Chapter 33 Play ticket, go ticket, dragon ticket

The fanciers in the early years all belonged to a box office. On the one hand, friends who love Peking opera can gather together to learn from each other. Second, the box office can invite more teachers. It is not only convenient but also economical to learn any trade and thing.As for your plan to keep improving and use some private work, that's another story! Some people say that all fanciers have to spend a lot of money in singing, so it is called playing tickets.It should be known that Fanyou Caicuan had not issued banknotes back then, and of course this banknote is not the current banknote.Fanciers perform Peking Opera in full bloom on the stage, which is called walking tickets, which has its own origin.In the beginning, fanciers came to the stage and sang all based on their own interests. For example, when my family celebrates a birthday feast, not only do they bring their own carriages and horses, but they don’t bother with tea.As for some people describing fanciers as gods (when they come here, they are very lively, their singing skills surpass that of Mei Shangcheng Xun, and their singing skills are as high as those of Tan Ma), tigers (when they sit at the table, they are like tigers), Dogs (once they come on stage, their tongues are out of tune, their gestures are full of jokes, and they slip away as soon as they take off their clothes, like a lost dog), all of them are mean and exaggerated.In fact, there is no such unbearable fancier.

Fans in the north usually call it Zou Piao, while in the south it is called Piao Xi, and few people call it Piao Piao.Back then Hou Baolin asked the other party what he was doing in a cross talk, and the other party replied that he was a fancier, and then asked him about his industry, he said he was playing ticket games, which implicitly contained an element of taking advantage.That's why people of the older generation say it's a ticket game. Few people say it's a ticket game, because they are afraid of being misunderstood and taking advantage of others. Talking about the dragon ticket, Mr. Qi Rushan said that it is a license issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to approve the establishment of a box office. It is stamped with an official seal and the dragon pattern is printed on the paper, so everyone calls it a dragon ticket.Dragon tickets are issued to groups rather than individuals.In the Qing Dynasty, from Kangxi to Qianlong, there was a long period of peace, and the disciples of the Eight Banners were full of horse fat. If they wandered around all day, they would inevitably become depressed and tend to have bad habits.As a result, some rich and wealthy families strongly advocated the organization of box office, so that children can have some legitimate entertainment.If you want to have a good voice, you have to get up early every day, avoid smoking and drinking, avoid being close to women, and don't eat spicy food or cold food. Only when you are on stage can you look good.That's why the Eight Banners family doesn't object to their children entering the box office.

For all box offices that have been approved by officials to receive dragon tickets, on the Qingyin table when you go out, you can display a pair of brocade streamers with red heads on the left and right, and the round cage with the sounder should also be marked with the hall number of Zaohui complex box office.In those days, the Twist Hutong Successor Family and the Songbai Temple Jin Family were both box offices with a long history and a large number of famous tickets.Crescent Hutong Quan Yanping's box office, funds, organization and headcount are neat, and the rehearsal is more serious than Ji and Jin. He just can't get the dragon ticket.Because Uncle Quan, Zunren Kui Jiqiu (Jun), is the Minister of Internal Affairs, if he approves the dragon ticket for his son's box office first, I'm afraid others will gossip.The box office of Zhengyi Temple, Chunyang Youhui, and Chunxue Lianyin, which were established later, were affected by the box office of Crescent Alley, and they failed to receive dragon tickets.As for the Qingyin tables that collect tea money in teahouses and restaurants, it is classified as a cappella in the business registration, and it is not counted as a box office. Of course, it has nothing to do with Longpiao.

An old friend, Sun Daonan, has a very rich collection of Peking opera documents. He came to Taiwan from the mainland with a dragon ticket issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Daoguang period to the box office of Changyinxuan.It's a pity that Brother Sun died young, and the whereabouts of that dragon ticket may also be unknown.