穿过卵石铺的巷子,左拐至夹道白墙翘檐的私塾院,雕花戏楼便不远了。雕花戏楼始建于清咸丰年间,后修缮于民国十年。那时,镇子是溯水上下的码头,南北来的客商喜落脚于此,一条街的客栈、药局、戏楼也应运而生。来雕花戏楼唱戏的是一伙益阳的地花鼓,在红漆立柱、轿顶黑瓦、雕花镂空的戏台咿咿呀呀地唱。据我的祖父讲,那时的雕花戏楼有几个好妹子,生得高挑白晳、俊俏灵动,举手抬足间,江南女性的媚态和娇柔酥得好多老板的骨头都碎了。 Go through the alley with the cobblestone and turn left to the private school where the white walls and the eaves are clamped. Carved theater is not far away. Carved Opera House was built in the Qing Xianfeng years, after repair in the Republic of China for ten years. At that time, the town is upstream and downstream of the pier, North and South merchants like to drop here, a street inn, pharmacy, theater also came into being. To carved opera floor singing opera is a group of Yiyang to flower hub, red paint column, car black roof tiles, carved hollow stage slyly singing. According to my grandfather, when carved theater has several good sister, was born tall and clear, handsome and agile, raising his hand, Jiangnan feminine and delicate crisp boss a lot of bones are broken.