A brief history of the drama genre of the two strings, and what genre the two strings belong to

Hello dear, glad to hear your question. There is no genre affinity for the two clamped strings. The two-clamp string is a stringed instrument in the Chinese tradition, also known as the erhu, which is one of the important musical instruments of the traditional Chinese music.

When playing, the two-clamp string is plucked with a bow to produce a melodious melody, and is often used in stage performances, solo performances, and ensembles. The timbre of the two strings is soft and tactful, and it is often used to interpret lyrical and tactful repertoire, and is known as the "oriental violin". In the tradition of the Chinese Reform and Slow Country, the two-clamp string is widely used in Peking Opera, Henan Opera, Ping Opera, Kunqu Opera, Qin Dialect, Shandong Bangzi, Sichuan Opera and other different genres and opera genres, and is a very important musical instrument.

The classic traditional repertoire of the two strings is known as the so-called "Old Eight Books" ("Toutang", "Ertang", "Divorced Wife", "Flower Wall", "Big Curtain", "Ercurtain", "Flower Sedan Chair", "Holding the Sign"). In addition, there are more than 90 plays such as "Standing on the Flower Wall", "Liang Zhu Descending the Mountain", "An An Sending Rice", "Lu Meng is Rushing to Fast", "Little Guxian", "Wang Dingbao Borrowing", etc., most of which reflect the folk dramas; There are also many transplants from local operas such as Shandong Liuzi Opera and Shandong Bangzizizi. There are nearly 100 plays with two strings.

Its basic repertoire includes "big curtains, two curtains, rushing to pass, carrying baskets (Wujiapo)", flower walls, blue bridges, holding signs" or "looms, kidnapping horses, willow Yingchun, flower walls, blue bridges, sun cards" and so on. These repertoire are mainly popular folklore stories. For example, "The Big Curtain", that is, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai met across the curtain.

"Holding the Sign" is a private interview with He Wenxiu; "Loom" is the second half of Qin Xuemei's filial piety. In addition, there are a considerable number of small dramas of folk life, among which the harlequin plays occupy a certain proportion, such as "Seven Mistakes", "Playing the Old Road", "Playing the Stick Mallet", "Fighting the City God", "Fighting the Noodle Jar", "Fighting the Blind", "Poor Persuasion", "Wu Da Gang Getting to Work", "Tethering the Doll", etc., humorous and funny, rich: the local atmosphere and folk literature characteristics of the eyes.

The unique repertoire of the two strings includes "Wang Xiao's New Year", "Playing the Old Road", "Eating Bacon", "Tang Er Selling Pole Grass", "Turning the Box", "Poor Persuasion", "Rich Persuasion", "Jia Jinlian Kidnapping the Horse", etc., transplanted from Shandong Bangzi have "Kangfu Hanging Filial Piety", "Hai Chaozhu", "Wang Mang Usurpping the Dynasty", "Cutting Yang People", "Carrying the Box" and so on.

Two clamped strings, the masses also call it "big five". One of the Chinese Han operas. It is mainly popular in the western part of Shandong, the eastern and northern parts of Henan, the northern part of Jiangsu, and the northern part of Anhui Province.

Because its accompaniment instrument, the Sihu (four-stringed huqin), is played with a horse imitation hail tail sandwiched between every two strings, the people in the popular area call it "two strings, big five tones" according to its dialect habits. It has a close kinship with the "four strings" (also known as "Yigougou", "Hexi Liu" and "Ha Toad") in Liaocheng, Dezhou and Binzhou areas north of the Yellow River. On June 7, 2008, Erjian was approved to be listed as a large object in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.