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The ten best guzheng songs

The top ten most beautiful guzheng songs include: "Fishing Boats Sing Evening", "Water Lotuses", "Mountains and Flowing Waters", "Lin Chong Runs at Night", "Dance of the Dong Nationality", "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", "Jackdaws Playing in the Water", "East China Sea Fishing Song", "Fragrant Mountain Drum Shooting" and "Fighting Typhoon".

1. "Fishing Boats Sing Evening"

"Fishing Boats Singing Evening" is a traditional guzheng solo piece. There are two theories about the origin of this song. For many years, it has been believed that it was developed by Lou Shuhua in the 1930s based on the ancient song "Return"; in recent years, some people have also proposed that the song was developed by Jin Zhuonan, a contemporary of Jin Zhuonan, based on the traditional Shandong zheng song "Double". Adapted from "Pi", "Three Rings Set the Sun" and "Flowing Water and Stone".

2. "Out of Water Lotus"

"Out of Water Lotus" is a Guangdong Guangdong Chaozhou Hakka music. Someone wrote an explanation for the title of the song: "The red lotus water is used to symbolize the beginning of the music, which symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the foundation." The song has a melodious and beautiful melody and the special charm of "heavy six tunes". The music is pure and clear, and the sustenance is It reflects people's praise for the noble sentiment of the lotus flower, which "comes out of the mud without being stained, and washes through the clear ripples without being evil".

3. "High Mountains and Flowing Waters"

"High Mountains and Flowing Waters" is one of the top ten ancient songs in my country and a representative work of Zhejiang Zheng School. Although the Zheng music "High Mountains and Flowing Waters" has been circulated by Zheng schools across the country, they are quite different. However, "High Mountains and Flowing Waters" of the Zhejiang school has been studied and played by more recent people and has been performed the most.

4. "Lin Chong's Night Run"

"Lin Chong's Night Run" is based on the theme of "Lin Chong's Night Run" written by Lu Xiutang and Wang Yizhi in 1962 based on a section of Kun Opera "The Story of the Sword: Night Run", with the tune "Lin Chong's Night Run" The melody of "New Water Order" was adapted and developed from the material. It expresses the story of Lin Chong, the leopard head, who fled to Liangshan on a snowy night in "Water Margin" after being persecuted by the government. The music is like a "martial arts" in the traditional pipa repertoire. With majestic momentum and passionate emotions, it is a rare masterpiece among the compositions for Zheng music.

5. "Dance Music of Dong Nationality"

"Dance Music of Dong Nationality" expresses the customs of the Dong village and expresses the joyful emotions of the Dong people's love for a better life. The whole song is divided into four sections: 1. Medium tempo and slightly faster, the song of the Dong village; 2. Slightly faster, the rough and passionate Lusheng dance; 3. Slow tempo, the soulful Dong village pipa on a moonlit night; 4. Medium tempo slightly faster , praising Dong Township. The melody of the music uses "rising tonic" and "descending tonic" alternately, showing a special style of Dong music. In the second paragraph, the author uses a special sound technique to heighten the rough and warm atmosphere.

6. "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace"

"Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" is also one of the top ten ancient songs in my country. There are two more popular forms of performance. One is Erhu music. Around 1929, Mr. Liu Tianhua recorded the score of the Cantonese Hu song "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" and changed it to be performed by Erhu. According to research, the Cantonese Hu song "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" ( Also known as "Three Ponds Reflecting the Moon") is derived from the first section of the pipa song of the same name; the other is the zheng song.

7. "Jackdaws Playing in the Water"

"Jackdaws Playing in the Water" is a famous work in "Hakka Zheng Music". "Hakka" refers to the people of the Central Plains who moved to Chaozhou and Meixian, Guangdong in the late Song Dynasty to avoid war. Therefore, "Hakka Zheng music" is also called "Zhongzhou ancient tune" and spreads in Chaozhou area.

8. "Fishermen's Songs of the East China Sea"

"Fishermen's Songs of the East China Sea" is a work created by Zhang Yan in the 1970s. The music expresses the joyful yet tense working life of fishermen in the East China Sea as well as their love and yearning for a new life.

9. "Fragrant Mountain Shooting Drums"

"Fragrant Mountain Shooting Drums" was composed in 1980. In 1983, it was rated as an outstanding music work at the Sixth Asian Music Forum. The song is based on the Xi'an drum music piece of the same name and the ancient pipa song "The Moon Is High".

10. "Fighting Typhoon"

"Fighting Typhoon" was created by Wang Changyuan in the mid-1960s after being inspired by the spirit of Shanghai dock workers who fought tenaciously against typhoons.