Qilu Evening News Qilu One Point reporter Yu Bosheng Lou Kai
"We want to bring folk art to the public." In the early afternoon of the first year of the first year, jinan's Running Maling Scenic Area, the sound of gongs and drums was bursting, and many citizens gathered together to watch the performance. The Art Troupe of Jinan Folk Art Museum has prepared a number of folk art "feasts" for the public this Spring Festival, and what makes the members happy is that in addition to the middle-aged and elderly audiences, there are many more young people in the audience this holiday.
Preparations for the New Year's performance begin before dawn
At four o'clock in the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, an alarm sound woke Chen Yulan up, and after dressing sharply, she hurried to the folk art troupe to start the preparations for today's performance.
"Most of our group are 60-year-old retired elderly people, the original intention is to strengthen the body, in a piece of workout." Speaking of the experience of the folk art troupe in the past 20 years since its establishment, Chen Yulan sighed that in 2003, she and several retired friends hit it off and established a folk art troupe. "At the beginning, I just did some public welfare performances, at the beginning everyone was entertaining themselves, but I didn't expect that after the performance, it was unanimously praised by the audience." In the eyes of Chen Yulan and friends, retired elderly people can also shine here, bring joy to the audience, and feel very meaningful. In this way, the folk art troupe has become bigger and bigger, and has also participated in the performance of large-scale events such as the Provincial Games and the National Games. "We just want to do some public welfare, make the audience happy, and symbolically charge some fares and buy props."
"Raise your hands a little higher, bend a little more, and everyone's movements must be in place..." At 5:30 in the morning, the members of the art troupe were preparing for the day's performance in a tense and orderly manner, and the indoor lights were bright and lively.
Ms. Wang joined the folk art troupe the year before, "After retirement, I don't know what to do every day, in addition to cooking is cleaning, and then I saw the performances of the folk art troupe, they are about the same age as me, their daily life should be very rich, I want to join them." "In the days of the art troupe, her life was much richer, and she often performed for free to the people during the festival to enrich everyone's cultural life."
On the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, the members of the art troupe performed a program in Ginza Square according to the program schedule. "A show like the Dragon Dance takes a lot of people to complete." Chen Yulan nervously looked at the already full audience in the background, "Although they are all old actors, I am very nervous every time I perform, and I am afraid that I will not be able to satisfy the audience." ”
Wherever the art troupe goes, the "fans" follow
"Finally we're waiting for you." Uncle Liu carried the maza on his back, took the nine-stop bus to the Thousand Buddha Mountain Park, waited for half a month, and finally waited for the performance of the art troupe.
Uncle Liu is a loyal lover of folk art, and in his own words, as soon as the gong and drum sound, there is a feeling of returning to the young age. After his retirement, he began to study traditional folk art, not only watching, but also following the art troupe. "I always follow the art troupe, and I follow them wherever they perform." Uncle Liu said.
Uncle Liu's favorite "mighty gong and drum" is the main performance content of the art troupe, which is performed by the drummer with a large circular drum. "The mighty gong and drum are played by four instruments: gong, drum, cymbals and cymbals, hitting a vigorous momentum." Chen Yulan introduced that there are many gong and drum repertoire, some reflecting history, some expressing the method of playing, and some expressing various emotions. "The opening is more stable, and the back starts to change rhythm, sometimes tactful, sometimes cheerful." Chen Yulan's mighty gong and drum has been welcomed by many people, during the Spring Festival performance, many old audiences followed the art troupe to run around, if there are two performances on the day, the audience will bring their own meals, watch in the morning, and continue in the afternoon.
"In addition to the mighty gongs and drums, our art troupe also has rowing boats, catching donkeys, and dancing dragons and lions." During the Spring Festival, the art troupe basically performs every day, and with the expansion of scale and influence, the folk art troupe has been invited by many units to perform, and the members of the troupe are tireless.
At two o'clock in the afternoon of the first day of the first year, the donkey-catching performance of the art troupe began, the two people completed this folk art together, the witty movements and music made the onlookers clap their hands and applaud, it is worth noting that there were many young people in the crowd, many young people held up their mobile phones to take pictures, after the performance, some people asked to follow the two paragraphs...
"Our younger audience is increasing compared to before, and that's a good trend." Chen Yulan believes that the inheritance of folk art needs young people, otherwise it will break the generation, and the young generation is busy with work and the pace of life is fast, and it is difficult to sink down to appreciate folk customs. "Fortunately, this Spring Festival, young people pay more and more attention to us, and the appeal of folklore is increasing."