The inheritance, performance and development of folk art "chain mouth".
Commenting on Lang Yun's novella ** "Chain Mouth".
Text: Zhang Kuixing.
"Chain Mouth" in northern Shaanxi is a popular folk art form in the northwest of Shanxi Province, which is somewhat similar to Allegro, and is evolved and developed from the "Lotus Fall" sung by the poor people in the Song Dynasty. "Lotus Falling" was originally an art sung by beggars while begging along the streets. It has a long history as a singing activity while begging;As an art form of performance, it is relatively late. In January 2016, the "Chain Mouth" in northern Shaanxi was selected as the second batch of intangible cultural heritage of Yulin City. In 2023, the vice chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Writers Association published a novella ** "Chain Mouth" in the sixth issue of "Contemporary" in 2023, describing Liu Mao, who eats hundreds of meals and wears hundreds of clothes. There is a light and heavy job, the left-behind elderly are not good, and the left-behind women are not good, so they are called Mao'er. Mao'er hurriedly agreed and hurriedly went."
Although Liu Mao is "eating 100 meals and wearing 100 clothes", he has a "chain mouth" that sings very smoothly, according to the current statement, he is the inheritor of the folk art "chain mouth". Although Liu Mao is an older youth, "it's not that no one has introduced him, it's not that there are no girls to come, it's that Liu Mao shouldn't." Liu Mao has a personality not to mention for the time being, but he doesn't appreciate it:
Mao Xingqing's sourness, pumpkin is old.
Thirty and a half in size, fifty is not old.
Wait another three or five years, and the daughter-in-law will look for her.
As soon as Li Shang's daughter-in-law came back, Liu Mao went to eat dumplings on the kang. He was followed by a wolfdog. The little daughter-in-law was too ashamed to talk to him. Li Shang has a very good daughter-in-law, but he is not blessed to enjoy it, and the daughter-in-law has only been in the door for three years and left. There are many housework without men, the pit is full and no one digs it, and Li Shang's daughter-in-law is embarrassed to call Liu Mao, but the flies are purring and the maggots are stringing up, and you have to borrow the neighbor's house to go to the pit. That's why I called Liu Mao. In this way, there are left-behind women who still chew on her and Liu Mao's gossip. She told Liu Mao about these chews, but Liu Mao said:
Don't be careless when you call your sister-in-law, there is no sound on anyone's door.
Boiled cabbage in clear water is clean, and people in the world on both sides are often worried.
Liu Mao's chain is good, and the chewing in the village is gone. "There are some things that can't be called, there are two girls in the family, one is still young, and the other is the one who can't lift the weight. In addition to Liu Mao, the strong laborers in the village are still Liu Mao. ”
Zhang Qi in the east of the village married a Sichuan daughter-in-law, who is Zhou Zheng, can speak, and has a sweet mouth. But Zhang Qian is a real pimple, she has been married for three months, and her daughter-in-law is still a yellow flower girl. The daughter-in-law dressed up and dressed to attract Zhang Qian. There was gossip in the village, and it was rumored that Zhang Qian's daughter-in-law was "a wave ** who would not be able to pass the times" Liu Mao said when he knew it:
Zhang's mother-in-law and aunt are good talents, and they don't eat and dress badly.
The pie of changing models three times a day, three meals a day is often open.
Zhang Er couldn't count the money, but he was afraid that the lid of the pot would not be opened.
People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong. Liu Mao is no exception. A blonde girl named "Yellow Hair" is going to learn "chain mouth" with Liu Mao, she moved to Shuangwan Village with her guys, almost eating and living with Liu Mao and her classmates Xi, not only the wolf dog Xiaolian does not want to see "Yellow Mao", even the people in the village do not want to see her. That day, at Li Shang's daughter-in-law's house, Liu Mao was asked to eat, and Xiao Lian somehow put the bone with nails under the ass of "Huang Mao" and pierced it to "Huang Mao". As a left-behind woman, Li Shang's daughter-in-law is very strong, if the same needs are needed, Liu Mao will choose Li Shang's daughter-in-law's house first. After all, he knew that a woman without a man needed his help more than other women left behind. After this lesson, "Yellow Hair" quickly left.
