[Explanation] On February 4th, at the Binhe Park Square in Yongqiao District, Suzhou City, Anhui Province, Ren Yi, the representative inheritor of the provincial intangible cultural heritage-Yongqiao Shifan Luogu, was performing with his team members for the Lantern Festival to rehearse.
According to reports, the Shifanluogu of Yongqiao originated from the court music of the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the 1950s and 1960s after the founding of New China; since the birth of Shifanluogu of Yongqiao in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, it has been spread in the urban and rural areas of Yongqiao, Suzhou It has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 400 years.
[Concurrent] Anhui Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Ren Yi, the representative inheritor of Shifanluogu, Yongqiao Bridge
Yongqiao Shifan Luogu is a very typical folk music. It uses court music of the Tang Dynasty and local gongs and drums. It also incorporates artistic elements such as local folk dances and folk arts. It is good at impromptu performances and is suitable for large-scale square gatherings and folk music. celebration.
[Explanation] According to the introduction, the tunes of Shifan Luogu at Yongqiao originated from life, with a simple style and rich musical vocabulary, which the people love to hear.
There are 20 commonly used gongs and drums such as "Long Gong", "Yao Er San", "Underwater Fish", "Anti-Under Water Fish", "Four Side Mirror" and "Reverse Four Side Mirror". There are ten rounds in total, so it is called Shifan Luogu.
[Concurrent] Anhui Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Ren Yi, the representative inheritor of Shifanluogu, Yongqiao Bridge
The Shifanluogu in Chuzhou, southern Fujian, coastal Guangdong, and the Jianghuai area in Anhui Province are all accompanied by silk and bamboo, suona, sheng, flute, and gongs and drums.
The Shifan gongs and drums of the Yongqiao Bridge originated in Chang'an (now Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province), which was the ancient capital of the Tang Dynasty. There are northern playing styles in the north, and southern playing styles in the south. What is the northern playing style?
Using pure gongs and drums without other accompaniment is pure gongs and drums, so it also forms the artistic style of northern Qing gongs and drums.
[Explanation] According to the introduction, the performance of Xunqiao Jufan Luogu mainly consists of big gongs, big cymbals, cymbals and hall gongs, which are characterized by cadence and sharpness.
The vivid dance language of the drum leader embodies the unique dynamic rhythm of folk music in the Huaibei Plain.
In recent years, inheritance groups such as the Yongqiao Shifanluogu Art Troupe have made remarkable achievements in living inheritance and artistic innovation. The Yongqiao Shifanluogu has entered a new stage of inheritance, innovation and prosperous development.
[Concurrent] Anhui Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Ren Yi, the representative inheritor of Shifanluogu, Yongqiao Bridge
The inheritance of intangible culture and art must have one of the most basic rules, what is that?
First of all, it must maintain its artistic original appearance, its artistic prototype.
In order to maintain its artistic prototype, it must first be a living inheritance, allowing it to innovate, prosper, and develop on the basis of excavation, protection, and inheritance.
[Explanation] According to Ren Yi, from the end of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (about 1620), Chen Shifan, a drummer in Chang'an, moved his family along the Grand Canal to the East Gate of Suzhou Yongqiao. Since the first generation of Yongqiao Shifanluogu was developed, it has risen and fallen several times, witnessing and interpreting the profound customs and cultural prosperity and development of Suzhou Yongqiao for thousands of years.
[Concurrent] Anhui Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Ren Yi, the representative inheritor of Shifanluogu, Yongqiao Bridge
There is still a long way to go for the inheritance of Yongqiao Shifanluogu, and it is true that we cannot be satisfied with the achievements of inheritance. We must continue to dig out its artistic connotation on the basis of living inheritance, and gradually , Extensively communicate with other arts, integrate and learn from them, so that it can be carried forward even more.
Liu Honghe reports from Suzhou, Anhui
Responsible editor: [Bian Liqun]