China News Service, Jincheng, November 1st, title: 400 years of drum words: the local accent can best solve the nostalgia
Author Gao Ruifeng Niu Zejing Guo Yanfang
Older Qinshui people can improvise and sing a drum verse.
Qinshui Guer Ci is mainly based on rap art and is popular in Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, with great regional characteristics.
According to Cui Qi, chairman of Qinshui County Federation of Literary and Art Circles, as a form of traditional folk art performance, the local drum ci originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, became popular in the Qing Dynasty, and prevailed from the early years of the Republic of China to the 1950s. Years of history.
"Pa", gave a shot, and the performance began, that is, "opening the book".
According to reports, Qinshui Guer Ci was first played and sung by one person, and the accompaniment only used small drums and shoulder boards. From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, strings, percussion and other accompaniment instruments were added. Later, the number of performers increased. National musical instruments such as "banhu", "low hu" and "suona" were added.
The drum lyric work "Gu Zi Hao" created by Zhao Shuli, the founder of Yam Egg Pie, is one of the best songs of 74-year-old Qinshui drum lyric artist Zhang Banglu.
"The millet is good, the millet is good, it tastes delicious, and it costs less..." The brisk and clear tone, combined with the local dialect, has a unique charm.
Zhang Xiuhua, a Qinshui drum lyric artist who is over 80 years old, was influenced by her uncle's "dictation". Over the years, she has innovated singing and playing methods in her performances in villages and villages. Songs such as "Legend of the Martyr" and "Palindrome" are very popular among the local people.
Qinshui Gu'er Ci was first played and sung by one person, with only small drums and shoulder boards for accompaniment, and later strings, percussion and other accompaniment instruments were added.
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A song and a song of drum children, integrated into the mountains and rivers of Qinshui.
After more than 400 years of development, Guerci has left a deep imprint in different periods of Qinshui, and has become a carrier for studying local customs and social changes.
Rap and sings were entertaining on the performance stage, and the onlookers were beaming with laughter. The songs full of ideological connotations and educational meanings performed touching stories one by one.
Traditional repertoires such as "Bao Gong Zhuan", "The Legend of Martyr Girl", "Eighteen Women Performing Filial Piety", new repertoires such as "Aunt Wang Raising Chickens", "Zhou Xiaojuan's Skillful Treatment of Hu's Anxiety", "An Jia", etc., the drum words express the people's desire for a better life The wish of inheriting the "truth, goodness and beauty" in traditional culture, and lashing out against "falseness, ugliness and evil".
Dialect rap, local characteristics, close to life, Qinshui Guerci has a unique tolerance of folk art, shaking off the wisdom and simplicity of farmers in the rap.
However, due to the use of dialects in Taoism and rap, and the limited spread of communication, coupled with the impact of modern art, it is the same as most of the genres of quyi, Qinshui Guerci faces the dilemma of shrinking market and no inheritance.
In Cui Qi's view, the inheritance and development of Qinshui Guer's poetry needs to be given a reasonable connotation for its survival and development in modern society, to explore its value in contemporary life, to improve the quality and ability of creation and performance, and to provide the public with something to love and hear. wonderful program.
Quyi has very typical living characteristics, it is not an unchanging solidification and extension, and it is different from the cultural relic-style maintenance.
According to Cui Qi, the local Guer Ci Biography Institute was established to excavate, organize, protect and inherit this rap art from historical culture, characteristic culture and folk culture.
"The local accent is the best solution to nostalgia." As the pride of the local dialect, veteran artists hope that the "ancient tree" of Qinshui Guerci, which has been passed down for more than 400 years, can bloom new flowers and bear new fruits year after year.
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