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What's Ample Eight Tones?
Anpu, an ancient town with a long history in Lianjiang City, was built in the ninth year of Ming Dynasty (1444), formerly known as Yinpu. In the 24th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (18 19), it was renamed Anpu. Anpu Eight Tones is an ancient folk art, which originated in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. In Kannonji, famous music lovers Liang Hansheng and scholar Li Maonan talked with Bo Gu, the host mage at that time. Suddenly, they used Buddhist instruments to get the meaning of eight tones and dissolved them into bamboo orchestral instruments to play Buddha praise. In the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), Li, the founder of Anpu Bayin Team, adopted national musical instruments suitable for local characteristics after identification, rectification and innovation, and then compiled them into local traditional tunes. According to the general eight tones, the rigorous and melodious ancient music with strong rhythm and slow speed is selected as the blueprint, and it is adapted according to the characteristics of musical instruments. Musical instruments are divided into percussion instruments and stringed instruments. Led by double bells, small buckles, cymbals, wooden fish, pure heart, sand board and small drums, it is a percussion instrument; Subsequently, Erxian was the leading role, and Gao Hu, Hu Kun, Datong, Dong Xiao, Xiao Heng, Pipa, Yueqin and Qin Qin were the strings. Twenty-two musicians form an octave team. On the Lantern Festival and Temple Fair on the 28th of the first month, teams will gather in the street or stage to entertain. Open the road, Luo Umbrella Guard, a powerful, colorful and gilded ceremonial team. Walk slowly, stop at a hundred steps and rest at a thousand steps. The strings of silk and bamboo are organically combined with orchestral music, French music and fresh fragrance, and a melodious and harmonious movement is deduced. On April 6, 2004, Anpubayin was approved by Zhanjiang Municipal Government as an intangible cultural heritage of folk music and declared as a declared project in Guangdong Province. Anpu Bayin will be handed down from generation to generation with the motto of "protection first, rescue first, rational utilization, inheritance and development".