Chapter 1 The fire burned everything down

Jiang Huange has been a theater fan since she was a child. As the eldest daughter of a Navy Yamen support official, she is not short of a few theater tickets.

But today she didn't sit down and watch the opera. She dressed herself up as Jiao Zan with a painted face and went on stage to sing.

As soon as the theater opened today, the theatergoers began to search for the actor who would play Jiao Zan. I heard that he was delayed because of something at home and would have to come later.

Because we agreed to sing "Yang Paifeng Beats Jiao Zan" today, the tickets have been sold out, but if Jiao Zan doesn't come, who will Yang Paifeng beat?

This made the theater manager very anxious. Before the show started, he hurriedly asked the theater attendant to rush to Jiao'er's house again.

At this moment, he came back in a hurry to encourage the show, and as soon as he entered the backstage, he started slapping his thighs.

"That's not good! Boss Jin is sick today and can't get out of bed. He really can't come. Manager, please think of other options!"

"Sick? Who is on the stage now?"

"On stage?"

When I heard the drama, I hurriedly followed the manager to look on the stage. I saw that "Jiao Zan" was big and round, with a heroic appearance. From the back, he really looked like a golden boss, but his walking was a little unsteady. At first glance,

Not very reliable.

The manager became anxious when he saw it, and hurriedly turned around and asked the pretender: "What's going on? It's not Boss Jin. Who pretended to be this in private?"

The cosplayer also looked surprised, "Not Boss Jin? But he had already dressed up when he came. We thought he knew it was too late and prepared it at home. We were really impressed for a while."

Upon hearing this, Liu Tielan, the head teacher of Xirongsheng class, also looked towards the stage, and saw that "Jiao Zan" Beier confidently patted his waist and said: "Pai Feng, look at your second master.

, Is there anything in my body that I can’t help but fight with you? Just fight me honestly!”

"Hey, you still sound like a little baby, but you've grown quite a bit!"

Liu Tielan's Xirongsheng troupe was a singing troupe with Boss Jin in the theater. Their class had female roles, and Boss Jin played the net roles. If occasionally roles from other professions were needed, the theater manager would find them. They didn't care about it.

As soon as he finished his praise, something fell out of "Jiao Zan's" clothes, and his waist suddenly collapsed into a waist.

The audience was bursting into laughter, and the theater manager was so anxious that he cursed: "Oh, Boss Liu, it's already this time, please stop making sarcastic remarks. Think about it!"

Who would have thought that "Jiao Zan" would make such a big joke, but he didn't take it seriously, and still sang a scene opposite Yang Paifeng, without even finishing a sentence. In the first half, because Yang Paifeng was the protagonist,

There wasn't much space for "Jiao Zan" to express himself, but the scene was still manageable, and the fans didn't continue to boo.

Liu Tielan comforted the manager and said: "What else can we do? The play has already started, so we have to go on with it. Relax, other artists are not doing much, so you should do it first!"

But he said this a little too early. He saw that "Jiao Zan" had the upper hand in the first round of the battle with Yang Paifeng. He was so proud that he kicked the audience twice, and even brought a stick with his boots.

And kicked off the stage.

Well, this is going up on stilts.

In the past, singing on stilts was never possible.

But nowadays, the trend is different. Due to the popularity of women's small feet, some female actors will also walk on stilts on stage just to look good on their feet. However, this is limited to Wendan, not Wudan. After all, it is not easy to kick on stilts.

Today, the big-faced "Jiao Zan" stepped on stilts and was kicked away. This is a big joke in the troupe industry.

The theatergoers in the audience were also dumbfounded. One theatergoer holding stilts joked: "Well, the all-powerful Mr. Jiao broke half of his leg and became a cripple!"

What's more, some people threw tea bowls on the stage and booed.

The manager and the people in the backstage were all frantic with anxiety. Even Yang Paifeng on the stage was panicked. After playing "Yang Paifeng Beats Jiao Zan" for so long, I have never seen it performed like this. How can I perform it like this?

Unfortunately, "Jiao Zan" was not in a hurry. She had just kicked the stilt away with her left foot. Now she flicked her right foot and kicked the stilt aside. Jiao Zan, who was originally tall and mighty, instantly became more petite and cuter than Yang Paifeng. He's half a head shorter.

But he didn't care at all. He stroked his beard with his little hand and started singing coloratura, ready to fight Yang Paifeng for another 300 rounds.

But without the support of the stilts, the things she had tied around her waist to show off her stature also fell down, and a good "Yang Paifeng Beats Jiao Zan" turned into a farce.

