Fujian: Inheritance and Innovation of "Quanzhou Songs"-Chinanews.com

　　[Explanation] "Quanzhou Ge Jue" is an oral literary expression created and sung in Southern Fujian dialect. It contains Southern Fujian nursery rhymes and various folk proverbs. It is popular in Southern Fujian, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and is well-known in the settlements of overseas Chinese from Southern Fujian. It is the "living fossil" of Minnan culture.

Many Hokkiens come into contact with Hokkien dialect, starting from listening to the elders humming rumors in their infancy. The well-known Quanzhou songs carry the childhood memories of countless Quanzhou people.

　　[Explanation] Now, these nursery rhymes that were once forgotten in the corner of time have entered the children's classroom and sang again.

Yang Liuqing, the representative inheritor of the municipal intangible cultural heritage of "Quanzhou Ge Jue", said in an interview recently that as a kindergarten teacher, she deeply feels that Quanzhou Ge Jue is to help children learn the Minnan dialect, their mother tongue, to understand social life and the customs and customs of southern Fujian. Important carrier.

　　[Concurrent] Yang Liuqing, representative inheritor of Quanzhou-level intangible cultural heritage "Quanzhou Ge Jue"

　　(Hokkien) Uncle hasn't finished eating, kills the chickens and treats the birds. After all the birds are eaten, they need to add more, fan their mouths, and slap their cheeks.

Such easy-to-sing and easy-to-recipe content is to give children a correct and civilized etiquette guidance.

Like some animals, in the process of performing these children, through the observation, understanding and memory of the animals, he incorporated their interests into the singing formula, and while performing, they can learn and experience the singing formula. The atmosphere to be conveyed in the song formula, as well as the essence of its content.

　　[Explanation] As a native of Quanzhou, Yang Liuqing has liked to listen to the folk proverbs of southern Fujian and sing "Quanzhou Songs" from the elders in her family since she was a child. These catchy, humorous and interesting songs have taken root in her heart.

Later, Yang Liuqing worshipped Fu Sunyi, the representative inheritor of "Quanzhou Ge Jue", and Wang Jianshe, an expert in Southern Fujian dialects, as her teacher, and accumulated a wealth of "Quanzhou Ge Jue" and dialect cultural knowledge, and determined to use her life's energy to do the "Quanzhou Ge Jue" well. The inheritance of a treasure of folk literature.

　　[Concurrent] Yang Liuqing, representative inheritor of Quanzhou-level intangible cultural heritage "Quanzhou Ge Jue"

　　Learning chants is like a sponge, constantly absorbing new content and knowledge. It needs to be inclusive and accumulated.

Because we are not just staying at reciting, we have to deeply dig into some social laws, folk customs, and more importantly, its dialects.

　　[Explanation] Speaking well in Hokkien dialect is the basic skill for learning "Quanzhou Ge Jue" well.

Therefore, Yang Liuqing is particularly concerned about the teaching of Hokkien dialect. She will correct the Hokkien mistakes made by the students when reciting the verses one by one, and let the students read the verses in Quanzhou's most authentic "Fucheng Yin".

　　[Concurrent] Yang Liuqing, representative inheritor of Quanzhou-level intangible cultural heritage "Quanzhou Ge Jue"

　　Nowadays, most of the students in the school communicate in Mandarin, even if they can speak (Hokkien), their pronunciation and expression are not standard.

So how to save the inheritance and spread of Quanzhou dialect?

We must communicate regularly with children and even parents in Hokkien in school.

　　[Explanation] After decades of training, Yang Liuqing has now become a new generation inheritor of "Quanzhou Songs".

Yang Liuqing has his own unique insights on the inheritance and innovation of "Quanzhou Song Jue".

　　[Concurrent] Yang Liuqing, representative inheritor of Quanzhou-level intangible cultural heritage "Quanzhou Ge Jue"

　　For example, in some associations and training centers that are passed down the tunes, we can organize these teachers, or social people who like Quanzhou tunes, to create tunes sitcoms.

We combine its dialect pronunciation to compose music, so we can combine sound, rhythm and language in this way, and we can also add our performance.

In this way, it can attract more people's attention and love.

　　[Commentary] Yang Liuqing said that the "Quanzhou Songs" must not only be passed on to children, but also to adults.

Because these songs that can evoke childhood memories can also make people understand the Minnan culture more deeply.

　　[Concurrent] Yang Liuqing, representative inheritor of Quanzhou-level intangible cultural heritage "Quanzhou Ge Jue"

　　The life in the past was relatively monotonous, especially children did not have so many toys, and there were not so many electronic products like now.

Today’s children, for this kind of ancient, our oldest cultural treasure, is that we need to pass it on to our children, to our new Quanzhou people and our native Quanzhou people, so that they can understand our Quanzhou culture and These literary treasures.

　　Corning reports from Quanzhou, Fujian

Editor in charge: [Liu Pai]