Zhongxin Network Datong August 16 Title: Datong Number Noble: From the City to the World's Qu Art
Author Gao Yuqing
From the city to the province, from the domestic to the world... Since the establishment of the song genre in 1979, The Shanxi Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Datong Noble Has gone through more than 40 spring and autumn seasons. Today, this Chinese folk art not only attracts foreign friends to imitate and learn, but also evokes the nostalgia of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese.
Chai Jingyun (first from right) and Chai Jinghai (first from left) and the two brothers perform the same number Noble. Courtesy of Chai Jingyun
"Hey, let's say Datong, Dao Datong, we started the bamboo board and sang Datong." Datong people dare to exaggerate Tongtong today, because Datong is very different from the past..." Every weekend at about 8 p.m., under the ancient city wall of Datong, in an ancient mansion courtyard, laughter, applause, and cheers will be heard from time to time.
This is the "Yunhai Qu Art Society", founded in 2015 by chai jingyun and chai jinghai brothers, founders of Datong Number Noble.
Shulaibao is a traditional Chinese music art that is popular in all parts of the north and south of China. Together with coal and big Buddha, Datong Three Treasures is a traditional form of music performed in the Datong dialect, which was included in the second batch of intangible cultural heritage list in Shanxi Province in 2009.
"This is a song that gradually evolves, gradually enriches, and finally forms an independent genre with its own stylistic characteristics in the process of inheriting traditional Chinese culture and art." Chai Jingyun introduced that Datong Noble is close to the times, life, and the people, and is grounded, suitable for all ages.
He used the four words of "loose, live, happy, and fine" to summarize the same number Noble. "Pine refers to the relaxation of performance, not using a rigid literary language, but the use of dialect and life language to the extreme; living means that the essence or elements of various arts are skillfully integrated into this genre, so that the characters are vivid and the performance forms are lively; joy is to bring happiness to the audience, and the works must be both ideological, ornamental, and entertaining; and the details are delicately portrayed in the characters' 'joys, sorrows, fears, and horrors.'"
For decades, Datong Noble has become one of the top ten local business cards. "On holidays, many foreign tourists come to Da tong shu lai bao." Chai Jingyun told reporters that for this reason, the Yunhai Qu Art Society has also specially added tourist venues.
Not only is it the "beloved" of hometown people and tourists, after years of hard work by the brothers, Datong Noble has gone out of the country and entered the world stage. "China has basically traveled all over the world, and the most recent overseas has been to Singapore and Malaysia, and as far as Germany, France, Austria and other countries to participate in activities such as the Chinese Qu Art Festival." Chai Jingyun said.
In 2015, Chai Jingyun and Chai Jinghai were invited to perform in Singapore, which was also the "debut" of Datong Noble overseas. Chai Jingyun was worried about how the effect of performing overseas would be. Can the public understand it? "Unexpectedly, the result was unexpected. The performance is no less effective than in China. ”
Overseas performances again and again have made Datong Noble attract more and more attention and love from overseas Chinese and Chinese lovers from all over the world. "Once when I performed in Luxembourg, I learned that one of the audience members was Shanxi Datongren, who said that when he saw his hometown and heard the hometown sound, he felt very kind." Chai Jingyun said that there is also a young man from Germany, named Nick, who is particularly interested in traditional Chinese music and art culture, "we often have a conversation together, and he sometimes learns a little bit of datong dialect with me."
Traditional culture needs to be passed on from generation to generation. Today, the brothers Chai Jingyun and Chai Jinghai have brought out nearly 30 apprentices, and their apprentices also have their own students. "The oral transmission of quyi is a very important way of passing on the teaching of masters and apprentices." Chai Jingyun said that secondly, through the development of qu art training classes, non-heritage into the campus and other ways, more young people can understand and learn from The same number Of Noble.
For Chai Jingyun and Chai Jinghai, Datong Noble is an indispensable part of their lives. "I hope that we will carry out this hobby and this cause to the end, and I hope that more people will engage in the creation and performance of this art to bring happiness to the audience." (End)
Source: China News Network