“杠天神”是河南省南部的地方剧种之一,发祥于清末民初的新蔡一带,是产生于河南新蔡的一种以曲牌体为主的唱腔体系的地方戏曲艺术。它与蔡州地区的语言音韵、语调语气结合在一起,其不少唱腔曲牌直接来自民歌、民间祭祀舞蹈和其他民间音乐,形成了自己浓郁的地方特色和鲜明的民间风格。一、“杠天神”发展现状(一)“杠天神”戏曲流变关于“杠天神”的起源是比较模糊不定的。它究竟起源于何时至今仍无文字资料可以考证,只能从年逾古稀的传承人口述中了解。据新蔡县“杠天神”的第三代传承人刘敬州讲:“杠天神”戏没有产生之前,有一种敬神仪式已经在豫 “God” is one of the local operas in the southern part of Henan Province. It originated in the Xin Cai area of ​​the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is a local opera art that originated from the singing system mainly composed of song and body in Xin Cai, Henan Province. It combines with the phonetic rhythm and tone of tone in the Caizhou region. Many of its singing songs come directly from folk songs, folk sacrificial dances and other folk music, forming their own rich local features and distinctive folk style. First, “Bar God ” development status (a) “Bar God ” drama rhetoric “Bar God ” the origin is relatively vague. It has originated when there is still no textual information can be verified, only from the seventy years of inheritance population to understand. According to Xin Cai County “bar God ” the third generation of successor Liu Jingzhou state: “Bar God ” before the show did not have a dedication ceremony has been in the Yu