Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera, a traditional play, has about 50 kinds of traditional plays, most of which are passed down from mouth to mouth. After liberation, there were about 50 new plays. Among them, the representative works of traditional operas include shoveling vegetables, herding cattle, seeing off my sister-in-law, going to the garden, suing prostitutes, beating cherries, beating brothers, selling vegetables, selling flat food, beating my wife, dinting in, dozing off more and having children. Performing Music The musical system of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera is Qupai music, which can be divided into two categories: single repetition and Qupai combination. There is no fixed music standard, and the tunes are freely combined. The music structure can be expanded and contracted according to the needs of the content, which is very expressive. The tune of Xiaohua Opera comes from popular Zuo Quan folk songs, among which the most representative is "minor", followed by "major". Most of the programs are in the form of couplets, and some are a play and a song. In the Legato, the interlude is connected with the goalkeeper's singing, which makes the tune stretch and move, full of rural customs. Qupai is divided into slow board, medium board, allegro and loose board, with G mode and 2/4 and 3/8 beats as the main accompaniment. Musical instruments include suona, sheng, flute, banhu, erhu and xiaohu, and later dulcimer, cello and violin were added. Percussion instruments mainly include big drums, small drums, big gongs, small gongs, big hairpin, small hairpin, wooden fish, jingle bells and so on. In the past, some wood pulling machines and four tiles have been lost. With the development of the times, the music of Xiaohua Opera is constantly innovating. Some use ready-made Zuo Quan folk songs, and some use folk songs as materials to create and compose music. For example, the traditional play "Flying a Kite" originally had only a typical minor aria, but the lyrics of 1 1 were repeated, which seemed monotonous. Later, the musical form was changed to a three-part body, an introduction was added, a song was put through the door, and the tone sandhi technique was used to make the colors new. The tunes in Xiaohua Opera "Washing Clothes" and "Peach Blossoms, Red Apricots and White Flowers" are based on folk songs such as "Washing Clothes in Parents' Egg River" and "Liu Mei Hiding from Marriage", which are elegant and full of local flavor. It can be seen that folk songs and small flower plays are closely related. You have me and I have you. Folk songs provide a steady stream of music resources for Xiaohua Opera, and Xiaohua Opera promotes and enriches the melody color of folk songs, which complement each other and are inseparable.

The performance form of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera is singing and dancing. There are songs, dances and songs. Characters are expressed by singing, and feelings are expressed by dancing. Sing loudly, dance flexibly and play brilliantly. This extremely comprehensive aesthetic requirement limits the length of Xiaohua Opera, so the length of traditional Xiaohua Opera is generally short. Later, in order to meet the performance requirements of a slightly longer script, the singing method was reformed, and the singing methods such as backup singing, auxiliary singing and chorus were added. The custom of celebrating the Lantern Festival in Zuo Quan has continued to this day, and most villages celebrate it on the 14th day of the first month? Or seventeen? On the evening of 15 and 16, all kinds of social fires will participate in street performances. After Watching Lights, Xiaohua Opera will be staged for three consecutive nights, with performances lasting nearly two hours each night. At the same time, the program must not be repeated. Sixteen, seventeen is the village community fire exchange performance, 18 county cultural performances, daytime parade, evening temporary stage performance.

We must visit the village temple before the Zuo Quan opera is ready for the official performance. When visiting the temple, it is divided into two parts: sacrifice and performance. In the early morning of the fifteenth day of the first month, the flower troupe returned to the village temple to worship. There will be "three sacrifices" in the temple (the three sacrifices must be male; The horns of cattle, horses and sheep should be complete; Pigs must be black and sheep must be white. The Taoist priest in the temple presided over the sacrificial ceremony, and the sacrificial ceremony began. First, the village chief offered incense to the gods, and performed three kneels and nine knocks. Then, the flower troupe offered sacrifices, burned incense and made three obeisances and nine knocks in turn. After the sacrificial ceremony, the Zuo Quan Flower Show was held in front of the temple. There will be a ceremony before the performance. First, the memorial tablets and sacrifices of the gods were invited from the main hall, and then the fire cleared the way to escort the memorial tablets and sacrifices of the gods to the performance venue. When the morning arrived, the salute rang three times and the performance began. First, the gongs and drums were used to clear the way, followed by ceremonial ceremonies. Use double incense flag, Qinglong white tiger flag, dragon fan, heaven and earth card, golden melon, cheng axe, and stirrup to drive them away. Next is the sacred tablet carried by the sedan chair under the umbrella of Huang Luo, followed by the social fire team. After walking around the venue, we began to perform the Zuo Quan Flower Show. At this time, the performers of Xiaohua Opera performed heartily, and the people watching were also crowded and lively. After performing several classic small flower plays "Picking Pepper" and "Building a Road Brother", the fire guards of Wushe sent the memorial tablet and memorial ceremony of God back to the temple.

After the sacrificial performance, each village flower troupe first performed from house to house in the village. When they arrive at a family, they will beat gongs and drums first. If the family wants to see the show, they will open the door to welcome them in. Shut the door if you don't want to see it, and then the flower troupe will enter another house. These flower troupes usually perform two traditional programs. After the performance, the residents who watched the performance gave some cigarettes, alcohol, peanuts and melon seeds to these flower troupes. The Flower Troupe takes something to say something auspicious and then goes to another house. It is called "Tanhu" in Zuo Quan. After visiting the village, they will perform in various administrative agencies in the county, which will give cash to these flower drama teams. In the end, these flower show teams can make a lot of money, and when they return to the village, they will divide the property equally among the people who participate in the performance.