Jizhong Sheng wind music (Concert in Quantou village, Anxin county)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: jizhongsheng wind music (Concert in Quantou village, Anxin county)

Applicant: Anxin County, Hebei Province

Project No.: 90

Project No.: Ⅱ - 59

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Hebei Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Anxin County, Hebei Province

Protection unit: Anxin Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association

Jizhongsheng wind music (Concert in Quantou village, Anxin county)

Applicant: Anxin County, Hebei Province

Jizhong Sheng wind music is popular in nearly 30 counties and cities south of Beijing, west of Tianjin and north of Cangzhou and Dingzhou. It is a unique type of percussion music in Jizhong plain. It is commonly known as "concert" among the people. It is also known as "Sheng wind music" because it is mainly played by Guan and Sheng. In addition to Sheng, pipe, flute and other wind instruments, Jizhong Sheng wind instruments also use cloud Gong, drum, cymbal, cymbal, Dangdang and other percussion instruments. The music of Sheng Guan music is divided into three categories: Suite, ditty and independent percussion music. The suite is a major part of the whole playing repertoire because of its long length and complex structure. Jizhong Sheng wind music is spread all over the whole Jizhong plain. Farmers in this area take the village as a unit to perform in local folk activities such as sacrifice and funeral, and inherit it from generation to generation in their own unique way.

The concert, which is popular in Quantou village, Southeast of Anxin County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, was founded in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. Its score and music are all biographies of monks and belong to northern music. The musical instruments of the concert include Sheng, Guan, flute, cloud Gong, drum, cymbal, cymbal, cymbal, dangzi and so on. The repertoire of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and even earlier times is preserved in the music, which has been handed down for hundreds of years. Since the formation of the concert in Quantou village, it has been providing free services for folk funerals, sacrificial activities and official celebrations in the village and its surrounding areas. Over time, it has become an important part of the local folk culture.

There are 40 pieces of music and a set of percussion music "sitting Chan Tan", including 14 pieces of small flat music, short and vigorous, slightly low; 10 pieces of small sharp music, the same short, but higher than the flat music; 13 pieces of small big music, longer than the first two, playing time of 6-12 minutes; 3 pieces of big music, performing time of 6-12 minutes The playing time is about 20 to 40 minutes. According to the beat, all the music can be divided into five kinds: loose board, guide board, knot board, slow flow board and fast flow board. The concert of Quantou village believes in bianque, the king of medicine, Pitong, Huatuo, Sunlin, Zhangzhongjing, sunsimiao, liuhejian and other ten famous Chinese doctors. The combination of folk beliefs and folk beliefs has made the concert obtain rich folk culture soil, which supports its inheritance to the present day. The representative music of the concert in Quantou village includes Liu Huangyan, May 4th card, Da zouma, etc.

As a whole, the concert in Quantou village of Anxin county contains rich cultural information, which has high research value in folklore, ethnomusicology and music history. With the development of society, people in Quantou village no longer have the concept of leisure, which greatly affects the band's training. Coupled with the problems of insufficient funds and disrepair of musical instruments, the development prospect of the concert in Quantou village is worrying and needs to be actively protected.