The Origin and Significance of the Guzheng Song <Harvest Drums and Glasses

"Harvest gongs and drums" is a unique type of percussion music. It originated in the area of Liuzhuang, Ziyangnan, Pancun Township, Mingguang City, and is an art form of folk percussion popular in the four counties of Mingguang, Wuhe, Xuyi, and Sihong in Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces.

Harvest gongs and drums were conceived and multiplied in local folklore. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the father of Cheng Kaixue, the first-generation inheritor of the "Harvest Drums and Gongs" (Xiaowufan), worked as a drummer in a small folk troupe, but returned home to his family to work as a farmer because of the war and the famine. He took his family with him and begged his way through the war.

After the war, he returned to his hometown and began to organize his drums, which were initially known as "Harvest Drums and Drums" (Xiao Wu Fan).

The "Harvest Drums and Drums" had unlimited musicians, ranging from eight to a dozen to dozens of musicians.

The drums are composed of drums, gongs, cymbals and cymbals, and the drums are unique and the performance is flexible.

Expanded Information:

The composition of the music:

1. After the majestic and loud introduction, it shows a scene of enthusiastic and joyful labor, with the melody The melody is swinging, the rhythm is bright and fast, and the mood is warm; especially in the last section of gongs and drums, the ten gongs with rich sound in Zhejiang blowing and beating are the main instruments, and the mood is more joyful and soaring.

2. Starting with the appealing tones of wind instruments, the singing melody played by the string section and the flute successively expresses people's inner joy, and then the flute and the plucked instruments express people's joyful mood when they are laboring with the soft and fast rhythm and jumping melody.

3. After reproducing the melody of the first part, the flute, with its bright music and scattered melody, shows the beautiful and picturesque idyllic scenery, while the gong, with its soft tone and arpeggio melody, is like the sparkling waves of a reservoir under the sun.

4. The climax of the piece, which shows the grand scene of celebrating the harvest, starts with the percussion instruments of the Chaozhou gongs and draws on their "firecracker" points to play with a magnificent momentum, and after the first part of the melody has been reproduced in the changes;

The percussion band also applies the "firecracker" of the Peking Opera gongs and drums, which is good at showing the tense, rapid and intense scenes.

The percussion orchestra also uses the "rapid wind", "horse's leg" and "snail's knot top" of Beijing Opera gongs and drums which are good at showing tension, urgency and intense scenes, and develops them to form the third section of gongs and drums, and the piece ends in a fast and strong full cadence. The piece ends with a fast and strong full cadence.

The slow section in the middle part of the piece utilizes left hand sliding, pressing, chanting and kneading techniques, which are combined with the rhythms of the traditional zheng, making the piece more listenable and popular among the public.

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