斬瓜
Slaying the Melon Spirit
A scene from luantan opera, the theatre beiguan clubs perform for the gods: Liu Zhiyuan goes into a melon field to hunt a demon, fights it, and finds a military manual and a sword where it vanished. Listen for the scene's signature melody, the 'zhangua dian', at 3:03, 4:25 and 5:43.
- Performer
- Lichunyuan (梨春園): Huang Youfu (xiaosheng voice); Chen Zhulin leading the percussion, Lin Kunchi leading the strings
- Instruments
- Voice 聲, Luógǔ 鑼鼓, Mixed ensemble 合奏
- Recorded
- 1985
- Length
- 10:25
- Licence
- CC BY · 《梨花院落子弟絃歌—彰化梨春園歷史錄音》, Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau (彰化縣文化局), via Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (國家文化記憶庫), CC BY 3.0 TWFrom 《梨花院落子弟絃歌—彰化梨春園歷史錄音》 (ed. Fan Yang-kun, Bureau of Cultural Heritage, 2011–12), the Lichunyuan club's own historical recordings; released by the Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau under CC BY 3.0 TW on the Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank. Originally recorded in 1985 for the Taiwan Provincial Symphony Orchestra's 《台灣北管音樂》.
- Source
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (國家文化記憶庫)