Taiyuan Folklore

As one of the four major categories of folklore, "literary folklore" is an important aspect of a nation's traditional culture and the source of a nation's traditional culture. Taiyuan's folklore has a long history and is rich in splendor, and the custom of social fire is one of the most eye-catching wonders.　Social fire, in fact, is commonly known as the red fire in Taiyuan. The ancient land of Taiyuan, long passed down a folk proverb, that is, "the people, to be happy, to catch up with the will sing to get red-hot." Of course, folk customs, due to geographical, historical, economic, transportation impact, with "ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs" characteristics. Take this proverb, in different places, although the same Taiyuan area, has a different inheritance content. For example, there are places called: "Zhuang family people, to be happy, singing opera, play red-hot." Some places say: "Singing opera, playing the red fire, the poor people look forward to this." In other places, it is: "Play the red fire, make the red fire, mother-in-law and dolls all family music." However, looking at the essence of the original is a: red-hot, in the minds of the working people, has an extremely important position, it is the concentrated expression of people's material and spiritual life, is the people's sincere pursuit of happiness. Therefore, the red fire has a vigorous vitality, and even over the centuries, increasingly rich, increasingly full, increasingly perfect.　　Taiyuan's red-hot scale, form, content, life atmosphere is strong, local characteristics unique. Roughly speaking, can be divided into daytime red fire and nighttime red fire two categories, however, these two categories of red fire and can not be cut off, a lot of red fire can be in the day, night and night between the cross, repeat. And the same form, the same content, just because of the difference in time, but produce very different peculiar effect. To list the names of these fires, the main ones are Taiyuan gongs and drums, Taiyuan rice-planting songs, lion and dragon lanterns, stilts and dryboats, backsticks, iron sticks, lotus flower falls, two-man stage, dumb old man carrying his wife, two ghosts wrestling, Liu San carts, big-headed dolls, and running field rice-planting songs ...... just to name a few.　　Taiyuan Drums and Gongs Taiyuan Drums and Gongs actually refers to the kind of "running water" that is popular in the folklore of the Taiyuan area and is often played in the countryside and factories, as well as a general name for the seven kinds of gongs and drums. Legend has it that it started in 947 AD in the village of Guzhai in the southern suburb of Taiyuan, where the sister of Liu Zhiyuan, the High Priest of the Later Han Dynasty, lived. It is said that when the imperial concubine went out, the gongs and drums were used to welcome her, and the tune played was "Liu Shui", which has been passed down from today. It is said that the tune played by the gongs and drums was from today's "Flowing Water", which means "Blessed as the East China Sea with long flowing water".　　In fact, this legend may not stand up to scrutiny, and "flowing water" may not be "as blessed as the East China Sea and flowing water", but from these legends, at least we can know that the Taiyuan gongs and drums have been passed down from generation to generation and have produced fruitful and rich sets of tunes.　　According to traditional custom, Taiyuan gongs and drums are mainly played by drums, cymbals and cymbals, with the sound of drums and cymbals intermixed. The drums are majestic, calm and simple; the cymbals are powerful and shocking. Drums are the main sound, supplemented by cymbals and drums. The drums are the first element, while the cymbals and drums belong to the yang and yin. Sometimes the drums and cymbals are played in unison, and the sound is sweeping; sometimes the drums and cymbals are played together, and the sound goes from far away to near; sometimes the drums and cymbals are mixed up, and the sound seems to go from near to far. In this way, the drums and cymbals play in unison, and the drums and cymbals are divided into different parts to produce various songs, such as "Single 1,25", "Double 1,25" and "Dogs Bite Each Other". At the climax of the song, the waves are rolling, and the sound is as fierce as the waves, while at the calm time, the stream is gurgling, and it seems to be flowing like the clouds and the water. As for the cymbals and cymbals playing against each other, it is called "confusion". Once the cymbals and cymbals are confused, the clanging sound of the cymbals and the cymbal sound will rise and fall, which is pleasantly crisp and beautiful. As one of the four major categories of folklore, "Literary Folklore" is an important aspect of a nation's traditional culture, and also the source of a nation's traditional culture. Taiyuan's folklore has a long history and is rich in splendor, and the custom of social fire is one of the most eye-catching wonders.　　