The current situation and dilemma of color tone, what is color tone?

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Color tune is a kind of local opera formed by the close combination of the liuzi opera in the north of the Qing Dynasty and the local folk slang tune after it spread to northern Guangxi, because it often uses "which ho babble hi" as the lining word in its singing, so the folk also call it "which ho hi" or "babble hi". The color tone is widely distributed, the names of various places are different, such as Guilin, Liuzhou, Hechi and other areas are called "tune play", "tea picking", "which ho hi", Ningming, Baise and other places of the left and right rivers are called "big tea picking", "ho hi play", Pingle, Senpai Lipu and other places are called "mountain flower lanterns", "colored lanterns", "tea picking play", etc., etc., but it is called "tune play" and "tea picking play" is the most common. In 1955, it was named "Color Tune Drama".

The color tone singing cavity belongs to the couplet style, which is divided into three categories: board, cavity and tone, among which the board has a complaint board, a crying board, a scolding board, a worry board, etc.; There are more ancient tunes, horse tunes, etc., the cavity is distinguished by the color of the feet, there are small cavities, danjiao cavities, harlequin cavities, etc., according to the identity of the character, the occupation is divided into the public cavity, the sub cavity, etc., and the body action is carried out by the burden cavity, drinking cavity, etc. In addition, the color tone singing also absorbs some folk tunes popular in the Jiangnan area, such as flower tunes, October flowers, etc. The ** accompaniment of the color key is divided into left and right fields, the left field is string music, and the right field is percussion.

String music includes tuning hu (also called big tube, similar to erhu), dulcimer, pipa, sanxian, suona, flute and other musical instruments, with tuning hu as the main play. The gong and drum music cards of percussion are relatively simple, and the commonly used ones are [three nods], [one dragon], one cymbal, four cymbals, etcThe repertoire of color tunes is mostly based on the themes of labor, love, family life, etc., and there are a large number of oral and manuscript copies circulating among the people.

The performance adopts the Guiliu dialect, and the performance forms such as Xiaosheng, Xiaodan, and clown (three small) are mainly used to sing and dance, among which the footwork, turning, appearance, fan flower, and hand flower of the harlequin and Danjiao are very distinctive, especially the footwork is the most prominent. Because it is deeply rooted in the rural people, and closely combined with the local folk slang tune, the color tune has formed a humorous content of Qi Chunla, the form of lively performance style, known as the color tune "three treasures" fan, handkerchief, ribbon in the performance plays an important roleAfter the founding of the People's Republic of China, color tunes developed rapidly, especially the staging of excellent plays such as "Liu Sanjie", which expanded the influence of this genre in the country.

However, Guangxi color tune has fallen into the predicament of being unsustainable because there is no performance market, fewer and fewer people know and understand color tune, hundreds of color tune troupes have been disbanded under the impact of the market economy, and only a few professional troupes such as Guangxi color tune troupe, Liuzhou color tune troupe and Guilin color tune troupe, the number of amateur color tune teams has dropped sharply, and it is difficult to maintain. The rescue and protection of the color tone is imminent. In 2006, the color tone has been included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative items.

Color tune, commonly known as tone, color tune, lantern, which is one of the local opera genres in Guangxi, belongs to the lantern opera system, and originates from the "pair of tunes" derived from rural singing, dancing and rap in Guilin. Originated in the rural areas of northern Guangxi, it is widely spread and has different names. Guilin is called "color tune", Liuzhou, Hechi area and some counties of Wuzhou are called "tune play", Pingle and Lipu areas are called "tea picking play" and "color lantern", Ningming and Baise in the left and right rivers are called "big tea picking", "ho hi play", etc., after 1955, they are collectively called "color tune play".