Today, why should we commemorate Shi Guangnan?

Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Reporter Sun Wen

Why is the search and commemoration of "People's Musician" Shi Guangnan an important agenda for an original pop song contest?

Obviously, it is not just about understanding and remembering.

When this generation of young music creators rushed to the light that belonged to Shi Guangnan in Jinhua, their own length was also exposed.

30 years ago, Shi Guangnan passed away. In the past 30 years, although we do not often mention this name, we have never forgotten the beautiful melody created by him.

Shi Guangnan Image courtesy of Xue Lei

Do not forget, because his creation, rooted in the people, wrote a generation of familiar life;

Not forgetting, it is also because he speaks the voice of the people with melody, and is sung by the public with surging power;

Do not forget, or because today's music scene, it is difficult to find such a broad expression, but mostly immersed in too personal feelings.

When brainwashed music occupies the audiovisual life of young people, when the original attempt is only to stop at the transformation of the classics, we must "look" for Shi Guangnan.

Shi Guangnan sang with musical notes about the great rivers and mountains and all aspects of the lives of the masses, depicting the diversity of an era for singers and listeners.

Just as the unrestrained and joyful conveyed in "On the Field of Hope", his creation is based on the vast land, and the work naturally presents a state of conformity with the scene of the people's life. In "Hope", he conveys the lofty attitude of a country, and also shows the spiritual outlook of each individual who struggles in it.

Therefore, his music comes from the people, and at the same time, he speaks for the people with music.

Shi Guangnan once said that "patriotism is the eternal theme of my creation", and the patriot is Shi Guangnan himself, but also the masses of the people expressed in his music.

The grand theme, in his pen, is transformed into a lyric of indulgence.

What is patriotism? It is the love of the land, mountains and rivers of this country, the customs of the world, and the new little things that happen every day. Whether it is "My Motherland Mother", "Amorous Land", or "The Grapes of Turpan Are Ripe", "Pinetail Bamboo in the Moonlight", "Playing Tambourine and Singing Songs", or "The Song of the Train Driver" and "I Am a Mountain Postman" who pays attention to various professional lives, he has written the common voice of the people in a poetic musical language.

Moreover, many of Shi Guangnan's works sound familiar with elements, but they also have unexpected highlights. It can be seen that his integration into life is not only the understanding of life itself, but also the immersion of the musical materials of the Chinese nation and the integration of those creative ideas based on it. In this sense, the foundation of his creation has not only penetrated into the warm public life, but also into the depths of our cultural genes.

We appreciate a certain type of art, and the heartbeat is that we feel our own experience of life by virtue of our common cultural genes, and then look back at those experiences that have been fully arrived or not fully arrived, and joy and sorrow arise spontaneously.

Originating from life, expressing life, it is natural to achieve the trigger of resonance.

There may be many criteria for evaluating the quality of a work, but the masses are willing to accept it, which is the most common criterion. An artist whose "people's nature" embodies it is also verified in this acceptance.

Only by accepting can it be passed on, so that future generations can innovate and remember accordingly, and if the song is high and low, it will lose the meaning of the literary and artistic works themselves.

At the same time, literature and art have lost their power, and they cannot merge into a torrent in the process of singing, and become a driving force for social progress.

Looking at Shi Guangnan again, when we sincerely want to sing a song of praise for the times or a certain group, his melody flies away. According to this, looking around at the current music creation - the same grand theme melody, but lacking a little vitality of singing - of course, the operation law of this era will inevitably change the direction of the creator, but when the too narrow small love and too fragmented small tone become a trend, where is the resonance? Where will the epidemic be?

Therefore, today we still want to commemorate Shi Guangnan.

This name, along with his artistic wealth, is a mirror that examines the present.

Today's artistic creation, how to deal with the relationship between creators and receivers, the relationship between innovation and tradition, the relationship between individual expression and the big times... Shi Guangnan has already given the answer.

In this sense, "standing on the field of hope" means standing in the lives of the people. To create a song that is still being sung a hundred years later, you need a pair of feet that can take root in the soil.

Therefore, in today's Internet trend and technology, looking at the title of "people's musician", you will experience a kind of simplicity - drawing nutrients from the land, singing for the people, and conveying the people's emotions, which should be the standard and daily life of artistic creation.

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