特440地方戲曲郵票—歌仔戲(遊戲)（91年版) / Regional Opera Series-Taiwanese Opera (Games) Postage Stamps

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特440地方戲曲郵票—歌仔戲(遊戲)（91年版) / Regional Opera Series-Taiwanese Opera (Games) Postage Stamps
Issued on: 25 Oct, 2002

To enhance our fellow countrymen's understanding of Taiwanese opera and to celebrate Taiwanese culture, the Directorate General of Posts is once again releasing a set of four stamps on the theme of Taiwanese Opera. Each of the stamps features a famous repertoire in one type of performance locale. The designs of the four stamps follow:

1. Liang Shan-po and Chu Ying-tai Street Performance:
At the very beginnings of the development of the Taiwanese opera, people, when they were not busy with farm work, would often recite and sing to entertain themselves. At first, there were only male performers wearing everyday clothes. Later, they added some theatrical movements and started putting on some simple make-up, and the females started to perform too. Liang Shan-po and Cliu Ying-tai was one of the most popular repertoires in those days.

2. Hsuech Ting-shan and Fan Li-hua-indoor Performance:
From the end of World War II, when the Japanese left Taiwan, to the early sixties, indoor performance was the most popular form of entertainment. In those days, the dozen or so theaters that regularly put on Taiwanese operas could all accommodate six to eight hundred people. Hsueh Ting-shan and Fan Li-hua is a love story with martial arts movements and fancy special effects, and so was very popular at that time.

3. Hsueh Ping-kuei and Wang Pao-chuan-Outdoor Stage Performance:
From the late sixties through the seventies, with the rise of movies and televisions, Taiwanese operas were forced outdoors. At first, due to its strong local flavor, it was still popular. Later, price wars drove down the quality of performances, and Taiwanese opera started to fade from view. The story of Hsueh Ping-kuei and Wang Pao-chuan, where Wang waits in her cave dwelling for Hsueh to return for 18 years, was sort of like the situation of Taiwanese opera at that time.

4. The Living Buddha Chikung-Modern Theater:
In 1983, a Taiwanese opera company performed at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Their combination of traditional drama and modern theater got an enthusiastic response. Excellent Taiwanese opera companies started to sprout up one after another. The Living Buddha Chikung combined modern theater, sound and light effects, movie production methods, and ample body movements (including flying stunts with actors attached to cables). These turned a love story into a touching, interesting and festive drama.


為增進國人對歌仔戲之認識，發揚本土文化，本局續以膾炙人口的戲碼為主題，以 不同的演出型態貫穿，印製「地方戲曲郵票—歌仔戲（遊戲）」1組4枚。

茲將郵票圖案簡介如下：

(1)梁山伯與祝英台—落地掃：歌仔戲發展之初，農閒時人們經常以簡單樂器伴奏，說說唱唱 自娛娛人，初期以男性演員為主，穿著一般服飾，後來才簡單化妝，加入一些身段，並有女 性扮演。「梁山伯與祝英台」為當時最受歡迎的戲碼之一。

(2) 薛丁山與樊梨花—內台戲：光復之後，到50年代初期，內台戲是最受喜愛的娛樂活動， 當時台北市經常演出歌仔戲的十餘家戲院，均可容納600至800人。 西洋風流行時，台上並有 穿著花俏演奏西洋音樂。「薛丁山與樊梨花」集男女情愛、武打動作、排山倒海等聲光效果 於一身，當時非常受歡迎。

(3)薛平貴與王寶釧—外台戲：50年代末期到60年代，由於電影、電視興起，歌仔戲被迫 走出戶外搭起野台演出。初期因草根性仍受歡迎，其後因銷價競爭而影響品質，開始沒落。 「薛平貴與王寶釧」戲碼中，王寶釧苦守寒窯18年的故事，頗能形容歌仔戲當時的情境。

(4) 濟公活佛—現代劇場：民國72年，歌仔戲進入國父紀念館演出，傳統戲劇與現代劇場 的結合，引起熱烈迴響，優秀的歌仔戲團也相繼嶄露頭角。「濟公活佛」這 部舞台歌仔戲， 結合現代戲劇、聲光、電影製作手法、空中飛人特效和豐富的肢體動作，將一個愛情故事發 展成一個既感人又有趣、熱鬧的戲劇。


There are 4 stamps as a set. But I only bought this one. I can't find the other stamps of this set. If you want to see the other 3 stamps, just click here.


References:
Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd