Cover of "Tune And Tune". Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
Zhangzhou, China, October 25 (Zhang Jinchuan, Huang Yaping) "The golden songs we sing are the songs and plays sung by Taiwanese compatriots. The Qian opera we are singing now is a fusion of "improved drama" and "song boy drama"..." It is written in the preface to the Zhangtaiyuan series of books "Qu Tongtuo".
"Tune And Tune" is edited and published by the Taiwan Compatriots Association of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. The relevant person in charge of the Zhangzhou City Taiwan Compatriots Association said in an interview with a reporter from the China News Agency on the 25th that from the ancient Zhangzhou Jinge to the Taiwan Song zai opera, and then to the improved opera and qian opera in southern Fujian, the same root, the same sound of gongs and drums, the same tone of the strings and pipes, and the same sound of the language are the wonderful opera art jointly created by the people on both sides of the strait, and it is also a lingering cultural bond between the people on both sides of the strait.
Zhangzhou Jinge entered the campus. (Data map) Zhang Jinchuan photo
With the deepening of cross-strait exchanges, the study of gezai opera (Qian opera) has yielded fruitful results. "Qu Tong Tunes" is a compilation of papers on the study of cross-strait Gezai opera (Qian opera), which selects the articles of more than a dozen experts and scholars who study famous Gezai opera (Qian opera) in Zhangtai and Taiwan, and more comprehensively reflects the style of cross-strait gezai opera (Qian opera).
Zhangzhou Jinge and Quanzhou Nanyin are also known as the flowers of minnan folk sister art. Rooted in folk, the lyrics are easy to understand, the tune is beautiful and smooth, and it has a strong local atmosphere. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, when Zheng successfully recovered Taiwan, he also brought jinge to Taiwan, and combined it with local folk songs and minor keys to form a new form of "singing boy". In 2006, Zhangzhou Jinge was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
Chen Bin, a member of the China Dramatists Association, pointed out in his article "Taiwan Gezai and Zhangzhou Jinge in Southern Fujian" that as a major genre of folk songs and songs that developed from a minor folk song to a rap art genre, one of the major genres of "walking and singing" is a microcosm of today's Taiwan singers; "Taiwan gezai" and "jinge walking and singing" have sung the same tune on both sides of the strait for hundreds of years, expressing the common aspirations of the people on both sides of the strait.
"Qu Tong Tunes" selects the relevant articles of more than a dozen experts and scholars who study famous song and opera (Qian opera) in Zhangtai and Taiwan. Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
Shi Peilin, a Taiwanese professor at Minnan Normal University, also pointed out in the article "The Past and Present Life of Minnan Singers" that the folk songs, operas, songs and dances, raps, musical instruments and religious music brought into Taiwan by the ancestors have all taken root and blossomed on the island, multiplied and passed on, and after hundreds of years of absorption and integration, they still maintain their original appearance and become a unique flower in the treasure house of Chinese national music.
In Shi Peilin's view, the miscellaneous words of Zhangzhou Jinge,"Land GongZazui", the content of the lyrics is to pray for the land public protection to marry a good husband, this song spread to Taiwan, became "Gangster Eats the Void", the style, melody structure and word style are basically the same; "Tianwu Wu", "Chicken Horn Boy, Early Cry" is a classic example of a minnan children's song that was compiled into a popular song after it was introduced to Taiwan, which was widely spread on both sides of the strait and swept the north and south of the great river. (End)
Source: China News Network