Chapter 2 Women cannot sing opera

"Let me go! I want to go in and find my family, so I don't want to live alone!"

Jiang Huange struggled for a while. She couldn't see or hear anything clearly at the moment. The only thought in her mind was that she wanted to be with her family and die together!

Liu Tielan held her tightly. After listening to her words, he knew that she must also be a member of the Chiang family. In desperation, he comforted her and said, "Why are you alone? Your father was just captured, he is not dead yet!"

Jiang Huange's expression froze, and his big, watery eyes only lit up for a moment, then darkened quickly.

"If the imperial court doesn't intend to rescue them, wouldn't being captured mean they are dead?"

"How come? Didn't you hear what the play said? When two armies are fighting, it is a rule not to kill prisoners of war." Liu Tielan said.

"Is this what the play said?" Jiang Huange was confused at the moment, but she still remembered that the original words seemed not to be this.

Liu Tielan could only continue to make nonsense: "Isn't that what you said?"

Jiang Huange felt relieved and asked again: "But what the play talks about are the rules of the Han people. Can they, the Orientals, abide by the rules of the Han people?"

"Yes, why not?"

Liu Tielan frightened Jiang Huange and told her inferences: "Isn't today's court dominated by Han people? When they enter the customs, don't they have to abide by the rules of us Han people? Besides, Asians don't cannibalize!"

Jiang Huange was only eight years old and was easily persuaded by Liu Tielan. He said to himself: "You are right. My family has been wronged for no reason. If God leaves me alive, I will definitely seek justice! If even I also

If he dies, then who will resolve my family’s grievances? When my father comes back, who can tell him these things?"

"Hey, that's the truth!"

Liu Tielan was relieved to see that Jiang Huange finally did not seek death, but he also felt sorry for Jiang Huange.

Although the Japanese do not eat people, they do not abide by the rules. If they were really willing to abide by the rules, they would not go to war with the imperial court and frequently invade our country.

This little person in front of me now may be torn apart by the wind and rain in the future, without any support.

So he patted Jiang Huange on the shoulder and said, "Just think about it. I just saw you on stage with a good figure, voice, and attitude. Since you don't have a family now, you might as well learn singing from me."

Jiang Huange looked at Liu Tielan, her eyes shining brightly.

She knew Liu Tielan, the leader of the Xi Rongsheng Opera Troupe who had only been here for two days. She sang Lao Dan. She had a good voice and a good figure, but she was too old and beautiful to sing the Qing Yi Hua Dan.

Now he said that he would be accepted into a theater troupe to learn opera, which is naturally good.

only--

"Have you really thought about accepting me into the troupe?"

"Seriously!" Liu Tielan said.

"No regrets?"

"Don't regret it!"

Liu Tielan smiled and thought to herself that this little kid came from a wealthy family and it didn't look like someone was trying to trick someone into growing up. Why didn't you believe him?

Who knew that Jiang Huange was more cautious, as if she was afraid that he would regret it and said: "Then you swear! You agreed to take me in, and don't regret it in less than two days. By then, my family will be far away, and I will die now."

I can’t catch up!”

When Liu Tielan heard this, she couldn't laugh or cry. This doll was interesting. He tried to talk a lot about her, but she actually wanted to die.

But anyway, Liu Tielan's vision has always been very accurate. This little kid has a good figure and a good voice. Looking at the few tricks he just performed on the stage, he has some boyish skills. If he is taught well, maybe they won't need it in the theater troupe in the future.

If you sing in an opera company with others, you will be able to excel on your own.

It's going to be accepted anyway, so it doesn't matter if you swear an oath.

"Okay, okay, I, Liu Tielan, swear to God, if I regret not letting you go, my voice will be bad and I won't be able to go on stage!"

For an opera singer, this is considered a poisonous oath.

Jiang Huange finally felt relieved and made up his mind: "Then I will go with you and ask you to be my master!"

While the master and apprentice were talking, a group of officers and soldiers rushed over in a hurry, saying they wanted to put out the fire, and they also counted the number of people and caught the fish that slipped through the net.

Liu Tielan quickly fished Jiang Huange away.

"Teacher, I thought about it. You can't use your original surname now. Why don't you just follow my surname? If you join our theater troupe, you should also have a stage name. We are the Xirongsheng troupe, so you might as well call me Liu Xi."

