Chen River High Tune river has a history of more than 600 years,and it belongs to the range of Yiyang Tune of four drama tunes.In 1957, zhou Enlai and other party and state leaders spoke highly of Chen River High Tune when performed in Beijing for the first time. In the autumn of 1998, the “Mulian saves his mother” opera was performed in Paris and Barcelona,and it caused a sensation, is known as the "Oriental opera art treasure". In 2006, included in the national first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection list.
　　Calvin High Tune river is a river scene, as a kind of local large kind of play, its rich cultural connotation, standard of ti, unique artistic expression, become a crowd favorite lives with evergreen. Especially the repertory item even play, is renowned at home and abroad, so to speak. Paris, France, Mr Barnes, Oriental art museum curator of the class to watch LuXi, after the "eye" play back widely publicized.?
　　Famous painter huang yongyu, old man, have a special liking to river High Tune LuXi Chen, every home, inviting LuXi theater performances in phoenix special contribution. Huang Lao generation of famous artists, painting don't give a person easily, but LuXi troupe has scored three best images huang Lao.?
　　Chen river scene spread in GuChen state in yuan river middle reaches their jurisdiction area, because its name. LuXi river High Tune evolution, there is a relatively long and tortuous historical process.?
　　Chen river High Tune began LuXi county pu city suburb PuXi, lasted for over 400 years, popular in qing dynasty. From the late Ming dynasty jiangxi native zens brothers abandon officer run away from social upheaval, PuXi seclusion, away in another place, often hum YiYangQiang, to express feelings of homesickness festive. Local people feel fresh, learn to sing,, zens brothers living pu city flower (hall) in jiangxi province was staying. By singing beautiful YuanLing creek, Chen, xu pu, have come to the zens brothers door word, after learning to local transfer, gradually formed genres. Pu, religious culture and prosperity at that time, and there are 13 hall, 72 buddhist nunnery temple, various places of worship to discrimination, ceremony. In case of ritual activities, total want to show local opera Calvin river scene. At the time, YiYangQiang is widely promoted in the local. Artists in the process of performance, the local river and jiangxi YiYangQiang together, formed the original local Calvin High Tune river. The place of religion, was not the sound of the buddhist temple, YiYangQiang morph into local Buddha, tao, nuo ritual music, such as river scene emerge from YiYangQiang, formed its own unique music singing. Therefore, Chen river is widely sung river High Tune, but the unique genre all in pu "pu pu cavity tuning" as authentic.?
　　At first, Chen river play is given priority to with "round drum seat", a man singing, when they have them, commonly known as "wai drums play". Sang wai drums play, no makeup, no clothes, no show, only to sit sing and auxiliary gongs, form is very simple. Every round drum don, TangKou and hall Lord, is performing troupe of young line. Wai drums play prevailing at the same time, accompanied by a short play. The puppet show short plays. Puppet show is a kind of development, the round drum of the play he is in the process of development, the famous zheng of Jane's 48 this big stage gamingbeast "biography of orders, even into the river to play in, for the development of Calvin river scene provides a wider space, Calvin play slowly left the river around the drum show, short plays on the tower.
　　From to high machine-team short plays, is Chen river play a leap in the history of the development!
　　High affecting by training, jianghu class, the wizard class three, in the form of performance may play, small to play, choi TangXi, god will play, city sell play five. The original small cavity minor drama, already can not adapt to tower performance program, singing, percussion, costumes, make-up, be badly in need of innovation. These reforms, because large gamingbeast "biography of eye even dissolve into to achieve satisfied, Calvin river will also play 48 the biography of the orders, even even plays as the main repertoire.
　　Singing, Calvin river play has high and low, Queensland, play four tones, LuXi High Tune primarily. Chen river play percussion is given priority to with large gongs drums. The qing yongzheng years, change the voices to have them to suona, flute to have them, send cavity after, gradually forming features unique tatsumi High Tune river. There is singing ti High Tune river has more than 300, music vocabulary is rich and beautiful. Suona accompaniment to have them as the main, imitated, animal sound d display, can see, aka also can smell fine so weak, especially in the improperness in motherless child, when a special skill. Skills, play "motherless child", such as hatred, such as v, SOB, "motherless child", only the smell of the court SOB SOB. "Hunan tongzh, :" pu city High Tune production, although three years old children also know song singing ", visible as Chen pu city river birthplace High Tune High Tune prevailed.