The Historical Origin of Qin Opera
The emergence and development of Shaanxi Opera has a profound historical origin and a heavy cultural background. At every stage of the development and dissemination of Shaanxi Opera, it has a unique cultural background and is deeply branded with a distinctive mark of the times.
Shaanxi Opera is a folk song and dance of the Han nationality that originated in ancient Shaanxi and Gansu. It grew up in Chang 'an, the ancient political, economic and cultural center of China, and gradually formed after several generations of creation. Since the Zhou Dynasty, Guanzhong area has been called "Qin", hence the name of Qin Opera. Because jujube bangzi is used as a percussion instrument, it is also called bangzi cavity.
Li, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in his play Rain Village: "According to legend, the Qian family has hundreds of books, which is quite impressive. It started in Shaanxi, with the drum beating as the board, and Qin Yue responded. It is tight and slow, and it is called bangzi cavity, which is called playing indiscriminately. " The word "strumming" has many meanings in China opera tune. In the past, operas other than Kunqu Opera and Gaoqiang Opera were all called random play, and some were once called Beijing Opera random play.