"Laoba Zhang" is a precious musical heritage, the first large-scale collection of the essence of Guqin in history. It includes the nine major qin schools of Guangling, Yushan, Fanchuan, Jiuyi, Xinzhe, Zhucheng, Mei'an, Huaiyang and Lingnan, with 22 qin players and 53 qin music. It is particularly worth pointing out that these guqin players are all top-notch masters of various schools. By the time this set of records was published, 20 qin players had passed away. Therefore, this set of records can be called a rare treasure of Chinese guqin music and cannot be replaced. have to. The man has gone, and the sound of the harp has ceased.
Lao Ba Zhang’s qin player introduction is as follows:
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Wu Jinglue, a Chinese guqin player. Born on February 5, 1907 in Xitang Town, Changshu, Jiangsu Province and died on August 16, 1987 in Beijing. His original name was Tao and his nickname was Jiman. He was a native of Xitang City, Changshu, Jiangsu Province (now part of Zhangjiagang City). A famous pianist in modern times.
Guan Pinghu (1897 - 1967), a famous guqin player and painter in China; his ancestral home is Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and he was born in an artistic family in Beijing; his name is Ping, courtesy name is Ji'an, Zhongkang, and nickname is Pinghu. He calls himself a layman; The son of Guan Nianci, a famous painter in the Qing Dynasty, he learned painting and playing the piano from his father since he was a child. After his father died when he was young, he studied art extensively and became a disciple of Yang Zongji. He studied under the famous painter Jin Shaocheng and studied flowers and figures. He was good at fine brushwork with beautiful and novel brushwork. Detained by the Constitution, he was one of the main members of the "Hu Society" day club, and later taught at Beijing Jinghua Art College.
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Zhang Ziqian (1899-1991) - the leading qin player of the Guangling School. His original name was Zhang Yichang, a native of Yizheng, Jiangsu Province. When he was a child, his private school teacher was Guangzhou Lingpai qinist Sun Shaotao. Under his influence and hard work, he was able to play many famous pieces by the age of ten. Zhang Ziqian left his hometown and went to Tianjin to make a living at the age of 23. He met the famous qin players Zha Fuxi and Peng Zhiqing (Qingshou). They often exchanged ideas and became close friends. At that time, they were known as the Three Heroes of Pudong. People regarded the three qin players as their masters. Qinqu respectfully calls them Zha Xiaoxiang, Peng Yuge, and Zhang Longxiang. Zhang Ziqian is good at playing "Three Plum Blossoms", "Pingsha Luoyan" and other music; especially "Longxiang Cao" is outstanding, so he got this title. In 1936, three qin players established the Jinyu Qin Society, which has exerted a wide influence on the guqin world for half a century. In 1961, Zhang Ziqian, Zha Fuxi, and Shen Caonong co-authored "Elementary Guqin" and it was published by Music Publishing House. In 1956, Zhang Ziqian was transferred to the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra as a guqin player, where he often performed and recorded. In 1988, he was appointed as an honorary professor by the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, where he contributed to the theoretical research, notation and teaching of guqin music. Zhang Ziqian's playing style is elegant and euphemistic, with ups and downs of rhythm. His right fingering technique is often played between Yueshan and Wu and Liuwei with the right side, forming his own characteristics. After entering his later years, his playing tends to be exaggerated and unrestrained, informal and pursuing the pursuit of details. Stretch out and relax. At the age of 85, Zhang Ziqian performed "Guangling Qinyun" using a 500-year-old guqin. He passed away in 1991 at the age of 93.
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Liu Jingshao (1903-1987), also known as Qinzi, was born in Yancheng, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. When he was a teenager, he learned pipa from Mr. Yang Xinquan of Haimen and was able to play all the repertoire of "Yingzhou Ancient Diao". In 1920, he was admitted to Nantong Normal School and learned guqin from Xu Lipun. In 1925, he was admitted to Southeast University, graduated in 1929, and worked in the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education. Since 1956, he has taught at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 1986, Mengxi Qin Society was founded in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province.
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Zha Fuxi (1895 ~ 1978) male, modern qin player, native of Xiushui, Jiangxi. He learned to play the guqin at the age of 13, and later engaged in qin studies in Changsha, Suzhou, Shanghai and other places. In the early 1930s, he launched the "Jinyu Qin Society" in Shanghai, which has had a wide influence in the qin world for half a century. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as vice chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, director of the Department of Ethnic Instrumental Music at the Central Conservatory of Music, and president of the Beijing Guqin Research Association. Initiated and organized the "Beijing Guqin Research Society" to carry out academic discussions and performance practice of Guqin music. The music he plays is deep and delicate, and the songs he sings are simple and elegant. He once compiled "Cunjian Guqin Music Score Collection" and edited "Collection of Guqin Music" and other masterpieces.