The audience lost their patience and stood up to leave, shouting for refunds.

The manager couldn't bear it any longer, so he ordered someone to come on stage and lift "Jiao Zan" off. He didn't know how many things she had stuffed into the costume just to look like her. Even when the manager grabbed her by the collar and taught her a lesson, she couldn't stand it anymore. Things are still falling down.

"Where did you come from, you little unlucky little one, causing trouble here with me! Tell me your parents' names. Your family will pay me all the losses caused by today's scene!"

Jiang Huange didn't say anything, she just grinned sillyly. Even though she was being lifted up in the air in a very undignified manner, she felt it was worth it.

She finally stood on the stage to sing, and there were so many audiences who paid to listen to her singing. Tianjin Wei couldn't do it even with many tickets, but she did it when she was only eight years old!

Jiao Zan's facial makeup is white with red cheeks. She looks naive and cute.

Seeing her being so silly, the theater manager became even more angry. Just as he was about to get angry and hard, it suddenly became lively outside.

"It's a leak! The Jiang family compound is in trouble! But something big has happened!"

As soon as she heard that the Jiang family courtyard was flooded, Jiang Huange couldn't get out of her house. Taking advantage of the manager to watch the commotion, she hurriedly broke away from him and ran towards her home.

Her home is not far from the theater, and she will arrive soon.

The wind is strong today and the fire spreads very quickly.

There was a raging fire all over the yard, and even the door was almost invisible.

Jiang Huange was dumbfounded and had no idea what was happening.

I heard someone talking next to me: "What's going on?"

"Isn't it because of the war with the Japanese? I heard that the Chiang family was defeated in the naval battle and captured. Prime Minister Yuwen Shike was worried that his family members were collaborating with the enemy to save others, so he ordered that the entire Chiang family be escorted to the capital for execution.

The old man of the Jiang family was born in Hanlin, and he was very courageous. He said that a scholar should be killed and not humiliated. After dismissing the servants, he set fire to the Jiang family courtyard. There were dozens of people in the Jiang family, but not a single one came out! "

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jiang Huange was anxious. She looked at the blazing fire in front of her and couldn't believe that it was actually mixed with the bones, blood and moans of her relatives.

When Ming Ming went out this morning, her mother was still holding her three-month-old sister in her arms, telling her to go home early, saying that her father had some good shark fins sent back to her, and she wouldn't be able to eat them if she came back late.

Her grandmother also sent someone to deliver a message to her, saying that her grandfather was very angry when he found out that she had skipped school and went to the theater again, and said that he would break her legs when she got back and tell her to be smarter.

How is that possible?

How could everything be lost in the fire in the blink of an eye?

"Mother! Grandfather! Grandma! Yaomei! Wait for me! I'll come find you right now!"

In a daze, Jiang Huange's face was filled with tears, and she rushed into the fire like a demon. Seeing that the flames were about to touch her face, a big hand appeared behind her and snatched her back...

Some words up front.

I have always wanted to write an article about Peking Opera. It does not require too many gorgeous words, just telling a simple and touching story is enough, because Peking Opera itself is bright and gorgeous enough.

From 2018 to now, four years ago, I was busy with other things and there were breaks in between. In short, I consulted a lot of information, books, film and television works, and of course Peking Opera is a must-see.

However, I am still a layman to Peking Opera, and I don’t even know a little bit about it.

After all, Chinese opera began when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty founded the Liyuan. Later, when the Qing army entered the customs, they created the octagonal drum military song to spread ideas, which was widely circulated among the Eight Banners disciples. Then the Hui Troupe came to Beijing and combined Qin opera, Han tune, and Kunlun opera.

Peking opera has been derived from Yi tune, Jingbai, Yunbai and other tunes. It has a history of more than a thousand years, which some people could not describe in their entire lives. It is definitely not something I can get started with in just four years.

I wrote this story just because I wanted to take advantage of the call for articles on intangible cultural heritage and present to everyone the good art in my opinion and what a good artist should look like.

Therefore, although everyone in the article has prototypes, because the story is too short and the history of Peking Opera is too long, some stories are inevitably pretentious and integrated into a character. If the content presented does not match what you know, please forgive me. After all, the article

The names are all pseudonyms, they are them, and they are not them.

Fortunately, Peking Opera itself is a freehand art. No matter which dynasty or generation the story is about, they all wear the same costumes. It does not belong to any real dynasty, but it continues to infect the fans of every era. In summary, Peking Opera should be

He is the originator of the fictional world.
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