Luwang, April 26 Recently, the historical origin and cultural characteristics of the "Boat Pulling Number" have attracted widespread attention. The "Boat Pulling Horn" is almost as old as the history of human civilization.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, the water system was developed and ships were widely used, and some of the traditional repertoire of "pulling boats" was inherited during this period. The ancients saw that the wood floated and knew that it was a boat, and natural floating objects became the earliest inducement for the creation of ships. After rafts, the Fuxi clan made canoes out of thick tree trunks, and people took rafts to carry out activities such as water transportation and fishing.
In long-term production and life, restricted by natural and other conditions, boats and rafts often need to go ashore and cross the beach, and many people work together to drag the boat. In order to solve this problem, when towing the boat, everyone needs to unite and give unified orders, and the "boat pulling trumpet" that unites people's hearts and inspires morale comes into being. Dongping Lake's "Boat Pulling Number" flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty, when the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was the main water transport route, and Dongping Mansion was prosperous in commerce and developed in Cao Yun. In "Water Margin", the Song River Navy sang "Pulling the Boat Trumpet" and moved the warship to the shore for maintenance.
"Pulling the Boat Call" has a wide range of content, popular rhyme, and full of humor, which is the accumulation of fishermen's long-term labor practice, and is an improvisational and oral creation. This kind of horn has impromptu scenes, narratives, etc., one person leads the crowd together, sings while working, the rhythm is combined with rapidity, and the tone is high-pitched and rough. Fishermen chant trumpets and pull ropes to a strong rhythm to move the boat to its destination. "Pulling the boat" is not only a call for labor, but also a historical and cultural inheritance. (Reporter of this website)