One is desolate and vast, encompassing all things. Shakuhachi, as one of the ancient Chinese musical instruments, is an important part of the court music. In Shijiazhuang City's "North Blowing Bamboo Shakuhachi Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop", there is a melodious shakuhachi blowing from time to time, which makes the ears calm and calm. As soon as the shakuhachi sounded, it seemed to dream back to the prosperous era of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Two shakuhachi, a traditional Chinese musical instrument, originated in the Sui and Tang dynasties and was transmitted abroad more than 1,300 years ago. With its unique bamboo craftsmanship and the tranquility and profundity it conveys, shakuhachi has become an important ambassador in the cultural exchange of music and culture, allowing people to experience the beauty of ancient Chinese music through time and space.
Three Cao Hao - the fourth-generation inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage shakuhachi, has traveled to visit famous teachers, studied hard, not only good at playing ancient and modern music, but also good at hand-making shakuhachi. "I've been exposed to various musical instruments since I was a child, and I think music is something rooted in aesthetics."
The birth of an excellent shakuhachi requires dozens of cumbersome processes such as material selection, drying, cutting, coarse grinding, knotting, diameter adjustment, fine grinding, inlay, hole digging, fine grinding, lacquering, and branding. "I never use an electric machine, I use my own hands and eyes to make and feel, which is the dignity of being a craftsman."
The timbre of the shakuhachi is desolate and vast, ethereal and tranquil, and it is the closest voice to the soul. The longer the aged bamboo is, the more stable the shakuhachi will be. "Shakuhachi has a vigorous and powerful timbre, an elegant and calm temperament, and a powerful aura that seems to take all things in this world into his arms.
Lu In China, the current state of shakuhachi's development is not optimistic. Due to historical reasons, there has been a fault in the development of shakuhachi in China. "At present, most shakuhachi lovers do not have a deep enough understanding of Chinese shakuhachi, and they are still in the 'awakening' stage."
In recent years, in order to make this intangible cultural heritage skill widely inherited, Mr. Cao Hao has recruited a number of apprentices, and has carried out the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Shakuhachi on Campus" activity many times, showing teachers and students the production and playing of ancient musical instruments, so that teachers and students can experience the charm of Chinese shakuhachi culture "zero distance".
Talking about the future development of shakuhachi in China, "We hold weekly shakuhachi teaching classes at the shakuhachi workshop, so that this ancient instrument can gradually enter the vision of young people, arouse people's deep love for traditional music, and give it a new life. ”
"I hope to arouse the attention of contemporary Chinese people to the local shakuhachi culture, understand the story behind it, jointly inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, and achieve true integration with the world." Cao Hao blew the shakuhachi, as if it were illusory, as if he heard the wind of the Sui and Tang dynasties blowing through the bamboo forest, blowing open the thin veil that covered history, and meeting again with the ancient sound that had been waiting for a thousand years.
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