China News Service, Tangshan, August 12th (Baiyunshui Mengchao) One drum, one string, one string, nine tunes and eighteen tunes of rap and singing in the world, this kind of performance is the national intangible cultural heritage Laoting drum presented of.
On the same day, the 4th Laoting Big Drum Book Club of Hebei Province and the 3rd "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei" Excellent Drum Music Exhibition were held in Luannan County, Tangshan, Hebei Province.
Laoting drum is a representative form of folk art in northern China. It originated from the folk in Laoting and Luanzhou (including Luannan County), and has been spread in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Northeast China. It has a history of more than 200 years.
The Laoting drum absorbs the accents of local folk songs and operas, and gradually formed a unique singing style and plate style.
In 2021, Laoting drums will be included in the list of representative projects of national intangible cultural heritage.
"I have experienced the boom in the popularity of the drum art, and I have also seen it encounter the plight of a sluggish market and a lack of talents. Therefore, we vigorously cultivate successors and audiences. Leting drums to enter the campus is a good promoter." He Jianchun, the representative inheritor of high-level intangible cultural heritage and the chairman of Hebei Quyi Artists Association, said.
He Jianchun has been deeply involved in the art of Laoting drums for 43 years, and has been engaged in the inheritance and protection of the Jinpai Laoting drum art.
"At the same time that traditional art is well protected, we must also make some new attempts to adapt to the times." He Jianchun said that since 1997, they have innovated in the creation of works and performance forms, and created a large number of works reflecting the construction of new rural areas, moral models, and urban construction. It tries to use the form of drama to integrate sketches and sitcoms into the performance of Laoting drums, so as to make Laoting drums rejuvenate and enhance vitality.
Laoting drum actors Wei Xiaoying and Li Zhiming sing the Laoting drum.
Photo by Zhao Liang
"On this stage, it looks simple, but it can sing and sing a rich and infectious storyline." Wei Xiaoying, a 44-year-old drum actor from Jinpai Laoting, said on the same day.
At this event, Wei Xiaoying got an opportunity to learn and communicate with the older generation of artists, and also witnessed the unveiling ceremony of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project "Leting Big Drum" with many artists.
According to Wang Yuquan, deputy director of the Luannan County Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, in recent years, Laoting drum bases and rural counseling bases have been established locally, the Jinpai Laoting drum art research society has been established, and the Jinpai Laoting drum memorial hall has been established. Leting drums enter campus activities.
At the same time, the local supply of cultural services has been increased, and 200 Laoting drum performances are held in the county every year.
Wu Wenke, director of the Quyi Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts, said that one side of the water and soil nurtures the other side, and the best inheritance of local culture and art is to take root in the ground.
Inheritance requires not only cultivating actors and artists, but also cultivating audiences. Only by setting up a stage so that someone can perform and watch it can shoulder the heavy burden of protecting inheritance.
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