Taining Meilin Play

Colloquially called “Taining Big Play”, Taining Meilin Play is a local-color play popular in the border area between Fujian and Jiangxi. Meiling Play features a simple and rough art style. Dancing, reciting and acrobatic all have their own conventional performing styles. The singing is mainly composed of pihuang (short for xipi and erhuang), bozi (short for gaobozi) and Chuiqiang. It also includes NanciBeidiao, Xiansuo, SipingDiao, Qingban, xiaodiao, etc. Musical instruments include light music (string and pipe) and heavy music (gong, drum, plate); musical tunes are mainly string and pipe accompaniments. The roles in Meiling Play are reputed as “seven roles are tight, eight roles are loose and nine roles are unfettered”. There are five types of roles: sheng (male) dan (young female), jing (painted face, male), mo (middle aged male) and chou (clown, male or female). There roles are complete and the singing is full of mountain song flavor. It is rough and melodious, with a different kind of savor. Traditional pieces include Dragon Belt, Blue Waist Belt, Qiankun Belt, Shuangui and Dangui Tu, etc.

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