What are the schools of guzheng?

China Guzheng is a musical instrument with China characteristics. It has a long history, beautiful timbre and is good at expressing profound and extensive musical feelings. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, guzheng has gradually spread from the northwest to all parts of the country, and has been integrated with local operas, rap and folk music, forming various schools with strong local styles. There are mainly the following schools of China Zheng nowadays: Shandong Zheng School, Henan Zheng School, Shaanxi Zheng School, Zhejiang Zheng School, Chaozhou Zheng School, Hakka Zheng School, Fujian Zheng School, Inner Mongolia Zheng School and North Korea Zheng School.

Traditional Shandong Zheng School, Henan Zheng School, Zhejiang Zheng School, Chaozhou Zheng School and Hakka Zheng School are widely spread among the people in China, and have a deep mass base. Because of geographical or linguistic similarities, some schools often communicate with each other by music. They influence each other, but they exist independently, with similarities and differences, forming their own schools and styles.

Henan Guzheng was introduced into Henan from Qin Zheng and blended with local folk music, which developed into a famous Zhongzhou ancient song in later generations. Zheng Fu in Fu Xuan? In the preface, the evaluation of Henan Zheng music is "the music is too high and too few, and the technology is difficult to work"

, expressed in the deep heart of impassioned. In the 1920s, Wei Ziying of Suiping first introduced the Henan Guzheng, which has been handed down from hand to hand, Guanju and so on.

More than ten pieces of music such as "One World" and "Fishing boats sing late". Its students are Lou Shuhua, Liang Zaiping, Zhou, Shi Yinmei and Cheng. In recent decades, representatives of Henan Zheng School include Cao Dongfu, Wang and Ren Qingzhi.

Shandong Guzheng is directly related to Shandong Qin Shu and folk music. The tunes are mostly Gongdiao, which consists of eight boards. Its playing style is simple and elegant, with strong local characteristics in Shandong. Its representatives are Li Bangrong, Zhang, Zhang Niansheng, Li Lianjun, Fan Xiyu, Zhao Yuzhai, Han Tinggui and so on. The representative tracks of this Zheng school are: Autumn Moon in Han Palace, Four-piece Brocade, One World, Beauty's Homesickness and so on.

Chaozhou Guzheng is mainly spread in Chaozhou, Guangdong. Influenced by the Minnan language family, unique tunes such as light six, heavy six and lively five have been formed. Music is rich and unique. Its representatives are Guo Ying, Su Wenxian and Lin Maogen. Representative repertoires include "Western jackdaw in the West" and "Qiu Si Song".

Hakka guzheng has a long history, which is spread in Meixian, Tai Po and other Hakka areas in Guangdong. Guangdong Hakka music, also known as Han music, is influenced by local styles and dialects, forming an elegant, quiet, beautiful and euphemistic style. Mr. Luo Jiuxiang is a representative figure of modern Hakka Zheng music. He inherited and developed the performance of his teacher, Mr. He Yuzhai. After years of playing and teaching practice, he has formed his own playing style. Today, many famous artists who are active in the research, teaching and performance of Hakka Zheng music, such as Shi Zhaoyuan, He Baoquan and Chen Anhua, have been influenced by him to varying degrees. Representative tracks include "Water Lotus" and "Rain in the Night at Bajiao Window".

Zhejiang Zheng School is popular in Hangzhou. Most of his music is transplanted pipa, which is lyrical and dramatic. When playing, the techniques of kneading, singing, sliding and pressing of the left hand of the traditional Zhejiang Zheng school are simple, and only some modifications are made to the melody, which is just right and not exaggerated. Its representative figures are Wang Xun, Xiang, Fan Shang 'e and so on. Representative plays include "Mountains and Rivers" and "Your Legend".

Shaanxi Zheng School is a revived school in recent years, and its music is partly derived from minor tunes handed down from Yulin, Shaanxi. Some are adapted from the ancient music of Xi 'an drum music; There is also a large part of music that is based on modern works adapted from Qin Opera and Hu Mei. Shaanxi Zheng music involves a variety of operas and music, including the tragic momentum of the ups and downs of Shaanxi opera music and the impassioned "heroic songs"; There are also "sad sounds" with Qiang music, such as weeping, lingering drizzle and euphemistic sadness.

Fujian Zheng School was only discovered in 1970s, and rarely circulated. Some of its music and music types are similar to Chaozhou and Hakka Zheng music styles, and some belong to Nanzheng School with the same song and different names. Most music is smooth and slow.

Inner Mongolia Zheng has only 10 strings, which are mostly used to accompany folk songs and pastoral songs.