Sichuan Zhuqing

Daoqing comes from the story-telling of Taoism priests and can be dated back to "Jiuzhen"and "Chengtian" of Taoism lyrics of Tang Dynasty. They are also called yugu or zhuqin or daoqingyugu because their percussion instruments are mainly yugu or clappers. They are widely popular in China and there are about dozens of different kinds of them, among which, the most famous ones are Huaibei(North ofHuaihe Region) daoqingjinbei (North shanxi) daoqing, Chang'an (Xfan)daoqing, Longdong (East Shaanxi) daoqing, Hubei yugu, Hunan yugu, and Sichuan zhuqin.

The tunes and accompaniment music of daoqing are rich and mainly performed in the form of repetitive singing of two lines or four lines of its basic tunes, and sometimes in the form of a single tune or joined tunes. At its early performance, it was performed in the form of aria-singing with beats. In the recent decades, the number of singers of each performance has increased and more instruments such as erhu, pipa, bo, etc. have been introduced to daoqing.

In the course of its spreading and inheriting, daoqing has taken in different tunes from folk songs, local operas, and integrated with dialects of the regions in which it was established.
As a result, daoqing often exhibits a strong recital or chanting style and gives a great emphasis on expressing emotions.