What are the characteristics of Yao Ju's plays?

In addition to some folk songs and dances such as Mother Wang and Flower Selling Line, which are obtained from car lamps and tea baskets, there are also some Shaoxing taipan operas with a certain scale, such as "Double Guitu", "Lotus Lantern", "Double Grace" and "Pearl Tower", which are collectively called the four encyclopedias.

The actor sang in the tune of Shaoxing taipan. The mature period is dominated by duets. Once a flower is sung, such as Double Hair Fall, Broken Window, Ten Banners and so on, there are about 70 songs, which have become the traditional repertoire of Tan Yao.

There are two roles: Hua Lian and Tang Dan. The painted face is all-round, regardless of age, civil and military, but there are differences in status. Scholars or people with wealth and status wear melon skin hats and gowns, which is called "gowns painting faces" or "door-guests painting faces".

Lower-level workers wear bamboo skirts, short shirts, Shaoxing felt hats or brush brooms, which is called "short shirts painting faces" or "grass painting faces". There are two roles of Dan: Upper Dan and Lower Dan. Shangdan is a distinguished or elderly woman, while Xiadan is a young woman.

In the early and middle period of Tan Yao, the role was played by men, singing with falsetto or mixed voice. It was not until the 1930s that the appearance of actresses gradually changed the phenomenon that male dancers occupied the stage in Tan Yao. For example, Liu Furong, who later became one of the pillars of Yuyao Beach Hot Spring Troupe and Yuyao Yao Troupe, was an outstanding representative who advocated Yao Ju to play the heroine.

Actors who used to play the leading role, such as Huang, Huang Liquan and Zhang Changshui, gradually changed to the heroic role, and occasionally there were male Dan, such as the male Dan played by the leading actor Sun Chunyang.

In 1960s, he played an old woman in Yao Ju's modern drama The Edge of the Land, which was humorous and well received by the audience and experts.

After the reform and opening up, Yao Troupe's first large-scale drama "The Happy Event of Trouble" was a great success. The creation of Yao Ju's large-scale work "Robbers and Nuns" was revised six times and finally succeeded.

The performances include Tears in the Sand Field, Taoyuan Story, Chuansunlou, which promotes family planning in the form of light comedy, Long Tietou Coming out of the Mountain, and Jigongshan Style, which reflect the reform and opening up in mountainous areas.

Tears in the Battlefield tells the story of 1938, when Zhang Zizhong, a patriotic general, led 59 troops to the front line of Shandong Province to resist the Japanese invasion of Taierzhuang. On the March, there was a case of a subordinate raping a civilian, and Zhang Zizhong ordered an investigation. Unexpectedly, the criminal turned out to be Sun, the battalion commander of the guard who had made meritorious deeds in killing the enemy. Taking the overall situation as the priority, Zhang Zizhong reluctantly ordered the execution. Who knows that Sun returned to the camp because he didn't hurt the key, and the military and civilians were shaken. For the survival of the nation, Zhang Zizhong begged Qi Xin to kill the enemy and had to shoot Sun twice.

Yao Ju has also produced many large-scale Yao Ju, such as Orchid Girl, My Daughter is Old, Peach Blossoms are Red and Wang Yangming. Yao Ju's "Wang Yangming" toured the whole country and performed in Japan and Taiwan Province Province of China, which was warmly welcomed, effectively promoted cultural exchanges and improved Yao Ju's popularity overseas.

"Wang Yangming" tells the story of 1506, when the eunuch was in power and framed Zhongliang. Wang Yangming spoke up for Dai and other victims and offended Liu Jin, and was demoted to Longchang, Guizhou by 40 court aides. He devoted himself to enlightenment and the pursuit of academic truth.

Balong, a Miao, was bought by traitors, and Wang Yangming was arrested for trying to assassinate him. Wang Yangming was enlightened by his conscience, and Baron took the opportunity to escape and become an outlaw. After the fall of Liu Jin, Wang Yangming returned and was ordered to suppress the riots. He conquered Balong and settled in the mountainous area of southern Jiangxi.

In A.D. 1520, Wang Ning rebelled in Nanchang. Lou Fei of Wang Ning is Wang Yangming's school sister. She understood the truth and set Wang Yangming free. Later, she was imprisoned by Wang Ning and drowned. After the great victory, Wang Yangming was indignant and decided to bury Lou Fei, but he was framed by the treacherous court official in the DPRK.

Wang Yangming saw through the corruption of officialdom and left angrily to devote himself to preaching and teaching. Condensed into his academic essence "To Conscience".