Zhongxin Wanghai, May 5 (Reporter Fan Yubin) When Longhua Ancient Temple "meets" the thousand-year-old guqin, the sound of the ancient qin comes out, interpreting the ancient sound and wonderful rhyme that has been passed down for thousands of years, and also allowing more people to listen to the "high mountains and flowing water."
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Chinese guqin becoming a world intangible cultural heritage, and the third "Qinhui Longhua" National Youth Guqin Masters Concert (hereinafter referred to as "Qinhui Longhua") was staged at Shanghai Longhua Ancient Temple on the evening of the 27th and 28th. An exhibition of the art of heirloom and contemporary guqin was also held at the same time, focusing on 12 famous pianos from different periods of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
The scene of the 3rd "Qin Club Longhua" National Youth Guqin Masters Concert. Photo by Fan Yubin
The guqin is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument with a history of more than 3,000 years. The qin is the first of the four arts of "Qinqi Calligraphy and Painting", and is the most noble musical instrument in ancient Chinese culture, with the sayings of "Shi does not withdraw the Qin Se" and "Left Qin Right Book" without reason.
The reporter of Chinanews.com noted that the "Qinhui Longhua" activity reflects the cultural benefit of the people and is open to the public free of charge. Guqin lovers and citizens who did not know much about guqin came to listen to the performance, and they gathered together to feel the audiovisual shock brought by guqin art and revel in it.
In addition to traditional classic songs such as the guqin solo "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud", "Yangchun", "Guangling San", and the piano flute ensemble "Pingsha Falling Goose", there are also innovative songs such as guqin and guitar ensemble "Heavenly Road", guqin and harp and flute trio "Moyuan", guqin transplant song "So Many People in This World" and other innovative songs.
Master Zhaocheng, abbot of Longhua Ancient Temple, wrote the four characters "and don't miss" for "Qinhui Longhua". In the view of Mo Fan, a librarian of the Shanghai Research Museum of Culture and History, guqin is a very ancient art, and "don't miss it" is to hope that everyone will not miss the two "Qin Festival Longhua", and do not miss the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and do not miss today's good years.
The scene of the 3rd "Qin Club Longhua" National Youth Guqin Masters Concert. Photo by Fan Yubin
Young guqin masters show the bright prospects of guqin inheritance. In an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, Mo Fan said that this year's "Qin Club Longhua" is set by young people, hoping that the younger generation of piano players can inherit the style of the older generation of piano artists, not forget the contributions made by the older generation of piano artists, and grow up. At the same time, I hope that guqin art can gradually enter people's lives, and let more young people like it in a down-to-earth way as much as possible.
Zhao Xiaoxia, a guqin professional teacher at the Central Conservatory of Music, played the song qin, bringing the audience the finale of the "Qin Club Longhua" - the guqin solo "Guangling San". Zhao Xiaoxia introduced that "Guangling San" is one of the famous ten guqin songs, known as the "king of piano songs", the piano music is impassioned, showing the spirit of justice, hoping to pass on the firmness and simplicity of guqin performance to the audience by playing "Guangling San".
Zhao Xiaoxia said that playing the Song Qin made her feel even more rare. "This Song Qin is round and clear, with a beautiful shape, and it has a different feel and mood when playing." In her opinion, the programming of "Qinhui Longhua" is very bold, pushing new people and new works, encouraging young qin artists to innovate, and letting everyone see more diversified forms of guqin art.
Huang Nuan, a guqin and Kunqu opera lover from Guangxi, listened to "Qinhui Longhua" for two consecutive nights. Although he can't play the guqin, he loves to listen, especially likes traditional songs such as "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud" and "Guangling San", and also appreciates innovative repertoire, "The guqin can't be played around are the top ten repertoire, but also have to try different integration, the integrity and innovation of guqin art is the living inheritance and live display of China's excellent traditional culture." ”
The piano is regarded by the literati as a representative of elegance and an accompaniment instrument when the literati sing, and Shanghai citizen Du Yali has listened to the "Qin Club Longhua" twice. In her view, the guqin is not only a simple musical instrument, but also has a literati feeling. "The story of Boya and his son becoming acquaintances with 'high mountains and flowing water' has been passed down to this day, and literati played the guqin to express their feelings, and now the guqin is perfectly integrated with various other musical instruments, including Western instruments, to play a more beautiful melody."
It is worth mentioning that this year's "Qin Club Longhua" Heirloom Famous Qin and Contemporary Guqin Making Art Exhibition concentrated on the exhibition of heirloom famous pianos that have been clearly recorded in historical materials, as well as guqins that have been sealed in the folk for many years, which has attracted praise from piano friends.
Seeing so many guqins on display made Huang Nuan very excited. He said: "We can't let this kind of cultural relics-level guqin just lie in the museum, but we should go out of the book and really come alive." ”
"Tang Qin, Song Qin, Yuan Qin... This time, they were borrowed from collectors to show it, so that everyone can understand the guqin and see with their own eyes what the meaning of the guqin is, which is also very helpful for us today. Lu Xinyuan, who has served as the director of the "Qinhui Longhua" event for three consecutive years, said that this is a kind of inheritance and a culture, which needs to be carried forward today.
Since the 20th anniversary of the Chinese guqin being selected as the world's intangible cultural heritage, the art of guqin has attracted worldwide attention. Lu Xinyuan believes that the most important part of the development of guqin art is talent training, and now more and more young qin artists have become the backbone. "Guqin can be played to this day, if it is only a conservative collection, it must not work, guqin should not rest on its laurels, there must be a systematic teaching system, combined with the characteristics of contemporary education, combined with global culture, do a good job in the dissemination of guqin art."
The scene of the 3rd "Qin Club Longhua" - Heirloom Famous Qin and Contemporary Guqin Making Art Exhibition. Photo by Fan Yubin
In Zhao Xiaoxia's view, guqin has a very thick history, and with the guqin being selected as a world heritage site, more and more people have begun to understand, love and learn the art of guqin. In fact, guqin art is also a common wealth of mankind. "In the process of teaching, I feel that guqin has ushered in its spring, guqin art is like a continuous long river, there are more and more young people to innovate and inherit, everyone brings their own works to participate, let us see the new changes of guqin art from inheritance to development in contemporary times."
Zhao Xiaoxia said that looking at the world, guqin art in the past 20 years, more and more qin clubs, piano people and many excellent professional teachers have appeared in Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other regions to jointly spread guqin art.
Zhang Yiwen, an associate professor at Zhejiang Conservatory of Music and a descendant of the Zhejiang Guqin family, said, "The stage should always be reserved for young people, and I hope that young piano players will show their love for guqin through guqin performance, hope that the audience will recognize and encourage young qin people more, and hope that guqin can become a very beautiful part of everyone's life." (End)