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Zhan Chengqiu (Zhijun) (1890-1973), also known as Chengqiu, nicknamed Shuiyunzi, Meiyun Hall, and nicknamed "Xiangyang Scholar". His ancestral home is Xiangyang, Hubei Province. He was a librarian at the Shandong Provincial Literature and History Research Center during his lifetime. "Zhucheng School" qin player. He has successively served as Chinese language tutor at Jinan Municipal High School, vice chairman of the first council of Shandong Musicians Association, member of Shandong CPPCC, and one of the founders of Jinan Guqin Research Association.
Yao Bingyan (1921 ~ 1983): Guqin player, born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Yao Bingyan once taught himself Erhu and Sanxian. In 1944, he studied piano with Xu Yuanbai, a famous guqin player from Zhejiang Province. His playing style is beautiful in tone, steady and tranquil, subtle but not explicit, vivid but not vulgar. He is good at playing "High Mountain", "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud", "Pingsha Falling Wild Geese", "Fishermen and Woodcutter Questions and Answers" and other songs. After moving to Shanghai, Yao Bingyan extensively sight-read ancient music, which he described as "traveling" to the artistic conceptions of various ancient music, and chose music from them. The repertoire he composed during his lifetime included "Orchid", "Guangling San", "Xuanmo", "Meeting the Gods in the Lone Pavilion", "Qu Yuan Asks the Ferry", etc.
His translation of "Drunken Madness" was widely praised by people, and at the same time, it stirred up the piano world and even the music world.
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Pu Xuezhai (1893-1966), male, Manchu, great-grandson of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty. His grandfather is the fifth son of the emperor, Prince Dun Yigui, and his father is Baylor Zaiying. When he was young, he was named "Beizi", his real name was Pu Yi, and his nickname was Xue Zhai. In his later years, his name was the same, and he used the character line, and the name Pu Xue Zhai was often used.
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Le Ying (1904-?) was born in Beijing. Her father was the owner of Lejia, a famous pharmacy in the capital in the late Qing Dynasty. He received a strict education in traditional culture since he was a child. When he was eight or nine years old, his father invited Jia Kuofeng, a student of Huang Mianzhi, a famous qin player in the capital, to teach piano at home. Songs such as "Liezi Yufeng" and "Wei Bian Sanjue". Leshi has strong finger strength, solid notes, good chanting skills, deft and changeable rhythms, and rich charm. She is an extremely accomplished female pianist. It's a pity that there are no students who can pass on his skills.
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Cheng Wujia (1901-1985), also known as Wujia, was born in Nanqiao Town. Born in a small business family. His father, Cheng Dayi, could play the flute, flute, erhu, pipa, and sanxian. Wujia has loved pipa, sanxian, guqin, zither and guzheng since childhood. He studied at Yangzheng Junior High School and the county higher primary school for 7 years, and passed the Nanjing Middle School. During his studies, he studied guqin from Wang Yanqing, a teacher at Nanjing Normal University, and pipa from Shen Zhaozhou in Chongming City. After graduating from middle school, he received financial support from Chen Tonglun and Wu Zhikun, Chinese music enthusiasts and teachers in the town, and entered Fudan University majoring in liberal arts and social education. In his spare time, he is engaged in collecting, sorting, compiling and performing folk music, and serves as the Minister of Literature and Art of the Student Union and the President of the Chinese Music Association. At that time, under the guidance of Zhang Shizhao, Miao Yuntai, and Zheng Jinwen, he participated in the creation of the "Datong Music Club" in Shanghai. Later, he went to the Jiande Association of Shanghai North Railway Station to serve as the director of the Jiande Orchestra.
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Wu Zhaoji (1908-1997), also known as Xiangquan, was born in the beautiful Han Dynasty on the west side of Dongting Lake. A musical family in Shouxian County grew up in the resort of Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River. Guqin player, member of China Musicians Association.
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Gu Meigan, a guqin educator, performer and professor, is a representative figure of Sichuan style guqin. Born in 1899 in Changsha, Hunan, into a family of guqin music from a scholarly family. Graduated from the Department of Political Science and Law of Hunan Jianguo University in 1927. He learned the guqin since he was a child, learned the true biography of Zhang Kongshan, a qin player of the Sichuan School, and was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He has successively taught Guqin, Chinese music history, classical literature and other courses at Hunan Provincial Music College, Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He is the author of "Explanation of Guangling San Ancient Fingering", "Analysis of Ancient Guqin Fingering", "Textual Research on Ji's Four Exercises", "Cunjian Guqin Fingering Collection" (co-author, main author), "Cunjian Guqin Music Score Collection" "View" (co-author, main author) and other works. Died in 1990.
