Suona Art

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: suona Art

Applicant: Changting County, Fujian Province

Item No.: 68

Project No.: Ⅱ - 37

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Fujian Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Changting County, Fujian Province

Protected by: cultural center of Changting County, Fujian Province

Introduction to suona Art

Applicant: Changting County, Fujian Province

"Changting gongkui" is a combination of gongkui and gukui, with erhu, Xihu, Sanxian, Yangqin and other string and plucked instruments, as well as big drum, small drum, big cymbal, small cymbal, cloud Gong, big gong and other percussion instruments. It is popular in Changting County, Fujian Province. It is one of the most distinctive forms of folk instrumental music performance in "Changting Guchi". It is said that it has a history of more than 1000 years, and it has a history of more than 600 years. Its musical instrument arrangement is mainly composed of a pair of high and low suona (the difference between the tube sound is pure four degrees), the two playing, and blowing. The high pitched suona is called gongchui, and its body is short and thin. The bass suona is called "gachui", and its body is long and thick. The melody played by gongchui is called "Xiongju", while the melody played by gachui is called "Yingju". During the performance, there is a duet and supporting relationship between Gongga and Tui. The melody is a question and answer. It is full of sorrow and complaint. It expresses Hakka ancestors' homesickness for their hometown in the north and their homesickness for their relatives far away. It is a kind of Hakka people's appeal for war, peace and peace. In the past, this song was dedicated to funerals.

The inheritance of gonggaqi in Changting is basically handed down orally by folk artists. As the old artists have died one after another, most of the young artists are reluctant to learn, and the performers are very few. They are in an endangered state and need to be rescued and excavated.