1950 1950 In the autumn of 1950, Yang and Cao Anhe from the Central Conservatory of Music planned to go to Wuxi to record some Taoist music with newly imported wire tape recorders for research, and at the same time record the works created and performed by Wuxi folk blind artists. A Bing was born in Daomen and studied Taoist music since childhood. In the 1920s, he became a street performer, mainly playing his own folk music. At that time, Mr. Li Songshou, who was still a student, accidentally played Erhu music composed by A Bing, which led to an eternal story about A Bing and "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon". Fifty years later, Mr. Li Songshou gave us a detailed description of the scene at that time: 1949 In the spring of that month, I studied under Professor Chu Shizhu from Liu Tianhua through the introduction of Mr. Yang. One day, I went to class. Because it's cold, I use my fingers flexibly outside. God played the main theme of A Bing's Two Springs Reflecting the Moon. Teacher Chu Shizhu immediately asked, "Song Shou, what's the name of this song?" I said this song has no name, and it was played by an artist in Wuxi. "Who is this man?" I said blind A Bing! At this moment, Mr. Yang and Liu Yin came out of the room. Mr. Yang asked, "Are you in A Bing? He used to be my pipa teacher! I haven't seen A Bing for a long time. How is he? " I said his health is getting worse and worse, and he often vomits blood. Yang said to him, "When you are in Wuxi this time, write down his erhu songs first. If we have foreign tape recorders in the future, we will try to record them! " While several musicians talked about A Bing, A Bing was worried about his livelihood. A year ago, local officials banned A Bing from performing in public on the grounds of "undermining the treasury's financial policy" because they wrote and performed a rap song called "Golden coupons hurt ordinary people". A Bing ended his career as a street performer. A Bing lived for 57 years. 1950 is the last year of his life, and it is also an important year in his life. In the late autumn of this year, for the first time, he could sit in a place where he didn't play the piano and listen to his own piano sound, which came from an imported portable wire recorder that was still a rarity at that time. A Bing couldn't imagine that thin recording wire would change a person's fate. The person who recorded A Bing didn't realize it either. This record will leave a deep impression on the music history of China. His name is Hua, and he was born in 1893. He studied musical instruments with his father and many Taoist priests since childhood, and laid a solid musical foundation. Hua Qinghe, his father, is the head of a Taoist temple in Wuxi. He lives with a widow, Mrs. Qin, who works as a maid in the Taoist temple and was born a year later. Due to the regulations of Taoism, my father was a master and apprentice in A Bing, while my mother was not married by the Ming media, and died of persecution by her family when A Bing was four years old. As a Taoist, one must be proficient in temperament and be known as the "iron hand pipa". Song Yimin, then a reporter of Wuxi Radio Station, introduced the Taoist music in Wuxi at that time: we Taoists in Wuxi can say that most of the folk music and folk music in the south of the Yangtze River remain in their hands and minds. There is a difference between a Taoist priest and a monk. Taoist priests mainly live by music, not chanting. When A Bing was 25, his father died of illness. This year was 19 18, and A Bing officially inherited his father's business and became the new head of Lei Zuntang. Li Songshou described A Bing this way: When A Bing was a Taoist, everyone said that A Bing was beautiful and handsome. Unfortunately, he went blind later. Within a few years, he was reduced from a Taoist priest in Lei Zuntang to a blind A Bing who sang along the street. In 1930s and 1940s, Wuxi people were familiar with A Bing and his wife Cui Di. Behind his eyes, A Bing went to the streets to perform arts. At first, she was raised by a little girl from a distant relative's house in the countryside. Later, Cui Di replaced the little girl. A Bing is different from other musicians. Instead of sitting and playing the piano, he plays while walking. When not playing the piano, A Bing puts his hand on his brother's shoulder and walks slowly. When playing the piano, he puts his hand on A Bing's shoulder. A Bing often sings in Peng Xia Street in Wuxi, because there are many shops, docks and fishing boats. When the sound of erhu in the distance came gradually, people knew that A Bing was coming. People will flock to A Bing, and someone will shout out how much it costs to order his music. At this point, A Bing looks very proud. A Bing will be happier when he meets a bosom friend. At this time, A Bing and his audience never imagined that this melody would become a world-famous classic music in a few years, which would attract applause again and again and make countless people crazy. People who have heard A Bing's music say that Wuxi is located in the south, with mild winds and drizzle all year round; Wuxi people are tepid and their emotions are invisible; Wuxi people like sweets and glutinous rice, so A Bing's music is particularly gentle. A Bing goes to the streets to perform art every day. When someone saw him wearing a tattered gown and a pair of broken eyes, they thought he was a beggar. In fact, A Bing is very different from other parasitic and social beggars. Professor Yang wrote in his biography: He never took other people's money. He lives purely by singing and never asks for mercy. He didn't play until he was invited to play. When he got his salary, he didn't thank him or argue too much. Sometimes people ask him to perform, even if he doesn't pay, he is just as happy to play and sing. During his years as a busker, A Bing never stepped onto the real stage except walking up and down the street and standing on stools provided by shops along the way. When we hear the version played by A Bing himself or adapted by others, we will have a feeling of stopping at the top of the mountain. At that time, Wuxi locals also liked to listen to A Bing's music, but everyone sincerely loved A Bing's rap news, which was the most telling part of A Bing's personality. As mentioned earlier, the rap "Golden coupons harm ordinary people" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Unfortunately, we didn't hear it, because there were not many recording lines when recording.