The present situation of chanting in Changzhou

Changzhou recites a lot, which well reflects the phonological beauty of classical literary works such as Tang poetry and Song poetry, and the cadence is particularly clear; Due to the research in Zhao Yuanren and the timely collection and recording in this city in the last century, Changzhou chanting has a solid foundation for protection and inheritance. 1956, Mr. Zhao Yuanren wrote: "In recent years, this tradition of reciting poems and ancient prose has almost been lost, which is really a pity." "The most urgent thing now is to collect and record these ancient traditional arts as soon as possible, because they will disappear from people's sight." During the period of 1990-9 1, our city conducted a general survey of urban reciters, published a book "Reciting Music", and published 17 related papers in the journals of several conservatories in Chinese mainland and1in Taiwan Province Province, which further attracted the attention at home and abroad.

However, the overall inheritance of Changzhou chanting is not optimistic, and several major inheritors have entered the eighties. The protection of chanting in Changzhou has been fully carried out. A * * * identified 29 descendants before, and now 8 have passed away. The youngest living is 72 years old.

Changzhou has set up a special protection leading group and arranged special funds to protect Changzhou chanting. On the basis of the general survey, the relevant departments of Changzhou collected and recorded a batch of music materials of chanting in time: 197 1 recorded Zhao Yuanren's chanting in the United States (the tone of reading classical Chinese and rap stories in the old society), and completed the written record of music score and pronunciation; Tu An recorded 10 1 poem; Audio and video recordings of Yang Yiliang, Zou Xingguo and others. At the same time, further expand the scope of the investigation, and conduct timely interviews and supplementary records on Changzhou chanting inheritors missed in this city and other places. In order to meet the requirements of the Chinese teaching syllabus for primary schools in the nine-year compulsory education stage of the Ministry of Education (primary school students must recite 70 classical poems), the book "Primary school students must recite classical poems" was compiled, which created favorable conditions for Changzhou to recite into the classroom, expand its influence and cultivate a new generation of future generations. In particular, the establishment of Changzhou Recitation Research Association and the development of related activities have enabled more people from all walks of life to join the team of Changzhou Recitation, which has promoted the in-depth development of research and inheritance. The publication of Chanle and a considerable number of academic research results indicate that the inheritance and protection of Changzhou chanting is entering a new historical stage.