Beijing, April 4 (Reporter Ying Ni) The "Singing to the Sky - Lectures and Exhibitions of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage" event was held at the China Arts and Crafts Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum on the 16th, and a team of blind artists from Zuoquan and Wuxiang in Shanxi Province displayed national, provincial, municipal and county-level intangible cultural heritage projects on the spot.
Sultan Sultan, deputy director of the China Arts and Crafts Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, pointed out in his opening speech that Chinese culture has always emphasized respect and care for people, and there are words about ancient blind musicians in the Book of Poetry. He also pointed out that blind artists are rich in heart, and although they can't see it, they can sing what we see in their unique way. When I met the blind artist publicity team many years ago, I was moved by their singing, and I believe that the audience will be immersed in the atmosphere of traditional culture. He also mentioned that all the funds raised from this event will also be donated to the blind artist publicity team to fund their development.
A team of blind artists from Zuoquan and Wuxiang, Shanxi Province performing live Photo courtesy of China Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum
Niu Xiaomin, Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center of Shanxi Province, briefly introduced the basic situation of the inheritance of the art of Shanxi Province and the blind people, and pointed out that the special group of blind artists publicity team, with its unique way of living and living attitude, carries out the living inheritance of intangible cultural heritage at the grassroots level in the Taihang Mountain area, which is widely welcomed and loved, and is the guardian of traditional culture. At the same time, as the inheritors of today's red culture and the practitioners of spiritual civilization in the new era, they have also played a role that cannot be ignored in boosting morale, building consensus and promoting the integration of culture and tourism.
Gu Jun, director of the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Beijing Union University and director of the Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Base, mentioned that he was very moved by the display of blind artists. She believes that the display of blind artists reflects the "two represents" and "three inheritances", that is, representing the "grassroots" culture and Taihang culture of Shanxi, which better reflects the diversity of China's culture; Inheriting the precious intangible cultural heritage, red culture and the perseverance, hard work and courage of the Chinese nation, "the flowers that bloom in suffering are the most touching".
A team of blind artists from Zuoquan and Wuxiang, Shanxi Province performing live Photo courtesy of China Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum
In the theme of "Zuo Quan Blossom Tune, Sanxian Book, and Qin Book from the Perspective of Overall Protection", Professor Tian Qing, librarian of the Central Museum of Culture and History, honorary director of the Music Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts, and doctoral supervisor, presented his handwritten "Twenty Years of Singing to the Sky" to Liu Hongquan, the captain of the Zuo Quan Blind Publicity Team, and Liu Hongquan presented a Yueqin used by the blind artist more than 80 years ago to Professor Tian Qing.
Tian Qing said frankly that from the first time he heard the voice of the Shanxi blind propaganda team, he was deeply moved by the "truth" they showed. His mentor, Mr. Yang Yinliu, has discovered and let the world know "A Bing", and he also hopes that through his own way, more people can know them, so that they can go out of Taihang, to the whole country, and to the world. To this day, he still remembers the concert that blind artists premiered in Beijing twenty years ago, and for so many years, the blind artists who have lived in the Taihang Mountains all year round have stayed away from superficiality, artifice, and falsehood, and have retained the truth and beauty of art.
During the event, the blind publicity team displayed the representative songs of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project "Zuo Quan Blossom Tune" project "Cherries are delicious and trees are difficult to plant", "Peach Blossom Red Apricot Blossom White", "Lotus Fall" project "Fortune Feeding Pigs" and excerpts from the "Jin Opera" project "Selling Paintings and Splitting Doors" "Hate Hu Thief", provincial intangible cultural heritage "Wuxiang Drum Book" project "Commander-in-Chief Zhu Let Shoes", "Wang Xiang Lying on Ice" and other songs that fully embody the spirit of the people of Taihang Mountain. (End)