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The process of naming the music "Er Springs Reflecting the Moon"

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Abing’s introduction:

Introduction to ballet repertoire

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Music " The naming process of "Two Springs Reflect the Moon"

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Huishan Spring in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province is known as "the second spring in the world". The author Hua Yanjun named the music "Two Springs Reflect the Moon", which not only introduces people to the artistic conception of quiet night, clear springs and cold moon, but after listening to the whole song, it is like seeing the person himself - a strong and tenacious blind artist pouring out his feelings to people. A rough life.

Following the short introduction, the melody goes up from the Shang sound to the Jiao sound, then stops briefly on the Zheng and Jiao sounds, and ends with the Gong sound, forming a microwave-shaped melody line, just like the author sitting on a fountain. While thinking about the past (clip 1). The second phrase has only two measures and appears six times in the whole song. It starts at the end of the first phrase, an octave higher. It circled up and down around Gongyin, breaking the silence in front of it, and began to be high-spirited, showing the author's infinite emotion (fragment 2). When entering the third sentence, the melody flows in the high-pitched area, and new rhythmic factors appear. The melody is soft yet strong, and the mood is more exciting. The theme gradually changes from calm and deep at the beginning to exciting and high-spirited, profoundly revealing the author's inner life feelings and tenacious and proud will to live. His frequent use of notes in his performance gives the music a slightly sad mood, which is the emotional expression of a blind artist who has experienced the bitterness and pain of the world.

The whole song changes the theme five times. As the music is stated, extended and expanded, the emotions expressed are more fully expressed. Its variation technique mainly expresses the development and circuitous progress of music through the expansion and contraction of sentence length, combined with the rise and fall of the active range of the melody. Its multiple variations are not to express contrasting different musical emotions, but to deepen the theme, so the musical image created by the music is relatively single and concentrated. The speed of the whole song does not change much, but its intensity changes greatly, from pp to ff. Whenever a musical note longer than a quarter note is played, the weight of the bow changes, suddenly strong and sometimes weak, and the music rises and falls, which is exciting.

The Moon Reflected In Er-quan is the masterpiece of Chinese folk erhu musician Hua Yanjun (A Bing). A Bing often played the piano by the Erquan in Wuxi. He was blind when he composed this song. According to the memories of his relatives, friends and neighbors, A Bing still had no food and clothing after performing for a whole day. When he returned to the alley late at night, he often played this song. The sadness and sadness are particularly moving.

A Bing’s friend Lu Xu once described the scene when A Bing played “Two Springs Reflecting the Moon”: “Heavy snow fell like goose feathers, and the park opposite was covered with rubble and jade. The pile was beyond recognition. The sad and plaintive sound of the erhu came from the street... I saw an unkempt old woman leading a blind man on the park road from east to west on a small bamboo pole. Under the dim light, I vaguely recognized it. It was A Bing and his wife. A Bing held a small bamboo pole under his right side, carried a pipa on his back, and hung his erhu on his left shoulder. ""

This piece of music had no title at first. Abing often played it while walking in the streets and alleys. He did not play this music when performing. Abing once called it " "Zi Lai Qian", his neighbors called it "Yixinqu". Later, when Yang Yinliu and Cao Anhe were recording, they thought of the famous scenic spot "Er Quan" in Wuxi and named it "Er Quan Ying Yue" (Huishan Quan, Wuxi, Jiangsu). , known as "the second spring in the world"), then the score was decided. He Luting once said: "The elegant name "Er Quan Ying Yue" is actually contradictory to his music. Rather than saying that the music describes the scenery of Er Quan Ying Yue, it is better to say that it profoundly expresses the pain of the blind man A Bing. Life experience."

In the late autumn of 1950, Abing played this song for the first and last time at a concert in Wuxi, winning endless applause from the audience; in 1951, it was played for the first time by Tianjin People's Broadcasting Station. On the 10th anniversary of this song in 1959, during the National Day, the China Association for International Culture presented this song to international friends as one of the representatives of my country's national music. Since then, the song has been widely circulated at home and abroad and received high praise.

In 1985, this song was recorded on a record in the United States and topped the list of the eleven most popular Chinese songs in the United States.

Later, Peng Xiuwen adapted the piece into a national instrumental ensemble; Wu Zuqiang adapted it into a string ensemble; Ding Zhinuo and He Zhanhao adapted it into a violin solo; Ding Shande adapted it into a string quartet, etc. China Record Company once made a steel wire recording of Abing's performance of this piece in the summer of 1950 into a record, which sold well at home and abroad.

This piece of music reveals from beginning to end the thoughts and emotions of a blind artist who has experienced the bitterness and pain of the world. The work shows the unique folk performance skills and style, as well as the unparalleled profound artistic conception, showing the Chinese Erhu art With its unique charm, it broadened the expressive power of Erhu art and won the "20th Century Chinese Music Classic Award".

