1. "High Mountains and Flowing Waters"

This song was first published in the earliest existing collection of Qin music in my country, "Magical Secret Music". The book wrote in the solution: ""High Mountains and Flowing Waters" originally had only one section. In the Tang Dynasty, it was divided into two parts of the same song without dividing into sections. In the Song Dynasty, it was divided into four sections of "High Mountains" and eight sections of "Flowing Waters."

2. "Guangling San"

Also known as "Guangling Zhixi". The earliest existing musical score can be found in "Magic Secret Music". According to the editor of the book, this genealogy was passed down from the Sui Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, and was passed down through generations. The theme of "Guangling San" comes from the ancient "Nie Zheng's Song of Assassinating the King of Han". This work tells the story of a sword-maker who was innocently killed by the King of Han. In order to take revenge, his son Nie Zheng sneaked into the Han palace as a mason. After the assassination attempt failed, he fled into the mountains and studied the piano hard. After ten years of mastering his unique skills, he sneaked into the palace again. In the movie, he took advantage of the opportunity of playing the piano to stab the King of Han to death, realizing his long-cherished wish and for which he died a heroic sacrifice. "Guangling" means the qin music spread in the Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu) area, and "san" means cao, yin and qu.

3. "The Wild Geese Falling on the Flat Sand"

In the Ming Dynasty, this song was called "The Wild Geese Falling on the Flat Sand". The music score was first published in the "Guyin Zhengzong" musical score collection. The melody of "Goose Falling on the Flat Sand" is melodious and smooth. Through the disappearing and appearing wild geese call, it describes the eye-catching scene of a flock of wild geese circling in the sky. "Tianwenge Qinpu" writes: "The autumn air is crisp, the wind is calm, the sand is flat, the clouds travel thousands of miles, and the sky is flying. It borrows the distant aspirations of the swans. It is also a person who writes about the ambition of the Yishi." Although "Pingsha Luoyan" It appeared relatively late, but it is one of the most widely circulated works in the past 300 years. There are nearly a hundred kinds of piano scores publishing this piece. The reason why it is widely circulated is not only that the melody is smooth and beautiful, but also because of its novel and unique expression techniques, which are easy for the audience to understand.

4. "Three Plum Blossoms"

This song borrows objects to express feelings, and uses the whiteness, fragrance and cold resistance of plum blossoms to praise people with high moral integrity. The first half of the music plays a quiet and comfortable overtone melody, showing the noble and serene static of the plum blossoms; the rapid second half depicts the unyielding dynamics of the plum blossoms. The two sections before and after are completely different in timbre, melody and rhythm, and there is a sharp contrast. The overtone melody in the same song is repeated three times in different emblem positions, so it is called "Three Nongs". The existing score of "Three Plum Blossoms" was first published in "Magic Secret Score" (1425 edition).

5. "Ambush from Flying Daggers"

This is a large-scale pipa song with historical themes. There is no definite conclusion as to when the music was composed. The data can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. In the famous long poem "Pipa Xing" written by Bai Juyi (772-846), it can be found that the author Bai Juyi had heard pipa music that represented fierce battle scenes. The existing score of this piece was first seen in "Pipa Xing" compiled by Hua Qiuping in 1818. The music describes the final battle of the Chu-Han War in 202 BC. The Han army defeated the Chu army with an ambush formation from all sides. Xiang Yu committed suicide in Wujiang River and Liu Bang won. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, in the "Biography of Tang Pipa" in "Si Zhao Tang Ji", it was recorded that the pipa player Tang Ying once played a piece of "Chu and Han": "When the two armies fought in a decisive battle, the sound shook the heaven and earth. , The roof tiles are flying down. When you look closer, you can hear the sound of golden drums, swords and crossbows, and the sound of people and horses...it makes those who hear it start to get excited, and then become frightened and unable to cry. "It's so touching." It is widely circulated and is one of the representative works in traditional pipa music.

