The story of Sanjie Liu and related operas and movies

The story of Sanjie Liu

The story of Sanjie Liu is very popular and has been passed down from generation to generation. "Nowadays, Chenggehai in Guangxi is passed down orally by the third sister." This is people's enthusiastic praise for the ancient singer Liu Sanjie.

It is said that in ancient times, in a Zhuang mountain village by the Xiajian River in Yishan County, there lived a smart, young and beautiful peasant girl. Because she ranked third, she was called Sanjie (whether it originated from the Hakka Liu Sanmei remains to be seen) research). She lost her parents when she was young, and she lived with her second brother collecting firewood and farming. Sanjie Liu has loved singing folk songs since she was a child. She has a skillful mind and is good at planting rice, collecting firewood, weaving bamboo utensils, and weaving brocades. She is diligent and skillful in all aspects of life, and she sings folk songs nonstop. Sanjie Liu is known far and wide for her outstanding singing talent and moving voice. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, young men and women gather on the lawn by the river, throwing hydrangeas and singing folk songs. No one can sing better than her. Liu Sanjie is both talented and beautiful, and young people from hundreds of miles away come here to propose to her. She sang to each other gracefully, indicating that she would choose a mate based on the song. She opened her mouth and sang:

In March, the melon flowers are blooming, and the third sister talks about singing, not about wealth. Who can sing better than me? He doesn't need to walk in a sedan chair.

There was an endless stream of proposers, and the singing of songs was constant all the time, but no one could stand up to Third Sister Liu, so she had to say goodbye reluctantly and return with admiration. In fact, Sanjie Liu had already secretly fallen in love with Li Xiaoniu from the same village. They have been herding cattle, collecting firewood, and singing folk songs together since they were young. Maverick is also an excellent singer. In working and singing together, they established sincere and deep feelings. The third sister expressed her heartfelt feelings to Mavericks in a soft singing voice:

My sister loves me, and my brother knows that she is sincere;

A spider builds a web at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, and the water keeps pushing it until it is pure silk (thinking) .

The third sister gave Xiao Niu a hydrangea, and Xiao Niu gave the third sister a silk thread, a token of love, and they sang:

The wind blows and the clouds are broken. The sky does not move, the water in the river does not flow;

The knife keeps cutting the lotus roots, but our love will never be lost.

This matter was revealed by Mo Hai, a powerful local rich man. Ren knew about it and insisted that Liu Sanjie and Li Xiaoniu were in love in private, which was against ethics and immorality, and he wanted to punish them. One day, Sanjie and Xiaoniu went to the mountains by the river to chop firewood, and the vicious Mo Hairen instigated his servants to flee to the mountains. , the man was unprepared and pushed the two of them into the river. The calf was drowned on the spot, and the third sister Liu was hung on the cliff by the vines. The rich man's servant cut off the vines, and the third sister fell into the fast river. , a piece of wood came floating, and the third sister quickly grabbed the wood and floated it to Liuzhou. An old fisherman found her and rescued her. The old fisherman sympathized with her and decided to adopt her as his adopted daughter. p>

Not long after Liu Sanjie came to Liuzhou, her reputation for being good at singing quickly spread. After hearing the news, the rich man Mo Hairen was furious, restless, and said viciously: "Sanjie Liu, Sanjie Liu, I didn't kill you." Even if you kill him, your reputation will be disgraced." So, Mo Hairen asked someone to spend a lot of money to invite three scholars from other places, packed a boat full of song books, and made a special trip to Liuzhou to compose a song competition with Liu San. To sing against Sister Liu.

That day, San Sister Liu was washing clothes by the river. The three scholars took a boat to the shore. They were busy asking where Sister Liu was, saying that they were ordered by Mo Hairen to sing against her. , I have to sing to beat her. Seeing that they were arrogant and full of song books, and they had a lot of background, Sanjie Liu sang casually:

Liu Sanmei, who is doing laundry by the river, you have to sing the antiphon.

Since ancient times, folk songs have come from the heart, how can there be a boat loaded with water?

