Source: Taiwan Straits Network
Huli District street performers are selected in a variety of forms of live performance.
According to the Haixi Morning Post on March 10, the hustle and bustle of the streets and hurried pedestrians are often the first impression left by the metropolis. However, there is such a group of people, they take the streets and alleys as the stage, take the pedestrians as the audience, or for the livelihood or for the interest, quickly plucking the strings, singing with the nature, and dancing rhythmically, not only satisfying themselves, but also adding a humanistic feeling to the city. They are the street performers known as the "wandering elves of the city".
Recently, the Siming District Cultural Center, Huli District Cultural Center and Haicang District Cultural Center have begun to recruit and select street performers, and folk "masters" have shown their magic and brought various forms of performance. Band performances, Hokkien singing, traditional incense, ancient talking... Xiamen has blown up a wave of "talent show" for street artists.
According to the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, this is a new attempt to develop street culture in Xiamen, whereby the cultural centers in each district recruit and manage street performers, and select street culture and art performance points in their jurisdictions to coordinate and arrange street culture activities for street artists. It is reported that next, Xiamen will also cultivate a number of street culture and art brands that the masses like to hear, create a number of warm street characteristics of humanistic and artistic landscapes, and inject new momentum into the city's public culture.
Street performers "draft" Folk masters show their magic
Before the Spring Festival this year, a "recruitment order" at the Huli District Cultural Center attracted the attention of many citizens. The district took the lead in launching a street artist recruitment campaign and conducted on-site selection at the end of February. Que Quan'an, director of the Huli District Cultural Center, introduced that about 40 people applied for this recruitment, the youngest was 17 years old, and the oldest was 69 years old.
The reporter noted that the huli district street performers selected live performance forms are rich and diverse, in addition to the common dance, singing, recitation, there are violin performances, traditional tea ceremony, traditional seal incense, sugar painting and so on. In addition, there are also original Hokkien group singing, electro-acoustic combination playing and singing, etc. They were either rock or affectionate and impressed the judges.
Last week, the results of the huli district selection were released, and a total of 12 groups (netts) of street performers were shortlisted. Que Quan'an said that next, these street performers will perform in five squares, including Huli Wanda, Heshan Lequn, Huli Huamei Space, Dianqian Minnan Ancient Town, and Jiangtou Huayong Tiandi. "This is the first time that Huli District has recruited street performers in the whole district, which can not only provide a platform for folk artists to show themselves, but also enrich the cultural form, and also comply with urban management regulations."
Also in full swing is the Siming District Cultural Center. According to Deputy Director Miao Juan, as of March 8, 35 people had signed up to participate. "There are many forms of performance, including ancient talking, sand bottle painting, paper, saxophone playing and African drum performance."
It is understood that the registration of street performers in Siming District will continue until March 21, and the selected street performers will perform at 5 fixed points such as Zhongshan Road (3 points), Lujiang Old Theater Cultural Park, and Shapowei. Miao Juan said: "According to the preliminary plan, we will arrange landscapes at these points, tailor the program according to the characteristics of each point, and let the street perform at regular intervals and special posts." ”
The deadline for the haicang district busker recruitment campaign is March 16, and the current projects of the applicants include painting, kneading people, band performances and so on. According to reports, after the end of the registration, the Haicang District Cultural Center will hire experts to conduct the assessment, issue the "Haicang District Street Art Performance Certificate" to the artists who pass the assessment, and sign an agreement with them to unify and standardize management and perform regularly at fixed points. At present, there are two street performance demonstration sites set up in Haicang, namely Haicang District Cultural Center Square and Tianzhu Mountain Scenic Area.
In Que Quan'an's view, this recruitment of street performers, they mainly play the role of service and management, and check their artistic expression ability. In the future, they will also guide the performance forms, performance styles, performance venues, etc. of street performers, so that local culture and folk art can be presented in a more beautiful way.
Learn from the Gulangyu model and unify the management of open recruitment
The performance of street performers is an inseparable part of modern urban cultural life, but under the conditions of urban cultural appreciation, healthy and orderly cultural market, and humanized law enforcement, the standardization of street performers has also become a problem in urban public management.
In Gulangyu Island, the model of standardized management of street performers has been implemented for many years. Since 2004, in order to further standardize and improve the performance behavior and standards of street music artists, the Gulangyu Management Committee has carried out several examinations and assessments, and those who pass the examination have issued "Induction Certificates" and implemented the "Certificate-holding" model.
