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Drum and gong culture in Zhoushan with distinctive island characteristics

China's art forms are very colorful and diverse, each place has different characteristics, which in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, the gong culture is very distinctive of the island, but also China's national intangible cultural heritage, our countrymen should be inherited to carry forward rather than to make it disappear, how much do you know about the Zhoushan gongs and drums? How much do you know about Zhoushan gongs? This issue of Zhoushan culture for you to analyze.

Zhoushan gongs and drums is a representative of the Han folk art in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, with gongs, drums, cymbals and locks for the tone, between the bamboo, sound magnificent, melodic rush and exuberance, the atmosphere is extremely enthusiastic, with a distinctive island characteristics. After the liberation of this folk art, after processing and improvement slowly moved to the stage. The main works are: "fishing boat Kaige", "East China Sea fishing song", "fishermen joy" and so on.

On May 20, 2006, Zhoushan gongs and drums were approved to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

As early as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was widely spread in Dinghai. Legend has it that the earliest origins in the sea, the ship docked with it to recruit guests, sailing with it to help solve the silence, when the fog with it to pass the message. After the big family from the family wedding celebrations, birthday to do life, the new ship to the sea, housewarming, open for business, but also about to invite a class of drummers blowing some.

In the old days, Zhoushan gongs and drums mostly appeared in the folk townships of the red and white wedding, temple festivals and fishermen's rituals in the sea, etc. After 1949, this form of folk music in the participation of professional music workers and organize the official name of the "Zhoushan gongs and drums". In 1957, Zhoushan gongs and drums won the gold medal of the World Folk Music Competition at the World Youth Festival held in Moscow.

Because of the regional characteristics, "Zhoushan gongs and drums" express the bold and rough East China Sea fishermen's style and the magnificent and thrilling scenes of the battle, as well as the opening of the boat, the ocean and other festivals, such as the festivities of the warm atmosphere.

In the old days, most of the Zhoushan gongs and drums were used to perform. In the old days, most of the Zhoushan gongs and drums were used to perform in the meetings, and there were successive gongs and drums in the shape of a boat and three gongs and drums. Especially in the 50s after the founding of the country, under the participation and organization of professional music workers, the folk "Zhoushan gongs and drums" were adapted into large-scale wind and percussion music "sea gongs and drums"

In the 60s, "Zhoushan gongs and drums" were very popular, and many of them were used to perform in the meetings. Many professional art groups such as the China Art Troupe, the Central National Orchestra and other national troupes came to Zhoushan to learn how to play "Zhoushan gongs and drums", and some of these groups took "Zhoushan gongs and drums" as the key program for their overseas performances and ordinary performances, for example, in 1976, the "Zhoushan Gongs and Drums" was adapted into a large-scale blowing and beating music "Sea Gongs and Drums". Some groups have also made the Zhoushan gongs and drums a key program for their overseas performances and ordinary performances, such as the "Fishing Boat Song" performed by the Chinese Art Troupe in the U.S. in 1976, which was well received by the audiences at home and abroad.

In the twenty-first century, "Zhoushan gongs and drums", the island folk more and more colorful. With "Zhoushan gongs and drums" form of works created many times in the national and provincial competitions of various types of awards. Especially in 2002, pure percussion ensemble "boiling fishing", with its warm, fiery atmosphere, rich, varied performance, won the experts and the audience unanimously praised, in the first folk gongs and drums competition in zhejiang province, won the creation, performance of the double gold medal, and was invited to participate in the zhejiang province in 2003 the new year's reunion performances. The song not only retains the essence of the gongs and drums of Zhoushan Gongs and Drums, but also adds a lot of new elements, making people feel magnificent and exciting, and it is one of the more successful works of the Zhoushan Gongs and Drums adaptation.

With the vigorous development of mass cultural activities and the local government's support for the importance of traditional folk arts and culture, Zhoushan gongs and drums in the folk development is also very rapid. Not only the district government seat Shenjiamen well-trained, well-equipped Zhoushan gong team, and in the island fishing villages are also active in a number of local characteristics of the Zhoushan gong team, such as the shrimp Chi island of women Zhoushan gong team. In various festivals, cultural performances and other cultural activities, their warm, cheerful and passionate performances add a fiery and festive atmosphere to the activities, and are very popular among the masses.