Qin'an Theater

Very nice place, definitely come back next time.

The first time I came to Qin'an, there was no strangeness. Qin'an had a very similar accent to Guanzhong's, sat in the taxi and chatted with the driver for a while, and immediately had the kindness of returning home. Look at the map, Tianshui's location is just between Lanzhou and Xi'an, but the accents of Lanzhou and Tianshui people are completely different. This makes people suspicious. Did Xi'an people avoid war and migrate to Tianshui? Or did Tianshui people migrate to Xi'an, which is better? Our guide sister gave a positive answer: Xi'an people's roots in Tianshui. More specifically: in Qin'an. In fact, "Qin'an" and "Xi'an" can also see the extraordinary connection from the name. Moreover, the river is like a blood line, maintaining the life genes of both places. In addition, there are ancient political reasons. In the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC~256 BC), Tianzi's horse officials were trusted to raise horses, so Heaven sealed a piece of land west of Guanzhong. On the one hand, this land is lush and rich in water and grass, suitable for raising horses. On the other hand, it can resist the eastward advance of the Xiongnu. This seal is "Qin". Later, the East and West Zhou Dynasty alternated, Zhou Tianzi moved to Luoyang, and Qin got the seal in Guanzhong due to his ability to protect him. Qin passed the power reform of several generations, and finally unified the world by force, ending the Warring States era. Think about it now, if Qin's regime can continue to this day, then Qin'an dialect is most likely to become the standard Mandarin that is universal in the world. But these are not enough for Qin'an to show off. In the "History" written by Sima Qian, Qin'an's story is the most primitive, almost the limit of Sima Qian's knowledge. 1000 years to see Beijing, 5000 years to see Xi'an, 8000 years to see Qin'an. The excavation of the "Dadi Bay Site" confirms that Qin'an has a 8,000-year cultural heritage. This discovery is almost as deafening as the name of "Yuli Tongxiang". Imagine how comfortable Fuxi and son-in-law live in the atmosphere of the Earth Bay culture, and look at each other happily every day. In Qin'an, people always happily tell the legend: "Fuxi and son-in-law were born in gourds, they survived the flood of extinction, feel very lonely. In order to continue the human blood, they decided to marry, before this with divination to ask God's will. So, the brothers and sisters in the north and south two mountains to the valley area rolling stone mill, if the two mill mills roll to the valley to fit, it means God to let them combine. As a result, the mill mill rolled down the mountain really fit. From then on, the brothers and sisters became a couple and began to reproduce. Sima Qian recorded Fuxi in the Three Emperors' Benji. He made him the earliest documented god of creation in China. Since Fuxi and son-in-law have snake-like bodies, such as dragons, we always call ourselves "the heirs of dragons." Fu Xuan created gossip by observing and thinking about natural things, and nurtured the root system of Chinese philosophy and art. Qin An is like an old man who has been through the weather and frost, and there is never a shortage of stories. 68 ancient cultural sites silently tell about Qin An's long-standing cultural accumulation. In the era without images, Qin An people who are good at expressing the legend will change the rhythm of legends from generation to generation, so that those glorious years can be permanently sealed. Formed in the Tang Dynasty, popular in Song and Yuan, widely spread in Ming, Qing, and Qin An Xiaoqu in the Republic of China contains the aesthetic taste of Qin An people. Singing in local native language, both the elegant style of literati and the original genes of Yaqu are preserved in large quantities, reflecting the warm and simple folk customs of the local people. During the long-term circulation process, Qin An Xiaoqu has been rooted in the local people's hearts. Due to the small number of players, simple playing tools, and close to reality, Qin An Xiaoqu was located in the public literature and art for a long time. In 2008, Qin An Xiaoqu was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. Traditional Qin'an Xiaoqu has no professional artists or professional performance groups, generally by Xiaoqu enthusiasts temporarily, in the agricultural leisure season to entertain themselves in the form of "ground stalls" active in the block intersection, field head. After Qin'an Xiaoqu developed into the Republic of China, Xiaoqu artists began to take this "sitting singing" as the main performance form of Quyi to the stage. Qin'an Xiaoqu only sings words, no dialogue. Whether it is a simple scattered song in the plot, or a more complicated folklore and historical story, it is sang by one person from beginning to end. Yangqin, Zhongxuan, Erhu, Banhu, Sanxian, Fazi, and Four Tiles are already considered luxurious configurations. Knock and beat, choke. The singer's words are round, his eyes are flowing, his strength is concentrated between Dantian and mouthpiece, and the rhythm is buckled to express the truth. On March 3, Buddha's birthday, he came to the eight immortals and went to the peach banquet together; Uncle Li Cao Guo, hugged jade bone simple board, Zhang Guo old donkey hanging, blue Cai and He Xiangu, hands on the yin and yang board, grass basket shoulder burden. Zhong left the hand to take the fan, Dongbin back the sword. Liu Xian held him. Han Xiangzi played the jade flute, the eternal Dan, holding the jade flower basket, and the immortals step by step to sprinkle money... Qin An Xiaoqu is different from Qin's bold and impassioned. Its pitch is high and soft, the beats change a lot but not messy, and the natural smoothness. There is a gentle and elegant style of Jiangnan tune. Sometimes sweet, lingering, sometimes low, ups and downs... Soaking a cup of tea, all afternoon immersed in these ancient melodies, the scene of Qin'an people facing the loess back to the sky, like experiencing a time-space crossing. Yuyun with a faint sadness, the person who played the tune has gradually become old, but the fingertips are still powerful, the listener is reluctant to leave, just because of the touch of this respect. Follow a young lady behind, through the undulating archway of the croaking, the hustle and bustle of the city street with the taste of pot helmets, climb Fengshan, overlook Qin's security appearance, and see a Wangba atmosphere. I think every Guanzhong person who speaks Shaanxi dialect should come here to see it. The continuous loess in Qin'an easily found the ancestors, the kind of voice that is more convincing than the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and the tomb of the emperor in Hebei is a source of reminiscence that people in ancient times can never forget. @Travel Detective

Qin'an County, located in southeast Gansu Province, north of Tianshui City, downstream of Hulu River, tributary of the Luhe River. The total area is 1601 square kilometers. There are three key national cultural relics protection units such as Dadiwan, Xingguo Temple, and Dacheng Hall of Confucian Temple. 68 Neolithic cultural sites such as Yangxu, Majiayao and Qijia Culture have been found, and 53 provincial, municipal and county-level cultural relics protection units have been found. Qin'an history is the key to the ancient "Silk Road".