Recently, at the scene of an event in Heyang, a song "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix" made the audience feast their ears and applause for a long time.
Mention this song "Birds and Phoenix", I have to say that his performer, Guo Yusheng, today we will talk about the story of Guo Yusheng and Oh Na.
Unexpected Surprise Served as the director and lead of the movie "Birds and Phoenix"
In 2012, the movie "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" was filmed in Heyang, and Guo Yusheng became the director and leader of the film version of "Hundred Birds and Phoenix". "At that time, director Wu Tianming found me, we talked about the script, chatted, chatted for more than 3 hours, very close." Guo Yusheng said that after watching his feature film about Oh Na, director Wu Tianming decided that he would direct the film.
In the face of the sudden surprise, Guo Yusheng felt that this was a great thing, and he wanted to do a good job in this matter. "'Birds and Phoenixes' is a national song, and it is a blessing for me, for Heyang, and for Me to be the director of this film." Guo Yusheng said that the film was mainly filmed in Heyang, and it was also the vast and desolate loess landform of Heyang that shaped his music, so he thought about how to push out the regional culture of Heyang, so he thought of the line cavity, and integrated the traditional opera melody into the blowing of the chant, and there was this film version of the "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" song.
The reporter at the scene of the event listened to this electronic version of "Birds and Phoenix", the cheerful melody, as if in the mountains listening to the birds fighting, looking up at the birds straight into the clouds, flying freely, instantly feeling the mood becomes beautiful. It really confirms the sentence "A whistle blows out the sorrows and joys of the world, and the old tune blows out the sweet and sour in the world." ”
Talent + hard work has made his musical path
Oh, it's a folk art. Guo Yusheng, who was born in Goubei Village, Jinyu Town, Heyang, became interested in this folk art at the age of 15. "When I first learned, I couldn't blow, and I grinded my mouth out layer after layer of dead skin, and my cheeks hurt after blowing." Guo Yusheng said that at that time, the elders in the village could only blow and could not speak, so they could only follow the hand shape and mouth shape, which was particularly difficult.
In 1984, Guo Yusheng entered the troupe and began professional studies. "Oh Na has relatively high requirements for lung capacity and circulating ventilation, so before picking up the nah to officially blow, you must first practice ventilation." Guo Yusheng said that at that time, he filled a bowl of water in the bowl and kept blowing with empty wheat straw so that the bubbles in the bowl could not be broken. Or sometimes I blow paper with my mouth, using air currents to keep the paper moving.
"When you study, you must practice diligently, and you must practice every day." Guo Yusheng said that the most difficult thing is the skill, so many years, he insisted on practicing for an hour or two a day, with talent and hard work, proficient in single blowing, double blowing, click blowing and other kinds of whistle blowing skills, and constantly groping to blow open the way of music.
Heyang's unique geographical environment, coupled with professional learning, Guo Yusheng's skills of blowing are becoming more and more mature, and he has also formed his own unique artistic style, such as his solo "Qin Cavity Qupai", "Huaixiang Qu", "Boiling Yellow Earth" and so on. In 2012, Guo Yusheng was named a provincial non-hereditary heir by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture.
Oh na is like a companion who hopes to pass it on
Guo Yusheng, who is 58 years old this year, has been acquainted with Him for more than 40 years, and for him, Oh Na has become his second life, just like his partner.
"I now have 20 apprentices, all primary and secondary school students, who come to study with me every week." Guo Yusheng said that as the inheritor of Oh Na, it is very gratifying to see that many teenagers are interested in Oh Na and can study seriously, and hopes that this love of the apprentices for Oh Na can go deep into the bone marrow, so that the folk art of Oh Na can be passed on forever.
Guo Yusheng's words are like those said in the movie "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix": "Only those who blow the whistle to the cracks of the bones can desperately save this job and pass it on." ”
Eight hundred miles of Qin Chuan, can not do without The Sound, the melody of "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix" is still ringing around the ears, may our descendants continue to hear such a famous song.
The pictures in this article are provided by Guo Yusheng
Huashang Daily reporter Zhao Feng Editor Guo Qiaona