The significance of the inheritance of the Leiting Drum

Development

In the 1980s, the Tangshan City Opera Troupe was disbanded. The development of Leiting Drum Art came to a standstill. Since the implementation of the national intangible cultural heritage protection project, the development of Leiting drum art has injected new vitality. 2006, Leiting drum was identified as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection projects. Tangshan City set up a national folk culture protection center. Municipal and county finances are earmarked for the protection of national folk culture every year. 2007, Leiting drum actor He Jianchun, Zhang Jinping was selected as one of the second batch of representative bearers of intangible cultural heritage projects. In order to protect, inherit and promote the art of Leiting drum, Leiting County in the county cultural center built Leiting drum rap hall, compiled the Leiting drum sheet music ", developed the Leiting drum art protection planning. Explicitly funded by the county to encourage the Leiting drum artists to recruit students, training of heirs. Now, under the guidance of the national intangible cultural heritage protection policy, Leiting drum art has been towards a new journey of prosperity and development. (Source: Culture Communication Network) Hebei opera. In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, a kind of "Qingping Song" was circulating in Leting County, Hebei Province, and the people were happy to sing it. Later, an artist, Li, accompanied by three strings, revolutionized the rhyme scheme, which became known as "Leiting accent". In the singing, and after the improvement, increased the book drums, wooden boards beat the festival, gradually detached from the singing form of folk songs, the development of the art of rap, about five years before and after the Jiaqing (1800), the initial formation of Leiting drums of this form of music and art. 1850, Wen Rong, artist changed to use the iron boards beat the festival, standardized the singing plate and accompaniment music, and after his disciples, Qi Zhen, Chen Jichang and others to continue to rich in singing, so that the singing art of the Leiting drums has been improved, the Leiting drums of the Leiting Festival. Leting drum singing art has been further improved, there are "nine cavities and eighteen tunes" reputation. Around 1900, Luanxian, Luannan area of the famous artists Qi Dewang, Qi with the martial arts and other people combined with their own characteristics to do some reforms, so the formation of a new style of school. From then on, Leting drums are divided into East Road (popular in Leting County), West Road (popular in Luanxian, Tangshan area) two singing system. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Leiting Drum formed two major artistic schools, namely, the East Road of the Han Xiangpu School, the West Road of the Jin Wenran School. In particular, Jin's school is rich in innovative spirit, melodious tunes, and has made important contributions to the development of the Leiting drum.

Leiting drums are loved by the masses in the northern region for its rich plate cavity, complete song style and distinctive local characteristics. 1950, Leiting County set up a big drums and music team, so that the Leiting drums artists had their own organization recognized by the government for the first time. And under the support of the government to train a large number of drumming talents. Until today, Leiting County still has a big drum music and art team, Leiting people still love big drum.

The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and on May 20, 2006, the song was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

In May 2006, one of the famous "three flowers of Jidong", Leiting drum was listed as one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, the protection and inheritance of Leiting drum is facing opportunities and challenges.

Leiting Drum is one of the major musical genres in northern China, spreading over a vast area in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and the northeastern provinces. At the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, originated in Hebei Leting County folk tune "Qingping song", after several generations of repeated practice of the artists, the strengths of a variety of traditional rap art, absorbing the local folk songs, operas, some of the cadences, and gradually formed a unique singing voice and plate rap art, when Prince Gong gave the name of The name was given by Prince Gong that year, "Leting Drums", and has been continued to this day.

Leiting drum melodious, unique flavor, melting in the localization, tends to dramatization, known as the "nine cavity eighteen tune". Leiting drums have a wide range of drums, with high literary and profound ideology, for the study of the history of China's social civilization, social development, folk culture, music development history is extremely valuable information on the formation and development of Beijing qinshu, Northeast drums, Tang opera and other sister arts has had a deeper impact on the formation and development of the entries have been entered into the "Encyclopedia of China", "Chinese Opera", etc., and the famous song "Cuffing Red" was recorded by the original Shenyang Music Festival, which is the most famous opera in China. Cuffing red" was the original Shenyang music college as folk music teaching materials.

Since the 1980s, with the reform and opening up and the development of the market economy, the Leiting drums rely on the survival and development of the social basis of change, the performance market is in the doldrums, the activities of the gradual narrowing of the position, the drum artists performances income is low, a number of attainments of artists due to the age of the old, or gradually withdrawn from the stage, or successively passed away, accumulation of life-long stunts is difficult to pass on the young artists to be unique, Leiting drums is difficult to be unique, and the drums is the only way to make a difference. It is difficult to be unique, the inheritance and development of Leiting drums show a crisis of generation break. Leting County adhere to the law and scientific protection, research, protection, development and utilization of equal importance, and actively explore the promotion of national and folk culture, promote economic and social development of the new way, focus on solving part of the existence of cultural heritage protection awareness of the weak, weak, inheritance of the crisis of the beginning of the intergenerational crisis and other issues, break the boundaries of the geographical closure and sectarian strife, the protection of intangible cultural heritage as a national and specific regional cultural and long-term development strategy. (c) To break down the boundaries of regional closures and sectarian disputes, and make the protection of intangible cultural heritage a long-term development strategy for national and regional culture. Set up an open and unified leading organization and professional working organization for cultural heritage protection. Mobilize the enthusiasm of both places of origin and places of inheritance to form a strong atmosphere for protection and inheritance. Preparation in 2 to 3 years, the establishment of unique characteristics, strong authority, domestic first-class Leiting drum physical display center and data base.

With the constant change of the masses' art appreciation orientation, Leiting County has set up the "Leiting County Opera Troupe" and the "Xiangpu Art Troupe", focusing on cultivating newcomers in the art of rapping. In terms of performance content and form, it has broken through the limitations of re-creation relying on ancient and modern literary works, and innovated and developed a variety of forms such as counterpart drums, group drums and scenario drum plays, and incorporated more real-life content. At the same time, a comprehensive documentary census, the establishment of artist files and Leiting drums showroom, published Leiting Drums, Leiting Drums book section of the collection of monographs.

At the same time, to strengthen the construction of the two groups. The existing inheritors of traditional skills rescue, protection, to prevent the death of the art of elimination; focus on cultivating and exercising the future inheritors. The second is the construction of the appreciation group. Expanding the origin, heritage audience group range, radiation pulling the formation of new appreciation of the region and the group. In order to develop the inheritance team, growing Leiting drum professional art groups, and actively implement the famous boutique project, breaking the traditional regional and portal restrictions, the introduction of competition mechanism, a wide range of internal and external talents, and the key Leiting drum artists, to take the name, title, commendation and awards, funding support, etc., to encourage the representative of the inheritance of the practice activities, so that there are successors to the Leiting drum.