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Xu Lisun (1897 - 1969) was born in Nantong. Modern guqin player. In 1917, he studied biology at Nanjing National Higher Normal School. At that time, the school promoted Chinese music and set up elective subjects, which enabled Xu Lisun to get started and learn guqin from Wang Yanqing of Zhucheng in Shandong, pipa from Shen Zhaozhou in Haimen, and Western music from Li Shutong and Zhou Lingsun. Later he served as biology and music teacher at Nantong Normal University and Nantong Middle School. In 1921, after Wang Yanqing passed away, Xu took the remaining manuscripts of his teacher's "Long Yin Guan Qin Pu" and renamed it "Mei'an Qin Pu" to commemorate his teacher who taught him the art in Mei'an. Later, he founded the "Mei'an Qin Society" in Nantong. He also wrote the book "Lv Lu's Research and Interpretation" and the papers "On the Qin School" and "On the Syllables". Composed guqin music "Wu Tong on the Moon", "Spring Light", etc. "Mei'an Qinpu" is the most widely published Qinpu music book. It has been translated into English and has been selected as a teaching material for many colleges and universities. Songs such as "Guan Shan Yue" and "Nagato Resentment" in the score were released for the first time. "Guan Shan Yue" is more commonly regarded as the first song for everyone who learns the piano.
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Yang Baoyuan (1899 AD - after 1958 AD), courtesy name Qianzhai, was the son of Yang Shibai and a modern qin player of the Jiuyi School. Yang Baoyuan inherited his family learning, and his musical style is dignified and vigorous, clean and smooth, and his chanting is measured and rhythmic. He is one of the representatives of the Jiuyi School. The sixth volume of "Chinese Music Encyclopedia of Guqin Volume" contains four qin pieces by Yang Baoyuan.
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Xia Yifeng (1883 - 1963) was born in Huai'an. His original name was Xia Fuyun. Modern guqin player. In 1895, he came to Huai'an to become a Taoist priest and learned to play the flute and sing Kunqu opera. I met Mr. Yang Ziyong who was performing the musical instrument for tourists in the temple, and was accepted by Yang as his disciple. In 1921, Xia Yifeng moved to Nanjing and joined the Qingxi Piano Club. He had the opportunity to make friends with famous players from all over the world and became more proficient in his piano skills. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xia Yifeng was hired as a special researcher of the Central Institute of Ethnic Music. In 1957, Professor Yang Yinliu recorded the famous guqin music he played, compiled 17 musical scores, and wrote the first volume of "Compilation of Guqin Music". In 1954, Xia Yifeng initiated the Nanjing Music Society and served as vice president, making great contributions to cultivating successors.
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Shen Caonong (1892-?): nicknamed Qinkan, native of Zhejiang, studied under Pei Jieqing. A qin player of the "Fan Sichuan School" and a qin player from Yushan, Shanghai.
In 1936, in Shanghai, together with Zha Fuxi, Zhang Ziqian, Wu Jinglue and other organizations, he established the "Modern Yu Qin Society" which still exists today, which has a profound influence on the history of modern qin. Co-edited "Guqin Beginners" with Zha Fuxi and Zhang Ziqian. There is an audio recording of his "Goose Falling on the Sand". In 1961, he co-authored "Elementary Guqin" with Zhang Ziqian and Zha Fuxi and was published by Music Publishing House.
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Longqinfang learned from the famous Sichuan School Yang Zidong and is one of the representatives of the modern Sichuan School. The style of the instrument is steady and refined, with a strong sense of iconography, and has an obvious Sichuan style. Long Qinfang's recording of "Taoyi" was included in the eighth volume of "Chinese Music Encyclopedia Guqin Volume".
Yu Shaoze (1903 AD - 1988 AD) is a famous qin player in modern times. He studied piano since he was a child, received guidance from famous teachers, and became a well-known piano player in the piano world. He was taught Guqin by the Chengdu Conservatory of Music and is also the honorary president of the Chengdu "Jinjiang Qin Society", having a great influence on the modern Qin world.
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Guan Zhonghang (1896 AD - 1972 AD) was a qin player of the Jiuyi School in modern Beijing. Guan Zhonghang was a disciple of Yang Shibai and was a famous master of the time. After the Beijing Guqin Research Association was established, he was engaged in the transmission of Guqin learning in the association. Guan Zhonghang's piano style is solid, steady, vigorous and smooth. Volume 8 of "Chinese Music Encyclopedia Guqin Volume" contains his "Questions and Answers for Fishermen and Woodcutter". His music fully reflects his performance characteristics.