Liu Tielan also had some ideas in choosing this name for Liu Xi. Their troupe was originally founded by his master. The troupe was named after the master and his last name, Rongsheng. Only the word "happiness" was added after it, just for celebration.

In the future, Liu Xisheng will be trained to become the mainstay of the theater troupe. Naturally, the name of the theater troupe must be named after her.

In order to save trouble, he took it for Liu Xi now and saved himself the trouble of changing it later.

Jiang Huange also understood that in her current situation, she had to remain anonymous.

As for what she would get, it was just a transition anyway, so she didn't care.

"Well, Liu Xi will be Liu Xi, and I will call him Liu Xi from now on."

The master and apprentice agreed, and Liu Tielan took Liu Xi back to the troupe to settle down first. There was such a big trouble in the theater today. Boss Jin would definitely not be able to sing in the theater. Their troupe broke up, and they had to find someone else.

He went away to make a living.

Liu Tielan had a good idea and asked Liu Xi to wash her face first. He would take a look at her appearance. If she looked good, she could also develop into a female actor or a martial arts student. It would be right for a good young lady to learn more about acting.

Who would have thought that after washing your face and changing into casual clothes, something bad would happen.

"You-you're a girl doll?"

"Yes!" Liu Xi twisted her handkerchief, but she was not afraid at all. She had been mentally prepared for the scene that she had expected for a long time.

"Then why didn't you say anything just now?" Liu Tielan felt regretful.

Liu Xi just laughed.

"You didn't ask just now."

"I-! Oops."

Liu Tielan slapped his thigh and frowned. He had never made a mistake in his life. Today, he fell into trouble with this girl.

Liu Xi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Master, you just swore a poisonous oath. If you don't accept me, you will have a bad voice and won't be able to sing for the rest of your life!"

Liu Tielan was furious, but couldn't say anything. After all, he dug the hole himself. He had to jump in even though he was lame. He couldn't make fun of his own throat.

"It's okay for me to accept you. There are so many people in the troupe, so we need to keep a handyman. But you can't sing. You have to think carefully about whether you can stay or not."

Liu Xi frowned.

"Why can't I sing in an opera? Didn't you just say that I have a good figure and a good voice, so I'm very suitable for singing in an opera?"

"But you are a girl. Our court has a clear rule that women cannot sing opera or appear on the stage. Even if you learn opera, you can't sing. Why waste your time?"

Although Liu Xi is young, she still knows this rule. It is because she knows this rule that she likes the colorful face show the most.

After dressing up, who knows whether she is a boy or a girl?

But she was unconvinced in her heart. She wanted to have the same conditions. She didn't believe that she couldn't compare to those male actors. Men could dress up as women and sing on stage. If women didn't talk about playing men, why couldn't they even act as women?

The number of words in the previous chapter has exceeded, so this chapter will talk about updated issues. This is a work about intangible cultural heritage, so it will be treated more carefully than previous works, and it will inevitably take a lot of energy to write.

Although a 10,000-word outline has been written in the early stage, it still takes time to conceive the specific details.

Therefore, during the free period, we usually update 2,000 words per day, and we will consider adding more updates depending on the situation after it is put on the shelves.

In addition, since it is related to the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, I should do a little popular science for those who are not familiar with Peking Opera. Of course, I am a layman myself and am not a professional, so let’s just talk in plain language.

Today, let’s talk about Peking Opera first.

Now it is divided into the four lines of Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou (there used to be seven lines, but now many of them have been merged. I will go into details later in the article, but today I will talk about these four lines).

Sheng: A handsome and heroic man in opera, divided into Laosheng, Xiaosheng, Wusheng, Hongsheng (mostly Guan Yu) and Wansheng.

Dan: female role. It is divided into Qingyi (traditional chaste beauty, wearing black clothes), Huadan (Xiaojiabiyu, lively and active), Huashan (a combination of Qingyi and Huadan), Daomadan (with a riding whip), Wudan (without a riding whip)

, Caidan (harlequin among female characters).

Jing: The character who paints facial makeup is usually a man with a reckless temper and a silly personality. He is divided into big painted face (full facial makeup), second painted face (not full face painting, the area is between big painted face and small painted face), frame painted face, copper face

With a painted face, they are divided into Wenjing and Wu Jing. In the first chapter, Jiao Zan, played by the heroine, is the role of Wu Jing.

Chou: a little person or villain among men, usually comedians. Also called little painted faces.
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