As a traditional culture of the mainland, pipa music attracts people's love with its beautiful melody and profound connotation, and pipa is now inherited by young people from generation to generation. People's favorite pipa songs include the Song of the Plug, the Ambush on Ten Sides, and the Sunset Xiao Drum.
1. Plug the song
"Plugged Song" is a traditional pipa song, which is still sung by later generations. "Plugged Song" depicts the deep longing of the beauty Wang Zhaojun for her late land through the score, and directly expresses a sad emotion. The song is divided into five parts.
2. Ambush on all sides
"Ambush on All Sides", also known as "Huaiyin Pingchu", mainly describes the history of the dispute between Chu and Han. Ambush on All Sides is divided into three parts, with thirteen sub-sections each given different names. The music is sonorous and exciting, and the fierce war scenes are depicted in the form of music.
3. Sunset drums
"Sunset Xiao Drum" was circulated in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is also one of the top ten famous pipa songs in the mainland, which is highly representative. "Sunset Drum" is divided into seven sections, is a lyrical and picturesque song, the melody is extremely elegant, and the form of music depicts a beautiful landscape.
4. Big waves wash the sand
Released in 1950, "Big Waves and Sands" is a solo pipa piece. This piece is clearly different from other works in terms of its content and emotional expression, and it is also related to the author's background. "The Big Waves and Sands" profoundly expresses the author's feelings about the unfairness of the world and his various attitudes towards fate.
5. Overlord unloads
"The Overlord Removes His Armor" is a famous ancient pipa dance music, which is divided into 16 sections. Different from "Ambush on All Sides", although the material is the same, the direction of expression of the work is also different. The protagonist of "Overlord Removes Armor" is Xiang Yu, so the music is full of passion and tragedy.
6. Shokun Defort
"Zhaojun Out of the Plug" is also one of the top ten famous songs. As the name suggests, "Zhaojun Out of the Fortress" depicts the story of the ancient Zhaojun and his relatives, and the sad rhythm also expresses the infinite emotion and sentimentality of the author at that time. At the same time, the singing nature of the song also shows the charm of traditional mainland culture.
7. Spring and white snow
"Spring and White Snow" is an ancient pipa song that has been widely circulated to this day, from the Warring States period. "Yangchun White Snow", also known as "Yangchun Ancient Song", its musical language is very simple and the tone is smooth and fresh, which indirectly expresses the positive and enterprising self-motivation of the people at that time
8. Haiqing takes the swan
"Haiqing Na Swan" is the earliest pipa track in the current era, which has appeared as early as the Yuan Dynasty. "Haiqing Takes the Swan" belongs to the martial arts, which uses music to depict the fiery scene of Haiqing fighting with the swan, and it is also widely circulated now.
9. Little Sisters of the Prairie
"Little Sisters of the Prairie" was created in 1972 and is composed by a famous composer in mainland China. It combines the traditional instrument pipa with a Western orchestra, which is a new creation and has been well received by audiences at home and abroad. "Little Sisters of the Prairie" praises the revolutionary spirit of the younger generation of the motherland.
10. Moon height
"Moon Er Gao" is a relatively famous literary song, composed in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. The whole song is divided into 12 sections, mainly lyrical light melodies, but also describes the magnificent night scene of the motherland, indirectly expressing the passion of loving the motherland, which is still sung today.