Daoqing, also known as "bamboo harp" and "fishing drum", is a kind of traditional folk art in China. It is widely circulated in Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan. It is a kind of "Taoist song" and "Taoist song" for Taoist priests to express their feelings and preach and teach. Most of the contents promote some karma close to people's lives, get rid of customs, and persuade the world to do good. And sung by Taoist priests or Taoist artists from all over the country.
Taoist songs such as Cheng Tian and Jiu Zhen originated in the Tang Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was accompanied by fishing drums and drums, so it was also called Taoist fishing drums. By the Qing Dynasty, Taoism combined with local folk music, forming various forms with the same root and different streams, such as Taikang Taoism, Northern Shaanxi Taoism, Jiangxi Taoism, Yugu in Hubei, Zhu Qin in Sichuan and so on. Taoism focuses on singing, supplemented by speaking. There are many forms of performance, such as sitting singing, standing singing, stand-up singing and mouth-to-mouth singing.
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Early Taoist dramas mostly reflected Taoist life and preached Taoist teachings, such as Hui, Lin Ying and Zhuang. Most of the mid-term dramas are stories of Taoist self-cultivation and good advice, and the representative dramas include Wang Xiang Lying on the Ice, Guo Ju Burying Children, MoMoMoMo and so on.
The content of the plays in the middle and late period reflects the story of folk life, and the representative plays include Wife Swapping among the Old and Young, Kitchen God, Tintin, Weaving and so on. There are vocals in Taoist dramas all over the country, such as Children's Play, Xijiang Moon and Langtaosha in the northwest of the mountain, Qizidiao, Cross Tune, Final South Tune, Luotousha, One Plum, Taiping Year and Swallow Flying in Linxian County.
The accompaniment instruments of Taoist drama are flute, Hu Si, big banhu and small banhu, and the martial arts field is the same as Bangzi except fishing drum and simple board. The color of feet is divided into five elements: bonus (beard), black (clean feet), health, Dan and ugliness. The performance emphasized literature over martial arts, and the singer won.
After the founding of New China, professional Taoist opera troupes were established in Yingxian and Linxian, which further improved and promoted the singing art of Taoist feelings. After the 1980s, the competition between various art forms and entertainment forms intensified, Taoist dramas were greatly impacted, and folk amateur performances became less and less. Professional theatrical troupes are struggling for survival and need emergency rescue and protection.