Background music of costume palace drama Wedding

Music is the language of all things.

The movement of the horizon, the chirping of insects in the summer night, the breeze in the green shade, the whispers between lovers... In an instant, a kind of emotion overflows, letting you know: Touching can be created like this!

And the grand and complex music, whether it is the court music of the literati or the "extreme music" of the common people in the streets, has mostly disappeared in the smoke and dust of history. Only the musical instruments, such as bells, drums, fou, silk and bamboo gongs and drums, remain the same despite the passage of time.

Pictures of musical instruments in the murals of Liao tombs in Hebei Province/Zhu Zihao

"China Geography" and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles jointly organized the "National Art Exhibition" The fourth "Music Art" of the "Chinese Culture Tour" came to the ancient capital Xi'an. Behind the rhythm, melody and timbre of ancient music, we explored the "good voice of China" that has lasted for thousands of years, and brought an audio-visual experience of court rituals and music. feast.

Guqin, the king of all music in ancient China, is regarded by literati as the first of the four arts.

Guqin, also known as Yaoqin, Yuqin and Lyre, is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China. It has been popular since the time of Confucius. The pre-Qin "Book of Rites" once required that "a scholar cannot be thorough without any reason ( "Withdrawing the Qin and Se" stipulates that everyone above the grassroots level must play or listen to the Qin every day. This is a symbol of wisdom, cultivation, and status.

"Remaining Sounds of the Prosperous Age" Buried Pottery Figurines and Han Dynasty Banquet Dance Music

There are three types of guqin timbres: "overtones", "dispersed tones" and "pressed tones", respectively. Symbolizes "heaven", "earth" and "man". When playing, use your right hand to pluck the strings to pick up the sound. If the sound is on an open string, it is called scattered sound, because the whole string vibrates, the sound is strong, and the reverberation is long!

Guqin music, which is regarded as a high-brow music today, was just a ubiquitous sight in ordinary people’s urban life in ancient China. Guqin is a prop that often appears in ancient paintings, and it often appears in the tomb murals of many dignitaries.

There are too many unsolved questions in the history of Chinese music civilization:

In history, especially in the pre-Qin period when the ritual and music system was prevalent, what level did Chinese music reach? high?

For two thousand years, are the five correct tones of "Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu" respected in traditional music theory really the "orthodox" sounds of Chinese musical civilization?

With the unearthing of Zeng Hou Yi’s chimes, all these problems seem to have been solved.

Hubei Provincial Museum-Photo courtesy of Zenghou Yi Chime/Arterial Shadow

Zenghou Yi Chime consists of as many as 65 bronze bells and bell frames . The bell frame consists of two facades with different lengths and short ones that intersect vertically. It has 8 groups on 3 floors and is magnificent. The bell frame weighs 1665 kilograms, and bears the bell body and wall clock components weighing 2755 kilograms. It lasted 2400 years. Years later, it still stands as before.

Zeng Houyi’s Chime Bell told the world with the fact that we have already created and used the seven-tone scale, which led to a complete change in people’s understanding of the level of Chinese pre-Qin music. Many mysteries of pre-Qin music theory have been answered in the chime inscriptions of Marquis Yi of Zeng.

In music and literature, the Qin has a real name and a real meaning, while the pipa has far more real music than a literary name.

In the Chinese folk music system, the pipa is the first plucked plucked instrument. It has a semi-pear-shaped trumpet sounding box and a certain curvature at the long neck. People call it the tune-shaped pipa. It is said that the Quxiang Pipa originated from the ancient country of Qiuci. It was spread to the Central Plains via the Silk Road during the Southern and Northern Dynasties about 1,500 years ago. It is often used in "Hu Xuan Dance" and "Hu Teng Dance" that also originated from the Western Regions. During dance performance.

Hu Teng Dance Performance-Quxiang Pipa Illustration/Meng Fanmeng

In Chinese history, in addition to "Quxiang Pipa", there are also "Quxiang Pipa" Straight item Pipa". The long handle of the straight-neck pipa is straight without bending, and the singing box is a regular circle. Judging from the playing, the performer adopts a vertical holding position and directly uses his fingers to pick and play, which is similar to today.

This kind of pipa, which was born in the Qin and Han Dynasties, was called "Qin Pipa" or "Han Pipa" in the writings of the Tang Dynasty. Ruan Xian, a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, was very good at playing, so this instrument was also called " Ruan".

Western Wei Dynasty Mural - Photo courtesy of Ruan Feitian/Arterial Shadow

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the straight-neck pipa and the curved-neck pipa continued to merge, and in the design of musical instruments With their respective advantages, changes have also taken place in their performance, and finally the shape of today's pipa emerged.

Today, we have enjoyed various costume singing and dancing performances through a large number of dramas

So what was the sound of etiquette and music in the ancient palace like? What about?

We found Mr. Xu Ge, the founder and leader of the Tang Dynasty ritual music restoration group,

and listened to him tell us interesting stories about the restoration of Tang Dynasty musical instruments and the performance of ancient music scores.

June 6th to June 9th

Xi'an Datang West Market Museum

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Once upon a time, the handicrafts of music and arts, Exclusively for emperors, generals, ministers, talents and beauties. Today, art artifacts have become the wealth of the public, a necessity in everyone's lives, and a soft power in competition.

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