Southwest Shandong drum music

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Southwest Shandong drum music

Applicant: Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province

Item No.: 76

Project No.: Ⅱ - 45

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Shandong Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province

Protection unit: Jiaxiang County Cultural Center

A brief introduction to Southwest Shandong drum music

Applicant: Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province

Southwest Shandong drum music is a kind of folk instrumental music mainly played by suona, with Jiaxiang drum music as a typical representative, mainly distributed in Jining, Zaozhuang, Heze and the surrounding areas of Shandong Province. Southwest Shandong drum music mainly depends on festivals, weddings, funerals and other folk activities.

According to the traditional custom, the folk will play mainly with one suona, with flute, Sheng, small cymbal, drum and other instruments, known as "single flute" (suona, commonly known as big flute); with two suona, with small cymbal, cloud Gong, Wang Gong, drum and other instruments, known as "Duida Flute". In addition, there are also bands mainly played by tin flute and "Kaxi" band.

In the long-term inheritance practice, Southwest Shandong drum music has formed a rich repertoire family, a variety of modes system, superb performance skills, hundreds of folk music classes and thousands of drum successors. The representative repertoire includes "a hundred birds to court the Phoenix", "six characters to open the door", "a flower", "dahetao", "wind stirs the snow", "lift the sedan chair", etc., with a total number of more than 300 pieces; the representative performers include Ren Tongxiang, Jia Ruiqi, Yuan Ziwen, Wei Yongtang, etc., and the representative troupe only in Jiaxiang County has "Yang's Troupe" represented by Yang Xingyun, and "Cao Ruiqi's Troupe" represented by Cao Ruiqi They are "Renjia class" represented by Ren Tongxiang, "Zhaojia class" represented by Zhao Xingyu and "Jiajia class" represented by Jia Chuanxiu. Among them, the performance style of Yang's class is simple and elegant, solemn and solemn; the tone of Cao's class is pure, soft and sweet; the tone of Ren's class is bright, with delicate feelings; the tone of Zhao's class is broad, high and bright; the tone of Jia's class is crisp, surging and fluctuating. For a period of time, these five troupes have led other drummers to be active in the local folk life, competing for splendor and beauty, each leading the way, which has won the favor of the people, and made Jiaxiang a well-known "hometown of Suona" in China.

Southwest Shandong drum music has a unique style, simple and bold, high spirited, high artistic value, and is loved by experts and the masses. After long-term excavation, collation and promotion by professional cultural workers, Southwest Shandong drum music, a popular folk art, has been greatly improved in all aspects. From the performance in weddings and funerals to the performance in large-scale festivals, opening ceremonies, joining the army for further studies, harvest celebrations and other occasions, it can enrich urban and rural cultural life and meet the cultural needs of the masses Seeking has played a certain role.

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