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[Explanation] This piece of music just now was improvised by Li Xu, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of the "post-80s", which resembles the hottest electronic music nowadays, giving the intangible cultural heritage a new lease of life.
[Explanation] Speaking has a history of more than 4,000 years. Different countries and different ethnic groups have the same structure and slightly different shapes. In the process of development, there is almost no change. They are called living fossils in musical instruments.
[Concurrent] Li Xu, the inheritor of Ningxia Folk Musical Instrument Kouxian Autonomous Region
These are the accents I collected from foreign countries and other ethnic groups in our country, such as this (single) from a small musical instrument store in the United States.
Many people may have never seen a mouth chord, or even heard of it, but you must have heard it.
This sound is found in many variety shows and cartoons we watched when we were young.
[Explanation] Li Xu’s mother is the national inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage project mouthpieces, and has been committed to making and playing mouthpieces. As a "post-80s", Li Xu did not have a strong sense of mouthpieces when he was young Compared with other musical instruments, this small musical instrument with only overtones is more like a toy in his eyes.
[Concurrent] Li Xu, the inheritor of Ningxia Folk Musical Instrument Kouxian Autonomous Region
Like many inheritors of my generation (the same), we have all gone through the same process, that is, I have been used to seeing this thing since I was little at home, I don't take it seriously, and I don't want to learn it.
Later, I really regarded it as my career when I was around 30 years old. Whether it was helping my mother, or I gradually felt that it was more culturally valuable, it started from that time anyway.
[Explanation] As the old saying goes, "30 is standing", 30-year-old Li Xu has gradually found his goal-to pass on and carry forward his words.
Combining his art major, Li Xu made a fuss about the workmanship of the mouth strings, carved patterns on the mouth strings, and made exquisite shells for the mouth strings, but the effect was not ideal.
[Concurrent] Li Xu, the inheritor of Ningxia Folk Musical Instrument Kouxian Autonomous Region
At first, I started from a visual point of view to make it look better and more refined, including some derivatives, pendant-style chords, and decorative ones.
A problem was discovered during the promotion and publicity. No matter what you make this thing, it has a fundamental problem, which is that it lacks basic knowledge.
Many people don't know what it is, so there is no way to talk about the cultural roots of it when it becomes a product, because no one knows.
[Explanation] In the face of this failure, Li Xu fell into contemplation. How to increase the basic understanding of ordinary people's speech is the most important thing.
[Concurrent] Li Xu, the inheritor of Ningxia Folk Musical Instrument Kouxian Autonomous Region
Later, I changed my mind. Since it's an instrument, let's start with music.
Make some music related to it. Music as a carrier has the power to spread, so more and more people will know about it.
[Explanation] Li Xu, who was originally studying fine arts, has embarked on the road of music. He found the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Niwawu. The two hit it off and formed a folk instrument combination.
At first, it was only through some venue performances to let more people know about traditional folk musical instruments, but I didn't expect it to hit CCTV all of a sudden.
[Concurrent] Li Xu, the inheritor of Ningxia Folk Musical Instrument Kouxian Autonomous Region
Later, after the music of folk instruments gradually became known to more people, some musicians in Ningxia would find me and said that we wanted to integrate accents into our music. I actively cooperated and the intensity of the spread was not bad.
Then in this process, the role of music is gradually playing more and more. I believe that it will eventually help to recognize this thing, and the scope will also become larger and larger.
[Explanation] Li Xu uses fresh ideas and unique vision to rejuvenate the traditional folk musical instruments. This also allows us to see the current young "intangible cultural heritage" are constantly exploring in "keeping" and "changing". Seek a better way out for the intangible cultural heritage and carry forward its unique charm.
(Xie Yu Ningxia Yinchuan report)
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]