The qin is the most lofty instrument in ancient Chinese culture, which has been passed down for more than 3,000 years and ranks first among the four arts of "qinqi calligraphy and painting". "Soldiers do not withdraw the piano without reason", it has always been regarded as a representative of elegant culture and the embodiment of literati style. Today, guqin, an ancient Chinese art, has attracted the world's attention with its charm and has been listed as a world intangible cultural heritage.
On July 30th and 31st, a "Prosperous World and Rhyme" Chinese Guqin Festival, which brings together three generations of old, middle-aged and young piano masters and 16 famous pianos, will be held at Longhua Temple in Shanghai. At that time, the famous masters of the piano industry will play the museum-level famous pianos from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and interpret the ancient music that has been passed down for thousands of years.
The famous piano is exhibited live
At the "Prosperous And Rhyme" Chinese Guqin Event, 16 precious folk and museum pianos will be unveiled at the event site.
Among them, Mr. Wang Peng's collection of the Tang Qin "Daya" is the old collection of the owner of the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, which is a rare treasure; Mr. Yu Bosun's old Tibetan famous qin "Tieke", which can be called the star of the piano industry, is particularly eye-catching, and it is also the first time in nearly a hundred years to participate in the exhibition and performance activities in Shanghai; the famous instrument "Yu Linglong" is the piano used by Mr. Wu Zhaoji in Suzhou in 1954, the production process is peculiar, the panel is spliced by several wooden blocks of one inch square, called "Bai Na Qin"; the Song Qin "Yun Hu" is the former piano used by Mr. Wu Jingluo, a Guqin taidou. Now it is a professional piano used by Mr. Ding Chengyun, a national non-hereditary heir, to tour the world; Mr. Wang Junhao's collection of the Ming Dynasty piano "Dust Leisure" and the Qing Dynasty piano "Wanghai Tide" are all treasures in the piano...
A large number of high-standard centralized performances of the world-famous pianos, which are rare in China, have attracted guqin lovers from all over the country to fly to Shanghai to enjoy the audio-visual feast. At present, the tickets for the three exhibitions have basically been sold out, and fans who cannot attend the scene can share the audiovisual feast through the central video live broadcast.
Wang Peng, the representative creator of the national intangible cultural heritage "Guqin Art", is playing
Famous artists perform the wonderful sound of the guqin on the spot
The piano club Longhua, famous artists gathered. At the guqin event, Mr. Wu Zhao, an 86-year-old guqin expert and scholar, Mr. Ding Chengyun, representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage guqin project, Professor Zhao Jiazhen, president of the Chinese Organ Association, representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage guqin project and doctoral tutor of the Central Conservatory of Music, Mr. Chen Leiji, guqin player at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, and famous performers Ma Weiheng, Pei Jinbao, Wu Na, Dai Shuhong, Dai Wei, etc. will all take the stage to perform, which will feast the audience's ears.
Their repertoire includes both traditional masterpieces, such as "Fishing Song" and "Xiaoxiang Water And Clouds" from the "Morning Wind Luqin Society" 100 years ago, as well as original new works. Zhao Jiazhen and Li Congnong will cooperate to perform the Peking Opera transplant song "Deep at Night" to play the guqin differently; Ding Chengyun and Fu Lina will cooperate in the performance of the high-tunes "Shenren Chang", Qin Ser and Ming; the performance of the pianist Chen Leijian at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is memorable, and this time he brought the ensemble of guqin and violin strings, "Persuade the Jun to Drink a Glass of Wine", which is enough to make people refreshed.
The exhibition strives to be vivid. The performers play the guqin made by the contemporary harpist on the spot on the stage, try to play the silk strings produced by the contemporary production, compare the sound of the old qin, and let the audience linger between the tones of the modern guqin.
The guqin festival will be held at Longhua Ancient Temple
The millennium context is perpetually inherited
This time, Long Huaqin will look back at history, inherit the style of literati, and also look at the present and the future.
This year's piano will pay special tribute to the "Morning Wind Luqin Club" a hundred years ago, and the descendants of Zhou Qingyun, Gu Meitang, Xu Lisun, Wu Zhaoji and other famous families of the older generation will participate with the family heirloom, which calls for, protects and inherits the art of the guqin when the guqin is on the verge of disappearing, and has made great contributions.
Facing the future, the "Longhua Qinhui" will focus on displaying the style of post-80s, post-90s and post-00s piano people. There are "academic schools" composed of guqin graduates from colleges and universities, and there are also 12 professional young pianists. The oldest of the concert's players was 86 years old, and the youngest was an 18-year-old high school student.
In 2003, after the guqin was included in the world's intangible cultural heritage, the number of learners in the country rose sharply, from less than 40 people who could play the guqin on stage in the country earlier, to hundreds of piano halls and studios established throughout the country now, and the number of learners reached 2 million. The elegance of the ancient literati has now flown into the homes of ordinary people.
