Xingshan County, Zhaojun’s hometown, is the hometown of Wang Zhaojun, known as the “Messenger of National Friendship”.
For more than 2000 years, Wang Zhaojun's deeds have been praised by literati and poets, and have also been praised by the people in his hometown.
Xingshan Folk Songs Xingshan folk songs have a long history, unique tones, and are unknown. They are a unique tree in the forest of music.
More than 20 years ago, it was verified as the remains of the ancient sounds of Ba and Chu, and it is known as the "living fossil of the ancient sounds of Bachu".
The outstanding feature of Xingshan folk songs is that the scale (column) structure contains an interval between major and minor thirds. According to the measurement by the Acoustic Laboratory of the Music Institute of the China Academy of Arts, the interval values ????are mostly concentrated around 345 cents, wandering
The amplitude is 350 ± 15 cents. It is named after Xingshan by experts according to international practice. It is called "Xingshan characteristic third interval", referred to as "Xingshan third interval", and is jokingly called "the sound in the cracks of the piano".
The gongs and drums of picking grass and gongs and drums have a long history. According to records such as "Zhou Li·Chun Guan·Huang Zhang", it has a history of at least thousands of years.
Xingshan grass-cutting gongs and drums are a good carrier of Xingshan folk songs. Because of this, Xingshan folk songs have been preserved original for thousands of years.
Grass-picking, gongs and drums are the form of performance, and Xingshan folk songs are the content of the performance. Both are indispensable.
Gongs and drums were originally used to gather grass from the corn, but were also used in collective labor such as land reclamation.
The grass-cutting gongs and drums are nicknamed "farm opera" by Xingshan farmers, and are performed by farmers in the fields.
There are the most types of gongs and drums in Xingshan, and the preserved form is the most primitive.
It can be divided into Hualuogu, which sings love songs (also known as Hua Gezi, and Meat Gezi), and Dangu, which does not sing love songs but only sings legends and stories (including "The Legend of Darkness").
Hua Luo Gu is distributed in the vast area in the south of Xingshan, and Zan Gu is distributed in Zhenzi Township in the north and a few adjacent areas.
Hua gongs and drums are divided into three types: three times, four times, and five times. Folks also have large and small classifications.
Various gongs and drums have different sounding methods, different trumpets, and different playing styles.
All musical instruments are the same as the big gong (the gong has a larger surface, no bore, and a very wide rim) and the small drum. However, the number of gongs and drums used varies depending on the number of people who work the grass. The smallest ones have one gong and one drum, and as many as four gongs.
Three drums.
Dihuagu Xingshan Dihuagu, commonly known as "Huaguzi", has been circulating in Xingshan County for hundreds of years. "Xingshan County Chronicle" (Tongzhi Edition of the Qing Dynasty) records: "From the 13th to the 15th of New Year's Day, dragons, dancing lions, and flower drums are also performed.
Various dramas. "It is closely related to people's life and customs. Its performances can be seen in the Spring Festival Lantern Festival, weddings, birthday celebrations, birth celebrations, building beams on houses, etc.
There are many kinds of folk instrumental music in Xingshan, such as Weigu (also called Bayinzi), Liuyinzi (also called Wuyin), Hot Family Industry, Calling Dianzi, etc.
The predecessor of Xingshan Waigu is the artillery that spread in the area centered on Wudang Mountain and including the junction of Hubei, Henan, and Shaanxi. It was introduced to Xingshan during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (around 1855).
Over the past 150 years, it has been combined with Xingshan folk art to form the "Xingshan Waigu" with local characteristics.
It not only retains the rough temperament of northern wind and percussion music, but also has the euphemistic style of southern wind and percussion music. It is also different from the "waigu" of Hubei, Sichuan and other places and is unique.
Xingshan Weigu has a clear inheritance line and a complete pedigree. It is now in its 11th generation.
Xingshan Waigu tunes are extremely rich, with more than 300 pieces, which can be divided into three categories. Among them, Wuqu tunes are derived from Taoist music. There are not many of this type of tunes, about 40, which are treasures in Xingshan Waigu. They are usually
Play in rows.