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Wei Zhongle, pipa player. A "generalist" in the art of national instrumental music. Born in Shanghai in 1903. He taught himself to play the flute when he was young. In 1926, he joined the "Datong Music Club", a traditional Chinese music society, and successively sought advice from Zheng Jinwen, Liu Yaozhang, Wang Yuting and others. In 1933, he held his first solo concert in Shanghai. After 1935, he served as music director of the Datong Music Club. In 1938, he went to the United States to perform with the China Cultural Troupe, and recorded a variety of instrumental solo records, which were very popular in the United States and had a high reputation. In 1940, he founded "Zhongle Music Hall" and "China Orchestra" in Shanghai. In 1956, he served as professor and director of the Folk Music Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, making great contributions to ethnic music education. In addition, he also serves as the vice chairman of the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Musicians Association.
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Yang Xinlun (1898-1990), courtesy name Keding, owner of Zhenyuzhai, a native of Yahu Township, Panyu, Guangdong (now a native of Haizhu), formerly of the Guangdong Guqin Research Association Chairman, honorary president of Guangzhou Jingwu Sports Association, a famous guqin artist and martial artist in my country, and a first-generation guqin master of the Lingnan School. Yang Xinlun was born in Shanghai and has practiced martial arts since childhood. He has served as a martial arts teacher in Shanghai Jingwu Sports Association (founded by Huo Yuanjia), Guangdong Kunwei Girls Normal School, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Mincheng Middle School and other places. In the mid-1920s, by chance, Yang Xinlun listened to the performance of Wu Chunbai, a famous guqin master, at the Jingwu Association. His clear and meaningful sound aroused Yang Xinlun's strong interest. In 1928, Yang Xinlun returned to Yangcheng and bought a guqin from Qingmi Pavilion, thus starting his guqin career. Yang Xinlun first got the guidance of the famous guqin master Wang Shaozhen. After being introduced by teacher Wang Shaozhen, he met guqin masters Lu Jiabing, Rong Xinyan, Chen Shuju, etc., and finally met Zheng Jianhou of Zhongshan County. Since Zheng was living alone and had no one to rely on, Yang Xinlun took Zheng Jianhou home. It has been maintained in China for 20 years. During this period, Yang Xinlun learned Lingnan school qin music from Zheng Jianhou, such as "Wu Ye Ciao", "Blue Stream Flowing Spring", "Reminiscence of the Ancients" and so on. He became his disciple and finally obtained the true inheritance of Lingnan school guqin.
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Introduction to Hefei Yuqiao Guqin Museum
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The guqin ranks first among the four arts of Chinese traditional culture: chess, calligraphy and painting. It is regarded as a representative of elegant art and is also an accompaniment instrument for literati to sing.
The sound of the guqin is both pure and elegant, clear and far-reaching, elegant in meaning, happy but not obscene, sad but not sad, resentful but not angry, gentle and honest, and the form of guqin playing is peaceful and without fault. Nothing less.
In modern society, people generally feel stressed and nervous. Playing the piano is one of the ways to cultivate one's moral character. Its tranquil and peaceful rhythm can guide us to relieve stress, restore inner peace, and return to the pure and spiritual world of our inner nature.
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Hefei Yuqiao Guqin Museum spreads the Guqin culture of "healing the heart with music, maintaining peace and harmony" through the cultural atmosphere created by Qin, tea and incense. Help more people understand and learn guqin, use the connotation of guqin culture to cultivate their moral character, inspire themselves and entertain their friends.
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Hefei Yuqiao Guqin Hall hires well-known domestic teachers to jointly discuss and inherit the art of Guqin. In the process of inheriting Guqin, teaching and communication are combined, and emphasis is placed on teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Through the stepped course setting, it is ensured that students of different levels and backgrounds can find a learning method that suits them. Help students master the basics of guqin playing in the shortest possible time and play beautiful guqin music.
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Contact information of Hefei Yuqiao Guqin Hall: 15105514641
Contact person: Teacher Xu
Opening hours:
Monday to Sunday 10:00-17:00
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Introduction to public welfare classes:
Free every Friday at 7pm Guqin famous music performance and guqin experience class. For friends who love guqin, we will explain guqin playing techniques, subtraction notation identification, music meaning analysis and music theory knowledge. (Participants please make a reservation in advance)
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Hefei Yuqiao Guqin Hall Address: Room 905, Xinhuaxia Building, No. 1288 Changjiang West Road, Shushan District, Hefei City (Tianbu East Road and Shan 200 meters west of the intersection of Hu Road)
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Some bus stops near Hefei Yuqiao Guqin Hall:
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No. 56 , Ganquan intersection station.
Road 22, 234, Jinggang Station.
Road 24, 650, Shanhu Road Station.
BRT Line 4, Officer Training Center Station.
Road 657, Daoshan Intersection Station.
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