At the Millennium Longhua Ancient Temple, the high-standard series of performances of the guqin event will play a role in China's cultural self-confidence and national spirit, and it is also a contemporary portrayal of "planting the spirit of the city, enhancing the character of the city, and comprehensively enhancing the soft power of the city".
Some of the famous pianos exhibited at this event:
1. Autumn
Tang dynasty autumn piano, Zhongni style. Dark brown paint, cracked ice, round and thick body. On the back are engraved the seals of the piano name "Qiu Li" and "Dezhai Treasure". The words "Tang Kaiyuan SAN Li Jin System" are written in the Zhushu book. The tone is elegant, delicate and round, and the volume is small but the afterglow is long. This piano was originally collected by the pianist Ye Shimeng in the late Qing Dynasty, but in 1985 it was transferred to the collection of Cheng Gongliang and restored.
2. Daya
Daya Qin, the style of the fengshi style contained in the Ming Dynasty's "Yongle QinShu Integration", was written by Wei Yangying. Square head, adduction double curved neck, waist. The piano is made of fir wood and the base of the fir wood. Small-leaf rosewood mountain, chenglu. Large lacquer antler cream gray tire, dark brown paint throughout, the bottom plate is slightly lighter than the panel. The top of the back dragon pond is engraved with the word "Daya", and below the two words is engraved two columns of line letters "Zhonghe Jiachen" and "Mid-Autumn System". In 2016, it was purchased by Wang Peng for collection.
3. Jade Linglong
Yu Linglong qin, Zhongni style, the body of the body with a round posture. The neck is long, the shoulders are at the second emblem and a half, and the frontal guard is curved and adducted. The entire panel is made up of pieces of hexagonal wood. Antler gray tires, large grains of cinnabar inside, chestnut shell color primer, outer mu black paint, snake belly and ice cracking, and there are multiple circular lines between the neck and the near tail surface, which is extremely rare. The three words "Jade Linglong" are engraved on the back of the dragon pool, and the sound of the pond is slightly convex. The sound is loose and round, full of charm.
4. Sky rings
Tianquan (ringing) qin, Zhongni style, antler frost gray tire, rosewood mountain, jiaowei. The belly section has the ink book "Tang Zhenyuan First Year System", and the tone of Fuzhi is thick and low, and the ancient vicissitudes are clumsy. The surface of the piano is cooked with maroon lacquer and vermilion lacquer, the broken lines are rich, and the engraving books on both sides of the dragon pond of the piano body are engraved with books "Lonely Tong Secret Void, Simple Transmission of Truth." As if the strings are outside, they will see the ancients. Yiyuan wind and snow are bitter, and the spring comes to the country. The feast is not final, who can discern the scriptures. The poem is from the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Changling's "Qin". This piano is the old collection of Wang Yiting, a famous calligrapher, painter, industrialist, outstanding philanthropist and social activist on the sea in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.
5. Cloud crane
Yun Huqin, Zhongni style, the panel is tong, the bottom plate is zi. The bottom plate is beautiful, and the fine cow hair and the flowing water are broken, just like the newly made water pattern, layered and stacked, without wind and waves. The sound of the piano is elegant and loose, the scattered sound of one-two-three-four strings is like muffled thunder, the overtone sound is transparent, the sound of four-five-six-string 6-emblem is like a karmic drum, and the sound of six-seven strings is like a golden stone, mr. Ding Chengyun praised it as a rare instrument for the piano.
6. Piece of jade
Piece of jade, Zhongni style. Tung-faced fir bottom, screw emblem, horned cattail, rosewood goose foot. Yueshan, Chenglu, Guanjiao, Dragon Gum, etc. are all made of rosewood. The next inscription on the pond is the word "piece of jade".
7. Iron Guest
Iron keqin, phoenix style. Black paint, antler frost tires, snake belly stripes, gold emblems, wood ancient and pine. The bottom of the face is slightly curved, the shoulder tail is broad, and the edge edges are slightly rounded at the turn. The circular dragon pond and the phoenix swamp, the na yin in the pool is raised, and the center of the na yin has a slender groove. The tone is strong and rounded. This exhibition is the first time in a hundred years that the iron keqin has been unveiled in Shanghai.
8. Cloud Clock
Cloud carillon, Zhongni style, green tong panel, catalpa bottom board. The body is slender, the sound is condensed and solid, the charm is soft, and it presents a quiet atmosphere. On the bottom plate, there is a handwritten couplet of Wang Yanqing, a guqin master, "Opening the bag at night to reflect the high rock moon, blowing the case of the autumn Han big gully wind", which was personally carved by Mr. Xu Lisun.
9. Dust idle
Dusty piano, Jonny style. The body standard is perfect, slightly flat, the bottom of the face is clear, more profound, and the paint ash is thinner, which is conducive to sound. The bottom of the piano is engraved with the word "dust idle", the side of the longchi is plastered, and the right side of the pool is engraved with a line of small letters, remembering that this piano was once used by the late Ming philosopher Luo Rufang.
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