The scholars seemed to have been given a blow, and they were relatively silent, and they had no words to answer when Sanjie Liu asked them. After the person's surname is Tao, Li, and Luo, he then sings:

With the surname Tao, there are no peach blossoms,

With the surname Li, there are no peach blossoms,

There was no sound of gongs and drums for the surname Luo.

Where did the three gentlemen come from?

The three scholars were asked by Sister Liu. They could not continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so they quickly pulled out the song book and reluctantly gathered together. However, within a few rounds, they were overwhelmed by Liu Sanjie's sharp folk songs. Seeing their embarrassed appearance, Liu Sanjie was angry and annoyed, and sang sarcastically:

The wind beats the peach trees. Thank you,

The rain beats the plum tree and the plum blossoms fall,

The stick breaks the gong and the gong becomes more broken.

How can we sing when the flowers fade and the gong breaks?

The three talents were so dumbfounded that they had to board a boat and escape. From then on, Liu Sanjie's reputation became even higher, and more people came to learn songs from her and ask her to teach them.

Mo Hai. When Ren learned that Xiucai was defeated, he tried another plan before he succeeded. He sent two thugs to tie up Sister Liu in the dead of night, put her in a pig cage, and threw her into the river. When the villagers arrived after hearing the news and fished Sister Liu Wang out, she could no longer be saved. That day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and everyone used a traditional funeral to wash Sister Liu Sanjie's body, dress her up as beautifully as she had before her death, and bury her by the Liujiang River. Two big carp were sacrificed in front of the grave, and everyone sang mournfully in mourning. Suddenly, the tomb opened, and the resurrected Sister Liu jumped out, riding on the back of a carp, leaping up and flying into the sky. The other carp had no time to take off and turned into the Yufeng Mountain standing on the riverside. Later, in order to commemorate Sanjie Liu, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, singers from all over the country gathered at the foot of Yufeng Mountain to hold an annual folk song event. This has been passed down from generation to generation, and August 15th has become a traditional song festival for the Zhuang people.

Classic Opera "Liu Sanjie"

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The opera film was produced by Changchun Film Studio in 1960

Zhuang singer Liu Sanjie was framed by a bully landlord and fell into the water. She drifted along the river, but was fortunately rescued and taken in by an old fisherman. The third sister's brother Liu Er searched along the river and finally found her. So Liu and his sister lived with the old fisherman's family and made a living by picking tea and fishing. The third sister and the girls in the village go to the mountains to pick tea and sing songs every day. The bully landlord Mo Huairen attempts to occupy the tea mountain. He prohibits the girls from going up to the mountain to pick tea, and he also wants to ban singing. The third sister proposed to sing a duet with Mo Huairen. If he could win, the song could be banned. In order to win the victory, Mo Huairen invited Tao Xiucai, Li Xiucai and Luo Xiucai with huge sums of money. However, the clever third sister relied on her own wisdom and the support of the masses to fight the three sour scholars on the singing stage, thus defeating them. He discovered Mo Huairen's conspiracy. Unwilling to accept defeat, Mo Huairen ordered his minions to take the third sister home to threaten and induce her, but the third sister refused to give in. A Niu, the son of an old fisherman, broke into Mo Mansion at night and rescued the third sister. Mo Huairen was furious and led his thugs to chase them by boat. The crowd helped and protected A Niu and Sanjie, leaving Mo Huairen with nothing. A Niu and Sanjie developed a true love in their lives and struggles, and they expressed their inner emotions through folk songs. To escape Mo Huairen's persecution, they moved to a new place and started a new life.

This film won the Best Cinematography Award, Best Music Award, and Best Art Award at the Second Hundred Flowers Film Awards in 1963.

Screenwriter: Qiao Yu (adapted from the musical of the same name)

Director: Su Li

Photography: Guo Zhenqing, Yin Zhi

Artist : Tong Jingwen, Zhang Qiwang

Composer: Lei Zhenbang

Player: Huang Wanqiu Liu Sanjie

Liu Shilong Aniu

Xia Zongxue, Mo Huairen

Congratulations to Ruyu and Mo Jincai

Zhang Juguang, an old fisherman

Ma Tao, a scholar

Liang Yin and Liu Er

Xu Juntai and Li Xiucai

Zhang Wenjun Zhoumei

Li Wancheng and Luo Xiucai