简介:LyingontheeasternsideoftheYellowRiver,totherightoftheTaihangMountains,theancientShanxiwasamajorbirthplaceofthevenerableChinesecivilizationandacornucopiaoffolkarts.Withanabundanceofmusicalandoperaticresources,Shanxienjoyedawidevarietyofoperaticgenresandconsequentlyhadaplethoraofstages.Sincetimeimmemorial,thesestageshadremainedthespiritualhome-whichwasunforgeflableandcouldnotbedispensedwith-oftheordinarypeople.Sincethereappearedoperasfromantiquity,sothesestagesareasoldastheoperas,Shaxi'sancientstagesweredottedeverywhere,withmostofthemerectinginvariablyadjacenttotemples.Thisphenomenonisindeedthought-provoking.Havingwitnessedvicissitudeofthetimesandwithstoodhundredsofyearsofexposuretotheelements,thesestagesstandmoreorlessintact,buttheyhavelostmuchoftheiroriginalglory-justlikeaoldman,wirilybuiltbutwithaweather-beatenface.Lookingatthem,oneseemstobetime-capsuledbacktothosesubmergedyears,theoldoperaticmusicresonatingvaguelyaroundthestages.
简介:寨子位于渝鄂交界处,风光秀丽,宝石般嵌入鄂地.这里渝鄂两省市山水相连,土地交错,寨人饮鄂水,行鄂路,赶场走人户甚至上坡下田做活,都有可能进入鄂境,连当地人也并不十分清楚渝鄂间的界线.