6. "Sunset Drums"

This is a lyrical song with a beautiful and smooth melody, and various pipa techniques are used in the performance. In terms of musical form, the whole song is developed using techniques such as expansion, contraction, local increase and decrease, and changes in high and low ranges. This song is widely circulated and is one of the representative works of ancient pipa music. The earliest copy of the score dates from 1875. Around 1925, Shanghai Datong Ensemble adapted this piece into a silk and bamboo music piece, "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night". It is like a long scroll, combining colorful scenes, through movement and stillness, distance and nearness, emotion and scenery. The combination makes the whole music rich in layers, with a prominent climax, and the poetic and picturesque expression expressed in the music is fascinating.

7. "Questions and Answers of Fishermen and Woodcutter"

There are more than 30 versions of this song in the history of the music, some with lyrics. The existing genealogy first appeared in the Ming Dynasty. The music expresses disdain for those who pursue fame and fortune through the fishermen and woodcutters enjoying themselves among the green mountains and green waters. The music adopts the form of a dialogue between a fisherman and a woodcutter, with rising melody representing questions and descending melody representing answers. The melody is elegant and unrestrained, showing the leisurely and contented attitude of the fisherman and woodcutter. As stated in "Qin Xue Chu Jin": "The music of "Qiao Qiao Qiao" has profound meaning and free and easy expression, while the majestic mountains, the ocean of water, the tinkle of axes and the songs of oars are faintly visible under the fingers. Coming to the question and answer section, it makes people think of mountains and forests."

8. "Eighteen Beats of Hujia"

This song is a piece of music composed based on the ancient poem of the same name. The lyrics were first published in "Afterwords of Chu Ci" by Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty. There are two genealogies: "Da Hu Jia" and "Xiao Hu Jia". "Hujia" was originally a wind instrument of the ethnic minorities in northern my country. It has a loud volume and is used in military music to enhance its reputation. The theme reflected in "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" is the famous story of "Wenji Returning to the Han": During the war at the end of the Han Dynasty, Cai Yan (i.e. Cai Wenji) lived among the Xiongnu for twelve years. Although she was married to King Zuoxian, she missed her hometown very much. When Cao Cao sent someone to take her back to the mainland, she was reluctant to leave her two children. The joy of returning home was overwhelmed by the pain of separation, and she felt very conflicted.

The poet Li Xin once wrote the following poem: "The sound of the Hujia played by Lady Cai is eight times out of ten. The Hu people shed tears on the grass, and the Han envoys sighed heartbrokenly at the returning guests." The poet Rong Yu wrote in "Listening to the Dushan People Playing the Hujia" , it also captures the most acute scene of this contradiction: "Looking at the Han moon in the south, your eyes are bright, but you are worried about the Hu'er." This song successfully expresses this complex mood, which is undoubtedly very touching.

9. "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace"

There are two popular performance forms of this song, one is a zheng song; the other is an erhu song, which was passed down by Mr. Liu Tianhua. This song is intended to express the resentment and sorrow of the oppressed palace ladies in ancient times, and to arouse people's sympathy for their misfortune. Zheng music uses many techniques such as chanting, gliding, and pressing. The style is simple and elegant. It is a representative Shandong Zheng music. Erhu music is slow in speed, with delicate and changeable bows. The melody often has short rests and pauses. The music The intermittent and intermittent use of various complex techniques expresses the mournful and sorrowful emotions of the palace maid, and has a deep artistic appeal.

10. "White Snow in Spring"

According to legend, this was written by Shi Kuang of Jin or Liu Juanzi of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period. The story of "Spring and White Snow" is written in "Song Yu's Answer to the King of Chu": When the singer sang "People from Lower Riba", tens of thousands of people in the country were peaceful. Later, he changed to "Spring Snow". Because the song was high and low-key, only a few people sang along. "White Snow" and "White Snow" in the existing piano scores are two instrumental pieces. The "Magic Secret Score" said in its solution: ""Yangchun" takes the meaning of all things knowing spring and the gentle breeze; "White Snow" takes the awe-inspiring and clean sound of snow and bamboo." It has been deleted and revised by celebrities in the past dynasties, and the music structure is more concentrated. , more rigorous, more layered, and the music image is more distinct, becoming an excellent traditional piece of music that is both elegant and popular.