China Music Collection: The Artistic Features of Chaozhou Music

Chaozhou music is characterized by simplicity, elegance and beautiful lyricism. Its main musical instruments are erhu, erhu, dulcimer and percussion instruments such as gongs and drums. Chaozhou music has retained a large number of ancient rhymes of Nanyin, which has attracted more and more attention from the world. It originated from local folk songs, songs and dances, and minor tunes, and absorbed the materials of Yiyang Opera, Kunqu Opera, Shaanxi Opera, Han Opera, Taoism and French Opera, and it was eclectic and self-contained. The Thrushcross Jumping Frame and Pink Butterfly Picking Flowers, which are often played and widely circulated, are excellent works of Chaozhou Xiaolong Drum. Xiansi music, also called Shixian music, is a kind of music played by many people. This kind of music is light and lyrical, harmonious and melodious, and has the charm of southern music. It is the most popular and popular music in Chaoshan countryside. Paixiao music can be divided into Paixiao gongs and drums and Paixiao music, which is a solemn and simple court music.

Chaozhou Fine Music is a variant of Chaozhou Xiansi Music, which is a kind of music with Sanxian, Pipa and Guzheng as its main instruments. It is fresh and delicate, and has a very lyrical charm. Temple music is a kind of music played in Buddhist activities, melodious and elegant, and it is something played by temples. Therefore, Chaozhou music is a huge and complete music system.

Chaozhou music is rich in connotation, which can not only express the interest of small bridges and flowing water, but also interpret the epic of magnificent mountains and rivers. The unique Si Er Qupai of Chao Music is a very old music form. In its unique music system, the flexible changes of the tones of silk and French reflect the unique charm of Chaozhou music, and at the same time, it forms a variety of modes of Chaozhou music, such as abandoning six, emphasizing six, moving five and reversing lines, emphasizing the full play of rhyme and improvisation.

Chaozhou music has a very rich repertoire. Although each of the five categories has its own famous songs, the most famous one is Ten Tidal Songs. It is a masterpiece of Chaozhou music, and the titles of these ten sets of songs are Zhao Jun Complain, Western Western jackdaw Playing in the Water, Small Peach Red, Pingsha Wild Goose, Feng Qiu Yellow, Yueergao, Jade Chain, Huangli Ci, Osaka Board and icing on the cake. These ten sets are mostly ancient songs, with rigorous structure, clear paragraphs and simple and beautiful melodies, which completely retain the classical charm. There are about twenty kinds of musical instruments commonly used in Chaozhou music, among which the most local features are Er Xian, Suona and Shenbo. Representative tracks include Fishing with a Net, Biting Goose with Double Bites (Big Gong and Big Drum), Zhao Jun's Complain, Xiao Taohong (Fine Music), Yan Denglou (Su Gong and Drum) and so on. Chaozhou music has its unique composition and aesthetic foundation in terms of instrument combination, performance techniques, musical structure and variation techniques, and is a very valuable musical cultural heritage.