Social fire, in fact, is commonly known as the red fire in Taiyuan. The ancient land of Taiyuan, long passed down a folk proverb, that is, "the people, to be happy, to catch up with the will sing to get red-hot." Of course, folk customs, due to geographical, historical, economic, transportation impact, with "ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs" characteristics. Take this proverb, in different places, although the same Taiyuan area, has a different inheritance content. For example, there are places called: "Zhuang family people, to be happy, singing opera, play red-hot." Some places say: "Singing opera, playing the red fire, the poor people look forward to this." In other places, it is: "Play the red fire, make the red fire, mother-in-law and dolls all family music." However, looking at the essence of the original is a: red-hot, in the minds of the working people, has an extremely important position, it is the concentrated expression of people's material and spiritual life, is the people's sincere pursuit of happiness. Therefore, the red fire has a vigorous vitality, and even over the centuries, increasingly rich, increasingly full, increasingly perfect. Taiyuan's red-hot scale, form, content, life atmosphere is strong, local characteristics unique. Roughly speaking, can be divided into daytime red fire and nighttime red fire two categories, however, these two categories of red fire and can not be cut off, a lot of red fire can be in the day, night and night between the cross, repeat. And the same form, the same content, just because of the difference in time, but produce very different peculiar effect. To list the names of these fires, the main ones are Taiyuan gongs and drums, Taiyuan rice-planting songs, lion and dragon lanterns, stilts and dryboats, backsticks, iron sticks, lotus flower falls, two-man stage, dumb old man carrying his wife, two ghosts wrestling, Liu San carts, big-headed dolls, and running field rice-planting songs ...... just to name a few.　　Taiyuan Drums and Gongs Taiyuan Drums and Gongs actually refers to the kind of "running water" that is popular in the folklore of the Taiyuan area and is often played in the countryside and factories, as well as a general name for the seven kinds of gongs and drums. Legend has it that it started in 947 AD in the village of Guzhai in the southern suburb of Taiyuan, where the sister of Liu Zhiyuan, the High Priest of the Later Han Dynasty, lived. It is said that when the imperial concubine went out, the gongs and drums were used to welcome her, and the tune played was "Liu Shui", which has been passed down from today. It is said that the tune played by the gongs and drums was from today's "Flowing Water", which means "Blessed as the East China Sea with long flowing water".　　In fact, this legend may not stand up to scrutiny, and "flowing water" may not be "as blessed as the East China Sea and flowing water", but from these legends, at least we can know that the Taiyuan gongs and drums have been passed down from generation to generation and have produced fruitful and rich sets of tunes.　　According to traditional custom, Taiyuan gongs and drums are mainly played by drums, cymbals and cymbals, and the sound of drums and cymbals are intertwined. The drums are majestic, calm and simple; the cymbals are powerful and shocking. Drums are the main sound, supplemented by cymbals and drums. The drums are the first element, while the cymbals and drums belong to the yang and yin. Sometimes the drums and cymbals are played in unison, and the sound is sweeping; sometimes the drums and cymbals are played together, and the sound goes from far away to near; sometimes the drums and cymbals are mixed up, and the sound seems to go from near to far. In this way, the drums and cymbals play in unison, and the drums and cymbals are divided into different parts to produce various songs, such as "Single 1,25", "Double 1,25" and "Dogs Bite Each Other". At the climax of the song, the waves are rolling, and the sound is as fierce as the waves, while at the calm time, the stream is gurgling, and it seems to be flowing like the clouds and the water. To the cymbals, cymbal play, is called "confusion", once the cymbals, cymbal confusion, cymbal clanging sound, cymbal cymbal sound, rise and fall, pleasant and crisp, beautiful and beautiful.