During the Chinese New Year, Shuangwan Village wants to line up to make Yangge. Liu Mao is the protagonist. Yangge picture is a kind of celebration, but also a kind of auspicious celebration, the picture is so prosperous, and the four seasons can be peaceful and peaceful, auspicious and auspicious. Of course, Yangge also has to use "chain mouth" to taunt and whip: such as going to a single's house:
There was no red pair on the door, and there was no spark in the stove.
Messy firewood, messy grass, messy yard, what will the New Year look like.
Another example is to go to Uncle Wu's house who just passed away:
Uncle Wu was not ordinary when he was alive, and he would also pretend to be a man on the water boat.
The pretty girl competed over the female sable cicada, and she loved the man in a soft voice.
In the underworld, the king of Hades looked at it and saw that a woman was not worthy of a man.
The priest saw that it was inappropriate, and Liu Mao continued to say the next sentence:
Lord Yan opened his eyes and looked at it carefully, so you Wu Ye is too bold.
When it's true, it's not fake, so hide it with your original wife.
Liu Mao grew up eating the water of Shuangwan Village, and he also grew up eating the food of Shuangwan Village, Shuangwan Village is Liu Mao's home, "Without a chain mouth, there will be no you Liu Mao". But "without Shuangwan Village, there is no Liu Mao for me." "Kneeling down in the Dragon King Temple, the two old ladies Wu Ma and Zhang Ma, they don't ask for the God of Wealth or the baby, what they ask is: The Dragon King gives Liu Mao of Shuangwan Village a daughter-in-law!Liu Mao replied even more with a chain mouth:
The earth is not as big as Shuangwan Village, and the depth of the river and the sea is not as deep as the Pingshui River.
I was born as a person of Shuangwan Village, and after I die, I will be the soul of Shuangwan Village.
It can be seen that Liu Mao is a person who knows the Thanksgiving Picture. Liu Mao said at Zhang's mother's farewell party
Good guy Zhang's mother ......There is no good life, and there is no happiness in a lifetime of suffering.
I haven't had anything to eat and drink for half my life, but I'm still ...... when I arriveNot relieved.
In Shuangwan Village, Liu Mao became famous. Those girls who love to follow the trend also ran to Shuangwan Village like stars, signing autographs and group photos, and some girls also hooked Liu Mao's neck left and right, making the small chain jealous, harassing the girl with her claws and mouth, so scared that the girl went straight into Liu Mao's arms. Zhang Xiaowei, a girl who liked Liu Mao, persuaded Liu Mao to go to the provincial capital for development: "People must have great ambitions, Kunpeng can only fly in the blue sky, and tigers can only roar in the forest." Liu Mao said: "Shuangwan Village is my home. On the sixth day, Liu Mao replied with a chain mouth:
Sparrows nest only in trees, and eagles often fly in the sky.
Shuangwan Village is my grass nest, and Pingshui River is my grass slope.
On the seventh day, a car picked up Zhang Xiaowei, but Zhang Xiaowei did not wait for Liu Mao. And Liu Mao moved his futon directly into Li Shang's daughter-in-law's pit, and the small chain followed him happily. Maybe Liu Mao should sing a chain mouth again.
Just like Tian Wanyou in Lu Yao's "Ordinary World", he loves to be prosperous, loves to go out of the world, and loves to sing Xintianyou:
In the walnuts in the mountains and in the dates in the mountains, Sun Shaoan seems to be a Yang Zongbao.
There are leeks in the front ditch and onions in the back ditch, He Xiulian seems to be Mu Guiying. ”
The most lively thing in Shuangshui Village or Shuangwan Village is the Yangge during the Chinese New Year and the tradition of "turning the lights" on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month
The sun is two feet high, and the little bamboo pole is carried and runs, ouch!
Call my sister, let's come and beat red dates. ”
As a kind of folk art, the "chain mouth" in northern Shaanxi, which has been passed down from ancient to modern times, will definitely be inherited and developed.