Playing drums in the farmland and singing songs in the cotton field! This 50-year-old farmer's uncle is on fire!
Recently, a video on the Internet of Xinjiang farmers performing drum kits in the field has become popular. In the video, in a green cotton field, a farmer is performing drum kits with passion and singing loudly...
The video publisher is called "Xinjiang Cotton Brother". He is Zhang Hongyuan, a farmer in Shandanhu Village, Manas Town, Manas County, Xinjiang. He is 50 years old and loves music since childhood.
The family loves music and listens to seven or eight recorders
The four generations of Zhang Hongyuan's family are ordinary farmers, but the family loves music. "Remember that in our house, seven or eight audio recorders were broken. Later, I changed the CD player, and two of them were broken." He said that he liked to sing nursery rhymes while sitting on the Tiange when he was young.
At the age of 17, Cui Jian's first encounter with the music of "the father of Chinese rock" made him completely addicted. "Lao Cui's "Fake Traveling Monk" made me feel that I was the one in the song, which aroused my enthusiasm for going out." So the young Zhang Hongyuan hummed "I want to walk from the south to the north".
After experiencing business failures, he gradually realized after returning to his hometown that he could only do what he wanted to do with down to earth. So he picked up the hoe at home, and every time he went to the ground, he liked to listen to some rock songs and hum along, "It will be more active to work like this, because I always have a music dream in my heart."
Self-study for more than a month, master the drum kit and sing in the cotton field.
At the end of 2019, Zhang Hongyuan accidentally found a set of drums discarded by the roadside. If he got the treasure, take it home and wash it carefully. I also bought accessories online, and assembled a set of "grounded gas" drums with wooden sticks, nails, and hemp rope. Since then, he has begun to chase his musical dreams.
He also bought a drum self-study course from the Internet, a 45-minute practice course, which often takes more than 5 hours to practice. The progress of the self-study is very fast. The self-study course that originally required one year was learned in more than a month. "It was just during the epidemic at that time. In order not to affect my neighbors, I didn't dare to fight hard every time I practiced, fearing that I might disturb others.
In April this year, the cotton field at home entered spring sowing. Zhang Hongyuan, who was busy with farming, simply moved the drum to the ground. "This field field is my biggest stage before and after the house." After cultivating, he knocked a few sticks and sang a few voices in the field. In the open field, the more you knock, the more you sing, and the singing will become louder and louder.
"I liked music when I was young, but there will be no conditions and no opportunities. Now not only have this opportunity, but also more time, I want to round up my music dream." According to Zhang Hongyuan recalls, in the past, a person managed 10 acres Cotton fields are very hard, often without a meal time a day, not to mention their hobbies. Now, all the 200 acres of cotton fields in the family are managed by mechanization. Drones spray medicine and mechanized cotton harvesting. They have transformed themselves into farmers in the new era, and then they have the time and energy to pursue their music dreams.
Today, "Cotton Brother" is also strongly supported by his wife Zhang Xiaoqin. When writing songs and singing, his wife will be there. Zhang Xiaoqin said that now that life is getting better and better, he must support his husband to realize his youthful dream.
Millions of videos played in less than 3 months
On April 15 this year, the 50-year-old "Xinjiang Cotton Brother" put his work "show" online for the first time. "At first, I was worried that my drums were too broken, and my playing style was unprofessional, and I would be laughed at. I didn't expect that after the video was sent out, it was recognized by many netizens." Now he has started live webcasting.
From the first time I shared the video of playing drums on the Internet, in less than 3 months, the number of fans has increased from a few hundred to 26,000, and the number of videos played has increased from more than 1,000 to millions.
"On the Internet platform, you can freely express what you like. It is a very happy thing to be able to record your hobbies and bring happiness to everyone. We are now farmers in the new era, on the fields of hope, You should let go of your hands and feet and work hard. Use hard hands to create a better life." Zhang Hongyuan said, he will continue to sing and share the changes in his hometown and his feelings about life with everyone.
Author: Peng Gou Following watt Ellis River Oumar Jiang Zhangping