[Edit this paragraph] The naming process of the music "Er Fountains Reflect the Moon"

"Er Fountains Reflect the Moon Music Score"

In 1950, Yang Yinliu of the Central Conservatory of Music Professor Cao Anhe and Professor Cao Anhe made a special trip to Wuxi to record Abing's performance. At that time, Mr. Zhu Shikuang also participated in the recording.

Zhu Shikuang once published an article "The process of naming the music "Er Quan Ying Yue"" in Wuxi Newspaper. He wrote in the article: "After the recording, when Mr. Yang asked A Bing the name of the piece, A Bing said Bing said: "This song has no name. I just picked it up randomly and it became what it is now." Mr. Yang asked again: "Where do you often play it?" A Bing replied: "I often play it on the street." , also in Huishan Quanting. "Mr. Yang blurted out, "Let's call it "Two Springs"!" I said: ""Two Springs" doesn't look like a complete title. There is a song in the song "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon". Can we call it "Two Springs Reflect the Moon"? Mr. Yang said: "The printing is copied and not good enough. We have a Yingshan River in Wuxi, so let's call it "Two Springs Reflect the Moon"." He immediately nodded in agreement and the title of the song "Er Quan Ying Yue" was decided.

Er Quan Ying Yue

Wuxi Erquan Pool has Yilan Hall, Erquan Pavilion and so on. Architecture. Around the time of the lunar month, the moon falls in love with the water, and the water embraces the moon.

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Familiar music. , seems to bring us into the beautiful scenery of Wuxi, Jiangsu: in front of our eyes, the beautiful scenery of Huishan's "second spring in the world" seems to be displayed. Accompanied by the surging of the spring water, this melodious music seems to be singing to us. We are telling an extraordinary story.

The author of the song is Hua Yanjun, who was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He has a strong interest in folk music and learned to play drums, flute and erhu since he was a child. , played the pipa. When he was fifteen or sixteen, he had become an outstanding local musician. When he was thirty-four, he was blinded by illness and lived on the streets. But he has a strong backbone and never begs for charity from others. Instead, he makes a living as a performer. He is what we are familiar with - Blind A Bing. A Bing has lived at the bottom of society for a long time and has distinct loves and hates. Many of the pieces of music we just listened to are Abing's representative erhu piece "Er Quan Ying Yue". Since he lived during the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, he also composed many satirical pieces to challenge the evil forces, such as Songs such as "Listening to the Pine" and "The End of the Traitor" expressed his great indignation against the Japanese invaders and traitors, and as a result, he became a thorn in the side of the reactionary authorities. In 1947, A Bing was beaten to death by the Kuomintang. Forced to stop his performing career.

After more than half a century of ups and downs, A Bing finally looked forward to the liberation of the country, and his artistic career entered a new stage in the summer of 1950. The academy interviewed A Bing and recorded six pieces of music he played in a hurry, including "Er Quan Ying Yue", "Listening to the Pines", "Big Waves on the Sand" and "Zhaojun Leaving the Fortress". He also promised to continue recording two to three hundred pieces in six months. Erhu music. However, due to the long-term torture of the old society, he died of vomiting blood on December 4 of that year. The death of A Bing and the loss of hundreds of his music cannot but be said to be an irreparable event in the history of Chinese music. A big loss.

As one of the few pieces he has preserved, "Er Quan Ying Yue" is extremely precious. It is said that when recording it, the staff asked Abing the name of the music. A Bing said, since Guangdong has "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon", then this piece of music should be called "Two Springs Reflect the Moon". In this way, "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" has been passed down, and it is also regarded as the artistic crystallization of the author's lifelong efforts.

"Two Springs Reflect the Moon" uses a lyrical musical language to describe to us the scenery of the moon reflecting on the mountain springs and the author's infinitely deep feelings. The whole song is divided into six sections and has gone through five variations.

At the beginning of the song is an introduction, which seems like a deep and painful sigh, as if the author is telling us the sufferings of his life with an uncontrollable emotion. It seems that before the music begins, the author has been silently speaking in his heart for a long time, and he sighs unconsciously. The music is like an old artist, wandering and wandering on the bumpy road of life, but unwilling to surrender to fate. . He is talking about the suffering and oppression he endured in that era and the inextricable sorrow in his soul. He is telling about his bitter and miserable life full of ups and downs, unabashedly expressing the sincerity of the author's heart. emotion. The fourth section reaches the climax of the whole song. We seem to be able to hear A Bing’s extremely angry shouts bursting out from the bottom of his soul. That is the cry of A Bing’s soul. It is the struggle and resistance to fate, and also to the beauty. The yearning and pursuit of life. The high-spirited music enters the concluding sentence in a tone full of injustice, and the concluding sentence gives people a sense of unfinished meaning, as if the author is still silently confiding, confiding, confiding...

