"The joy of a feast is not silk or bamboo." What do silk and bamboo mean?

"Silk" and "Bamboo" are two categories in the classification of musical instruments with eight tones in the Zhou Dynasty. Silk refers to playing stringed instruments and bamboo refers to bamboo wind instruments. Silk and bamboo music refers to the ensemble of bamboo wind instruments and stringed instruments, with meticulous playing style, beautiful and lyrical expression and lively interest. For example, the main musical instruments of Paige Band in Errentai are flute and Hu Si, the main musical instruments of Jiangnan Sizhu Band are flute and erhu, and the main musical instrument of Cantonese Opera Band is Yuehu. Famous songs such as "Thirty-six" and "Walking the streets and lanes" by Jiangnan Sizhu; Eight Horses Plum Blossom Exercises in Fujian Nanqu; The signature music of the duet "South Embroidered Pocket" and "Pushing Wheel" and so on.

As a form of performance, silk and bamboo (or orchestral string) have the words "Silk and bamboo are more harmonious" and "Where this song is first a song, then a orchestral string." Account. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there have been many records about the combination form of silk and bamboo bands and the music of silk and bamboo, which shows that the music of silk and bamboo has a long history.

In traditional national instrumental music, there is a difference between silk and bamboo music and string Suo Le. Chords are purely played by stringed instruments, and there are no bamboo instruments in the band. But for some music, it can be played in the form of string ensemble or bamboo ensemble. Even for a certain kind of music, some music is played by string bands and some by bamboo bands. For example, the early band group "Wujiatou" of Yue Music belongs to the silk and bamboo band, while the later "Sanjiatou" (Gao Hu, Yangqin and Qin Qin) belongs to the string band. However, both the Cantonese Opera String Band and the Sizhu Band are used now. Because they are similar in many aspects, it is generally believed that Suo Le belongs to the music of silk and bamboo.

Chord band is represented by the band combination of thirteen chords, and the musical instruments are Huqin, Pipa, Sanxian and Zheng. Sizhu Band is represented by Jiangnan Sizhu Band. Commonly used musical instruments are Xiao, Sheng, Erhu, Zhonghu, Pipa, dulcimer, Xiaosanxian, banjo and polar drum.

Silk and bamboo music has the musical characteristics of "softness, thinness and lightness";

Soft: refers to the soft sound of the band ensemble;

Fine: refers to the exquisite and delicate performance style;

Light; Refers to music that mainly expresses relaxed and pleasant tastes.

The formation of these characteristics is related to the fact that silk and bamboo music are mostly played indoors.

Jiangnan Sizhu music refers to folk Sizhu ensemble music in southern Jiangsu and western Zhejiang, among which the music circulating in Shanghai is the main one. Silk and bamboo music is a traditional form of "fine music", which combines silk strings with bamboo wind instruments and sometimes adds a little percussion instruments to play an embellishment role. Jiangnan Sizhu ensemble instruments include: Sixian Erhu, Sanxian, Pipa, dulcimer, bamboo flute, flute, sheng, small percussion drums, boards and so on. Among them, erhu, flute and flute are the main ones. Silk and bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River is folk music, which is mostly related to folk weddings, funerals and festivals and temple fairs. Its music style is fresh and lively, meticulous and elegant; The tune is beautiful and smooth, soft and euphemistic. The so-called "Eight Great Songs" are famous songs in the traditional repertoire of silk and bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River, and one of them is "Six Plates of Chinese Flowers".