It is reported that after a new round of assessment last year, Gulangyu island has 10 licensed people, distributed in 9 points, namely guitar singing, guitar + whistle, saxophone blowing, Yugrili + harmonica, bamboo flute performance, electric guitar + electric piano, Chinese drum several professional categories. In addition to the implementation of the "three fixed regulations" in management, that is, "the specified performance time, the specified performance location, and the specified sound volume", a certain standard is also given to the "performance repertoire" and "packing".
Huang Tianfu, director of the Public Cultural Service Division of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, said that the development of street culture is an important task this year, and the recruitment of street performers in various districts is also a new attempt, "street art performance" makes public cultural services break through the inherent service model in the past, not only to show talents to citizens and tourists, enrich cultural life, but also reflect the happiness index of a city. "Gulangyu Island has made a good start, has a good development foundation and reference significance, and all districts can refer to the management model of gulangyu street music artists to concentrate on the superior cultural resources of the jurisdiction and further promote the development of street culture." Huang Tianfu said.
It is reported that this year will set up street cultural activity points in six districts of the city. At the same time, the district cultural centers will carry out the recruitment, assessment and management of street culture and art performances of street culture and art performances in the bustling historical and cultural blocks and scenic spots in the jurisdiction; at the same time, the cultural centers of each district will carry out the recruitment, assessment and management of street culture and art performance street artists, sign street culture performance agreements with street artists, and make overall arrangements for street artists to take up posts, time and performance content, etc., and carry out street art performances on a regular basis, and can implement "open the piano box charge".
Festivals and competitions are held to enrich the form of street culture
In addition to the performances of street performers, this year Xiamen will also set up stages for street culture volunteer service of literary and art groups in many scenic spots and square parks, and organize actors and performers of professional literary and art academies to participate in street cultural performances in the form of volunteer service, complement and interact with street culture, and improve the level of street culture and art.
Huang Tianfu said that next, they will also coordinate the city's street performers and other resources, set up a municipal street culture centralized display point, and comprehensively create a "street culture and art festival" in Xiamen; at the same time, the "street artist ring competition" will be held at the municipal street culture concentrated display point. (Reporter Ke Xiaojiao, Wang Xiaoping Correspondent Cai Fei)
【Character Close-up】
"The Waves of Gulangyu Island" he sang tens of thousands of times
According to the Haixi Morning Post, 54-year-old Dai Ming, from Zunyi, Guizhou, is the most senior street artist in Gulangyu Island and has been playing and singing on Gulangyu Island for 22 years.
In 1999, Dai Ming came to Gulangyu Island, officially opened the road of music, and was specially approved to become a music singer in Gulangyu Scenic Area. In 2004, he became one of the first "licensed" street performers in Gulangyu. For more than two decades, in addition to playing and singing other people's songs, he has released three solo albums.
Daiming's personal music library has been updated, and he can basically sing the songs ordered by tourists. In the early days, Dai Ming liked to sing songs by Han Hong, Tengger, Nyima Zeren Yadong and others, and recently he loved to sing the song "The Shepherd of the Cocoto Sea" on the stage of this year's Spring Festival Gala, "The melody is very beautiful, and the guests also like to point." He said.
Although popular songs are changed one by one, there is one song that has endured for a long time, that is, "Waves of Gulangyu Island". This is the song that Dai Ming plays the most, "Over the years, I have sung it at least tens of thousands of times, sometimes several times a day." He said.
Until now, as long as there is no special arrangement, Dai Ming still performs street performances at the point of the Sea Garden Hotel every day. He said that in the past, when there were many tourists, they could charge thousands of yuan a day for "tipping fees.". (Reporter Ke Xiaojiao)
【Reporter's Note】
Culture is more diverse, the city is more warm
According to the Haixi Morning Post, a beautiful city should be a city with culture. Street culture is of course also part of urban culture, singing a folk song, pulling a minor key, drawing a portrait... Culture is on the streets, nourished in the heart.
Over the past few years, because of urban management problems, street performers seem to have "disappeared". Xiamen openly recruited street performers in various districts, signed street culture performance agreements, and designated fixed locations for them to perform, which can be described as the best of both worlds. On the one hand, it can promote the regularization and legalization of street performances, increase urban leisure and entertainment projects, and have a supplementary effect on urban cultural construction; on the other hand, this also provides a living space and platform for street performers, and also makes urban management more humane and humane.
Literature and art always blossom from the dirt, and the streets are also vast "grassroots". It is believed that under the full influence of culture, our city can not only "grow" high-rise buildings, but also nourish more interesting souls and rich hearts, adding more cultural charm to Xiamen. (Reporter Ke Xiaojiao)