miscellaneous.

Dan includes Zhengdan, Waidan, Xiaodan, Dadan, Laodan, and Lindan, and the end includes the end, the small end, the end of Chong, and the end of the vice. Miscellaneous are actors in addition to the above three categories, including Gu (being an official), driving (emperor), Bu'er (old woman), Lai'er (little girl), fine acid (reader), etc. Net is a comedic character of low status.

The lead singer of Yuan miscellaneous dramas is generally sung by one person or male and female protagonists, and the role of the lead singer is either Zhengwei or Zhengdan, and the lead singer of Zhengdan is called Danben, such as the lead singer of Dou E in "Dou E's Injustice". The lead singer at the end of the year is called the last book, such as "Han Palace Autumn", the lead singer of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty.

**Tune:

In terms of melody, the Yuan Miscellaneous Opera is based on the North, so it is also known as the "Northern Miscellaneous Opera", which adopts the form of the Northern Miscellaneous Opera. Each fold is composed of a suite, and each suite is generally composed of several pieces of the same house tune.

Each fold is a suite, and the common ones are Xianlu for the first fold, Nanlu for the second fold, Zhonglu for the third fold, and double tone for the fourth fold. A few of the various folds of the script, and there are also other palace tunes.

Within each house tune, there are dozens of songs. The lyrics are filled in according to the music card, and each song card in a fold is pressed with the same rhyme foot, and the rhyme cannot be changed, and sometimes there is a situation where one or several music cards are borrowed from other palaces.

Classification: 1. Qu.

The singing part of the miscellaneous drama is composed of a set of songs in the loose songs, and each fold is limited to a set of songs composed of the same palace tune, and in addition to Bin Bai in the wedge, only one or two songs such as Xianlu when enjoying the flowers or Zhenggong is just right. During the performance, each four-fold book is sung by the end of the Zheng or Zheng Dan alone, so it is called "the end of the book" or "the end of the book". The rest of the characters are only Binbai.

2. White. In later operas, it was also called Daobai or Shuobai, including the dialogue and monologue of the characters, which was composed of vernacular and some rhymes, also known as rhyme and sanbai. Monologue has both a narrative nature and plays an important role in the development of the plot and the shaping of characters.

3. Branch. The actions performed in the Yuan miscellaneous drama are collectively referred to as Ke. For a complete script to be performed on stage, it is not enough to sing and white, but also to express a story vividly through action.

Yuan dramas are recorded in important movements and psychological performances. Such as: do the discrimination department, see the orphan family, put the family family, and so on.

Yuan miscellaneous drama uses a seven-tone scale, jumping up and down more than four degrees, and has its commonly used characteristic tones, forming a high melodic characteristic. This has to do with the tone and intonation of the northern language. The rhyme of the play words is subject to the northern pronunciation, and it is divided into three tones, which are equal, up, and gone (the sound is merged into these three tones respectively), and each fold is a set of songs, and the music cards used are all rhymed.

Its rhythm is simple and tight, with the effect of "promoting the muscles in the place". flexibly and freely add liners between sentences; At the end of the sentence, a base plate is often used to enhance the momentum of the singing. In addition, the combination of words and songs with many words and few cavities is easy to highlight the words.

Due to the comprehensive use of these factors, it has formed the characteristics of its singing voice. Its plate type is relatively free, the number of plates is uncertain, and the position of the lower plate is not fixed. There are three kinds of beats: loose board, one eye and one board, and three eyes and one board, and its speed is faster than that of Nanqu.

Yuan miscellaneous opera has the following basic characteristics: in terms of structure, it is generally a four-fold play, usually plus a wedge for a book, to perform a repertoire; A few plays are multiple, and the wedges can be absent or two or three; In terms of lyrics and singing, the core part of the Yuan Miscellaneous Opera is the lyrics, each fold is composed of a set of tunes with the same house tune, and one rhyme to the end, and four folds can choose four different palace tunes.

The name of the meta-miscellaneous drama is Genchai Mo, which is divided into Danben and Moben according to the different roles of the lead singers. A play can only be sung by one person, and the others are generally only supporting roles.

The composition of the miscellaneous script includes three parts: singing, white, and science. The whole play is generally sung by one of the main actors, and the other characters are sung by Bai Wu. The main characters are usually "Zhengdan" or "Zhengmo", so the script is divided into "Danben" or "Moben".

The roles of Yuan miscellaneous dramas are generally divided into four categories: end, dan, net, and miscellaneous. In the end, he mostly plays a middle-aged man. The end refers to the male protagonist in the play.

Dan, play the role of a woman. Zhengdan refers to the heroine in the play. Net, playing a strong or rough character, commonly known as a flower face.

Miscellaneous, playing the role of miscellaneous errands, ordinary people and other characters.