Shifan music

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Shifan music (Lou TA Xi Shifan)

Applicant: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Project No.: 75

Project No.: Ⅱ - 44

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Zhejiang Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Protection unit: Hangzhou Xiaoshan District Lou TA Xi Shi fan association

Introduction to Shifan music

Applicant: Hangzhou City, Zhejiang 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.

Louta xishifan is a kind of folk instrumental music which is popular in the southern part of Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province. According to the memory of louta's predecessors, this kind of xishifan was formed in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of hundreds of years. Lou TA Xi Shi fan is a kind of music with classical Qupai as its playing content. This kind of music is dedicated to eulogizing the merits of Dayu's flood control. It does not participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, nor is it played in weddings, funerals, birthday celebrations and other occasions.

Loutashi shifanyue takes folk Qupai wangzhuangtai, Yitiao gun and baban as its basic performance content. The three Qupai echo back and forth with distinct layers. "Wangzhuangtai" mainly describes the magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers, the prosperity of the country and the people, "a gun" shows the scene of labor and highlights the "lifting stone slab" among them, "eight slabs" shows the lively scene of celebration, hoping for good weather and bumper harvest in the coming year. The performers are composed of 30 to 35 people. The whole performance contains a variety of forms. There are more than 20 kinds of musical instruments, and the configuration is relatively complete. They include Sheng, Xiao, Guan, flute and other wind instruments, Banhu, erhu, Zhonghu, Dahu, sixianhu, Gaohu and other stringed instruments, pipa, xiaoxiaosanxian, Yueqin, Yangqin, guzheng, zhongruan, Daran and other plucked instruments, as well as shifangu, sankuaban, Lingling, triangle bell, xiaocymbal, Xiaogu and other percussion instruments.

According to the different functions of musical instruments, Lou TA Xi Shi fan adopts the corresponding playing skills. The central flute and Xiao mainly play the main melody, the Sheng mainly plays the Polyphony to set off the atmosphere, the string music alternately uses long and short bows, and enriches the movement by playing notes and adding flowers, while the plucked music sets off the melody by playing pick, roll and wheel. All kinds of musical instruments give full play to their own advantages, echo and cooperate with each other, forming a new and extraordinary artistic effect, so that the tower has a high artistic value.

Lou TA Xi Shi fan is a kind of archaic folk instrumental music performance form, which has a high historical and cultural research value. At present, four pieces of Qupai have been excavated from the ten times of Lou TA Xi, including men's tanhuang, women's tanhuang, seven flowers and plum blossom Sannong, and more than ten pieces of Qupai are being further sorted out. It is necessary to invest more manpower and material resources to strengthen the protection of this valuable folk art style.