Shifan music

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Shifan music

Applicant: Jiangdu City, Jiangsu Province

Project No.: 75

Project No.: Ⅱ - 44

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

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Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Jiangdu City, Jiangsu Province

Protection unit: social public service center of Shaobo Town, Jiangdu District, Yangzhou City

Introduction to Shifan music (Shaobo small brand of gongs and drums)

Applicant: Jiangdu City, Jiangsu Province

Shifan music, also known as "Shiban" and "wudui", is named after 10 musical instruments made of silk, bamboo, leather, wood and gold. This kind of music is relaxed and lively, with strong sense of rhythm, harmonious rhythm and pleasant to the ear. It is widely spread in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places in China. Most of Shifan tunes come from folk ditty and huapai (suona tune). At the same time, they also absorb a lot of nutrients from opera, quyi and song tunes. Their performance forms include sitting, walking and dancing. Generally speaking, they are conducted by the person in charge of the board.

Shaobo Gong and drum small brand, which is popular in Shaobo Town, Jiangdu City, Jiangsu Province, is a unique folk instrumental music form in Central Jiangsu. It originated in the Ming Dynasty, formed in the Qing Dynasty, developed in the Republic of China, and flourished in the early days of the founding of new China. It has a long history of development.

Shaw Gong and drum small sign absorbed the essence of Taoist music, thickness ten times (bamboo and silk Music) and local "new spring and percussion drum". It played a complete set of head music with multiple music cards, and played a close interaction between bamboo and bamboo music and percussion music, forming a distinctive music school in Yangzhou and Lixia River brand music. Shaobo's performance of gongs and drums can be divided into two types: sitting on the stage and stepping on the street. Sitting on the stage refers to sitting on the stage, which is used in the "Guanyin Festival" and "Yulan Festival"; stepping on the street refers to walking on the street, which is mainly used in the parade of Dongyue Temple Fair on March 28 every year. Performing unique skills is a major feature of small brands of gongs and drums. In the history of small brands of gongs and drums, performances such as "pulling erhu on the top of the head" by Yan Qi, a Gaohu hand, and "Cymbals - water gourd" by Cheng Helin, a gongs and drums hand, are all famous for a while, which is amazing. Characteristic percussion music is another feature of small brands of gongs and drums. Its performers have strong expressive power, such as using chopsticks to knock small porcelain plates and small wine cups. According to the survey and statistics, there are more than 30 pieces of local folk tunes played by small brands of gongs and drums, including Baduanjin, Shiba Province, jiatangzi of Shiba Province, parrot song, etc., which have been included in the volume of "integration of Chinese folk instrumental music Jiangsu".

Shaobo's small brand of gongs and drums has been handed down from generation to generation, which integrates the folk customs of Yangzhou area and provides valuable materials for the study of music history and folk history. At present, Shaobo small brand of percussion and drum performance team is aging, and some unique performance skills are on the verge of being lost. The survival and development prospects of this traditional folk instrumental music are worrying and need to be protected.