Text/Zhang Heng
Before I knew it, I was immersed in the melodious tune of the guqin. Whenever the winter days are short and the nights are long, I will listen to the guqin playing with the help of my mobile phone after tea and dinner, when I am physically and mentally exhausted. The song "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms" slowly diffused in the bedroom, and the simple and restrained melody seemed to bloom in the snowy night with Zen flowers, which gradually surrounded my heart with romantic emotions and washed away the fatigue of the day.
Guqin, as a long-standing musical instrument, is the favorite of generations of literati, most of whom like to use the fuqin to cultivate their self-cultivation and cultivate their sentiments. Every time you play the piano, you must first clean your hands and burn incense, as if in this way, you can express your devotion to the piano and music, the ancients have long regarded this sound as a heavenly object. Indifferent and clear-minded, calm and relaxed, it is a kind of profound ideological arrival, but also a portrayal of personality charm. The person who caresses the qin can send affection to the mountains and rivers under the moonlit night, or they can monologue to the bright moon and pine spring. It can also be played to the heart, to the grass and trees, the forest and the wind. I am not a man of letters, but the sound of the piano is curling, and the moonlight is shining outside, and I hear the deep, rich and fresh sound coming into my ears, as if a hermit was teaching me a new thought.
As one of the top ten famous songs in ancient China, "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms" was composed in the Wei and Jin dynasties. Ice and snow winter solstice, only plum blossoms are born in adversity. It has a profound meaning, expressing the perseverance and hope of the violinist who defy the difficulties and stick to his own heart, and there is a rich cultural and historical significance behind it. The ancients regarded Hanmei and Aoxue as a symbol of people's wind and bones, and even in difficult situations, they must maintain their indomitable spirit. Therefore, the player needs to sit upright in front of the guqin, unite his mind and mind, and fully integrate his thoughts and spirit into the sound of the qin, so as to truly play the soul of the guqin.
The song "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms", the sound of the piano is lingering, which will bring people into the cold and melodious snow, as if the plum fragrance is born from the bottom of the wrist, making people feel the freshness and elegance of plum blossoms. When the sound of the piano floats in the air, we seem to be able to see the plum blossoms on the branches gently swaying in the wind, and then falling gracefully into the earth, returning the unique fragrance of the earth.
True guqin players, they play the music reveals fortitude and firmness. The fragrance of plum blossoms has a unique charm and does not lose its own character, it is so fresh and refined. The light and heavy sound of the piano sounds, as if you can see the plum petals dancing in the wind, and then gently falling on the earth, bringing a unique fragrance to the land.
Guqin is exquisite: "Although the finger is like a rock, there is no guilt of violent killing." In the playing, "rigid but not dry, weak but not weak, rigid and soft, sound and emotion", it can be seen how much the guqin playing is like the cultivation of a person's character. The violinist also needs the playing theory of "pressing the desire to enter the wood, playing like a broken string", and pressing the tone should be steady, unrelenting, natural, relaxed, agile and flexible. The technique should be used, such as yin, yi, xuan, note, up, down, and jinfu, etc., which is the technique that can best express thoughts and feelings in the guqin. Proper and moderate robbery are the most important, and the guqin not only plays wonderful music, but also resembles a virtuous poet.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the strength of the strong and mellow force from its music. Cutting to the core, as well as the sound of gold and stone on the timbre, the sound quality that penetrates all things is light and long, and the sound of the piano seems to be infused with full or crisp brightness. When the song "Guangling San" is broken, you will enter the passionate, indignant and unyielding atmosphere of the literati. Only by treating such a profound piece can we truly understand the so-called "unity of heaven and man". Treat a guqin like yourself, how to let go of yourself and your life. Then you are a blessed person in this floating world, and you are connected with Qin. "And Tao Tao, happy and innocent", this is Su Dongpo's Zen sentence in "Xingxiangzi Shuhuai". That harp, that pot of wine, that stream of clouds. So that the guqin, an ancient instrument, has so many bosom friends.
A quiet song "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms", its melodious tune, the fragrance of flowers, and indisputable emotions are intertwined. The sound of Qingyue's qin is not only the praise of the plum blossom of the guqin, but also the response of the plum blossom to the guqin. Close your eyes and listen to the beautiful sound of the piano, as if you are in the mysterious and sacred plum garden. Standing in the snow, behind him is a brightly lit blue-tiled house, where someone is playing the guqin. The sound of the guqin flows in the night when the snowflakes are flying, and I seem to feel the lightness and agility of the snowflakes, they come for me, with the smell of dark fragrance. The snow I knew from afar, along with the petals of the plum, was loaded into my dream field.
The song "Flowing Water" made me feel the rhythm and rhythm of life. The overtones are swirling and jumping on the fingers, and the beautiful glissandos are endlessly changing on the fingers. Let the guqin play a distant river. Sometimes there is a gurgling sound, sometimes there is a thrilling crash and roar, and then it returns to a calm and soothing sound. It is as if the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains, leaving only the aftersound of the water hitting the stone around, and the distance and clarity give people endless reverie.
The river is murmuring and the pine wind is gusting on the bank, as if listening to the words of the ancients: "Yangyang, aiming at flowing water". I feel that the mountains and rivers wedged into the soul, with golden light, make a person's mind creeping quietly in the gurgling water, and all absorb my troubled heart. I saw the distant mountains, the white clouds, the sunset, and the shore of the current, the grass, the leaves, the butterflies, the bees, the insects, the flowers, the birds, they all became a part of the flowing water.
Listening to the guqin not only nourishes the heart, but also turns the vanity in our body into crystal flowing water, which echoes in our veins. The sound of the water, the splash of jumping, the wonderful growth on the slide of our minds. Like many poems, the language is simple and ups and downs, the charm is long, long, and convergent
The connotation and richness of cultural circulation are like a kind of enlightenment and cultivation, which is endless.
【Author's profile】Zhang Heng is a member of Binzhou Writers Association.
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