We all know that "Liaozhai" is a famous literary work in ancient times, the author is called Pu Songling, but few people know that Pu Songling has another work, that is, "Liaozhai Slang", until now his descendants are vigorously promoting. However, too few people know "Liaozhai Slang Song", understand "Liaozhai Slang Song", and inherit "Liaozhai Slang Song", which also makes Pu Songling's descendants very sad. What exactly is "Chatting with The Slang Song"? If you are also interested, let the editor reveal it to you from the beginning.
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Pu Songling was a native of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, whose ancestral home was in Zichuan, Jinan Province (present-day Zibo, Shandong). According to historical records, Pu shi was the surname of Zichuan, but when Pu Songling's father was in the family road, it also had a great impact on Pu Songling, so that he failed to pass the imperial examination six times, so he decisively gave up the imperial examination and the path of career. During this period, Pu Songling was also devastated, and at the same time, he also saw the ugliness of human nature, as well as the darkness and injustice of society, so he decided to express his inner feelings through literary works.
It is said that Pu Songling set up a stall in his hometown to sell tea, listening to people from the south to the north telling various stories, and then he went through artistic processing, and finally collected into a book to get the "Liaozhai Zhiyi" that has been handed down to this day. People who have watched "Liaozhai Zhiyi" know that the book describes some stories of cattle, ghosts and snake gods, these images are vivid and vivid, although it looks marginal, but in fact it is very social irony, so this book is highly sought after, but also achieved Pu Songling.
It is worth mentioning that Pu Songling's literary achievements are not only a "Liaozhai", he has outstanding achievements in drama, poetry and music, creating valuable literary and artistic and spiritual wealth for us. In the fifty-fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1715 AD), Pu Songling died of illness at the age of 76. According to historical records, Pu Songling had four sons and a daughter, namely Pu Zhen, Pu Chi, Pu Wat, Pu Yun, and Pu Ying. As mentioned above, Pu Songling has participated in the examination many times, and his four sons are also the same as him, in addition to Pu Chi has no meritorious name, the other three sons have only been admitted to Xiucai, which shows that their family does not have the "gene" of the entrance examination.
Later, Pu Zhen had a son, called Pu Lide, who grew up, although Xiucai took the first exam, he never went any further, and he was still Xiucai when he was old. However, Pu Lide has great admiration for his grandfather Pu Songling, so he has spent his whole life sorting out and disseminating the works created by his grandfather Pu Songling, and we can still see "Liaozhai" today thanks to Pu Lide. Pu Songling's descendants have not suffered disasters, so the descendants are prosperous, and now they mostly live in the area of Hongshan Town in Zibo, Shandong, and Pu Songling's former residence has also been well preserved by posterity.
Pu Songling's former residence is located in the old village of Pujiazhuang in Hongshan Town, covering an area of about 5,000 square meters, which is an ordinary farmhouse from the outside. As early as 1958, the local authorities protected Pu Songling's former residence, although it was later destroyed during the movement, but it was quickly repaired. In 1980, on the basis of Pu Songling's former residence, the Pu Songling Memorial Hall was expanded, and the Liaozhai Garden was restored, collecting more than 10,000 cultural relics. In addition, what makes many outsiders curious is that the former residence also has a large collection of musical scores of "Liaozhai Slang", because people know "Liaozhai Zhiyi", so they are confused about "Liaozhai Slang".
Experts said that "Liaozhai Slang Qu" is a musical literature created by Pu Songling and is still an intangible cultural heritage of Shandong Province. As a traditional music, the biggest feature of "Liaozhai Slang" is that it is easy to understand, because the content of its lyrics is the local ethnic dialect, although it sounds very tacky, but why is it not a kind of people-friendly atmosphere? There are many "Liaozhai Slang Songs" handed down, such as "Sisters Easy to Marry", "Playing With Children", "Yu'e Lang", "Pink Lotus" and "Stacked Broken Bridge", etc., both love stories, legendary anecdotes, and cattle ghosts and snake gods, showing people's understanding of human nature and their yearning for a better life. Nowadays, Pu Songling's descendants are vigorously promoting the "Liaozhai Slang Song", and they have also become a troupe, and they have been invited to perform in various places and are widely acclaimed. For example, Pu Zhangjun, the eleventh generation descendant of Pu Songling, became a non-hereditary heir of slang music, hoping that more people across the country could know about "Liaozhai Slang Song".
However, in today's Internet era, all kinds of new things are emerging in an endless stream, so many young people are not interested in "Liaozhai Slang Song", which makes inheritance a big problem. Pu Zhangjun also said in a media interview that the lack of successors is his biggest headache, so he also called for more young people to discover the beauty of slang.
Resources:
"Five Thousand Years of Celebrity Landmarks in China. Early Qing Dynasty Volumes" by Wang Xingguo, Xia Peizhuo, Publisher: China Pictorial Publishing House
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's