The origin of allegro

Allegro was called "Jilaibao" in its early years, also known as "jingle", "flowing mouth" and "practicing mouth", which evolved from "Lotus Falls" sung by the poor in the Song Dynasty. Allegro was originally used as a way and means for beggars to beg for money or food along the street, with a long history; Allegro really existed as a performance form of Quyi art after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the old days, folk artists always wanted to find a historical celebrity to be regarded as the ancestor of their own industry, so as to add luster to their own industry. Of course, folk artists who are "counting treasures" are no exception. Historically, beggars begging along the street regarded Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu, as the ancestor of the "Count to Treasure". A cloud tourist, A Talk in the Rivers and Lakes, said: I once asked my generation why Zhu Hongwu was offered. According to the beggar, Zhu Hongwu was a literate scholar in Yuan Dynasty and a native of Zhongli County, Haozhou, Anhui Province. Zhu Shizhen, the father, and Guo, the mother, had four sons and a daughter, and the third son was separated by the war, and the daughter was married. The fourth son, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Hongwu, was different from ordinary people since childhood. The people all say that this child is not an ordinary person and will surely be excellent in the future.

When Emperor Hongwu was able to speak, he told his father to die and his empress to die, leaving him alone to live with Wang Gan's mother. When he grew up, he sent Zhu Yuanzhang to Huangjue Temple to become a monk, and the elders named him monk Yuan Long. The elders treated him very kindly, while the monks in the temple treated him very poorly. After the elders died, the monks expelled Zhu Yuanzhang from the temple, and Wang Gan Niang sent him to Majiazhuang to herd cattle outside Mr. Ma. The place where cattle were herded was stony mountain, but his luck was clumsy, and many cows died of illness, or were buried in the mountains or ate their meat, and were expelled by Mr. Ma. Wang Gan's mother died of illness again, so Zhu Hongwu had to beg from door to door. Because of his great fate, whoever is called a grandfather is sick, and whoever is called a mother is also sick. After Zhong Li County, the people are not allowed to call him a grandfather and a mother in front of the door. Zhu Hongwu was sad at the place where he was herding cattle. As a teenager, he had bad luck, so he begged someone to get sick. Don't shout in front of the door, how to beg? He suddenly saw two pieces of cow bones on the ground, and he was in a hurry. He wanted to beat them with them and begged from door to door. So I beat with this cow bone every day and beg along the door. People in Zhongli County are afraid that they will call their parents. Every time they hear the sound of cattle bones in front of the door, they will take the leftover food to the door and give it to Zhu Hongwu. Beggars who spread to poor families today don't call their parents, that is, their inheritance.

People in society call that cow bone, while people in poor families call it "Taiping Drum". There are thirteen small bronze bells, which were also left by Zhu Hongwu. According to legend, one bell can eat one province, and thirteen bells can eat thirteen provinces.