It can be said that this piece of music fully expresses the author's sincere feelings in both creation and performance. It is not only deeply loved by the people in China, but also has received high praise in the international music scene. It shakes the heartstrings of millions of people with its deep, melodious yet passionate music... The world-famous conductor Seiji Ozawa commented on the piece: "I should kneel down and listen..." That is In 1978, Seiji Ozawa was invited to serve as the chief conductor of the Central Orchestra. During the meeting, he conducted Brahms's "Second Symphony" and the string ensemble "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon" (adaptation). At that time, Ozawa Seiji I didn't say anything.

The next day, Seiji Ozawa came to the Central Conservatory of Music to listen to the original song "Er Quan Ying Yue" played on the erhu by Jiang Jianhua, a 17-year-old girl from the conservatory. He was moved to tears. He murmured: "If I had listened to this performance, I would never have dared to conduct this piece yesterday, because I did not understand this music, and therefore, I am not qualified to conduct this piece... This kind of music should only be listened to on one's knees." "As he spoke, he really had to kneel down. He also said: "The feeling of heartbreak is so appropriate." On September 7 of the same year, Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" published an article from Beijing titled "Mr. Ozawa's Moved Tears". "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" has since traveled across the ocean and received praise from the world's music scene.

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"The Haggard Soul of the Piano"——Wang Jian

Listen to the leisurely sound of the piano——

Who is walking along the street after dusk, carrying a pipa?

The autumn wind blew the sleeves of his green shirt.

In the faint moonlight, there are thin figures on the stone road.

The steps stagger out of the alley, then turn and go to the small bridge.

The surrounding fields are silent, the lights are dim and the painting building is hidden.

The piano player seems to be asking where his close friend is.

As soon as he groaned lowly, he looked back and saw the moon shining on Ludizhou.

The sound of the piano echoes around the jungle, well - the sound of the piano is trembling,

The sound is like the roar of the pine wind and the gurgling flow of spring water.

The haggard soul of the piano is wandering, and it is difficult to look back on life's events.

As time goes by, people are left behind.

Young green hair has turned gray in an instant.

I am alone, with no relatives or friends.

How can I endure the wind, rain and mud? I have no complaints about honor or disgrace.

Only the strings of the piano can separate me from sorrow.

Morning and dusk always accompany each other. Bitterness and joy always stay together.

Drinking wakes people up and leaves the lingering lingering sound.

Don’t say that ambition is hard to achieve, but there are thousands of songs in your heart,

They are all left for the mountains and rivers of your hometown.

The world is long, but love is the longest.

***Wish you: The beacon smoke will gather in the five continents and the sea, and music and music will be played in every family.

Be happy and worry-free every year.

Even though a person is like a yellow crane, holding onto the pure land to benefit the hills,

This love is endless, and there is a close friend in the end of the world,

I still hear the sound of your piano. Accompanied by the flow of close friends!

Looking back at the moon in the sky, it illuminates the sorrows of the past and present.

The prosperity is gone. Look behind you, what is there?

Not like a cold spring reflecting the moon, turning into mountain running water,

The rhyme of the piano always lingers in people's hearts...

Appreciation of Erquan Reflecting the Moon's lyrics

Two springs reflect the moon

——Lyrics based on Mr. Hua Yanjun’s Erhu music

Liu Zhou

My heart is as cold as spring water,

In this world,

the sweetness, bitterness and bitterness are exhausted,

in the end it is always like the shadow of the moon in the sky.

There was no moon last night,

I sighed at the gurgling spring water and drowned my heart;

Thinking about the crescent moon once,

It was miserable and miserable. people.

Fame and wealth are like smoke,

flowers are falling and people are dying like fluttering trees.

How many sins and injustices,

I encounter them everywhere in this life;

However, there is hatred,

After all the vicissitudes of life, there is still hatred.

The full moon is worthy of the wealthy family’s banquet,

The moon is missing and the moon is tender for half a lifetime;

The sparkling light carries the beauty,

Pink and Dai Jade body Chen.

Looking at the moon and looking at the bright moon once,

I don’t know that there is anything majestic in the world;

I only ask about the wind and moon that are haggard and damaged,

How can I Pity the people who starve to death;

I have tears now under the moon,

The tears are nowhere to be found in the spring;

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It’s hard to finish the words.

The moon is crescent and the spring is hollow.

There is no way to go to heaven or earth.

Who will pity me during menstruation?

The wind and rain stagger and the moon is dim;

Looking up to the sky, it is difficult to see the bright moonlight,

Looking down, I can only feel the spring water Cold;

Spring is cold and summer is still cold,

Autumn is cold and winter is also cold;

The spring is cold and I don’t know the world’s diseases,

The cold moon does not cure old age and poverty;

There has always been ups and downs,

Good and evil will eventually be punished.

The clear brilliance pierces the clouds covering the moon,

The ground is filled with sorrow,

The wind and rain blow away.

Things from ancient times to the present,

the same dirt covers the sad face.

The sound of the spring hits the sky,

the water disappears and the water comes back to life;

People wish that the wheel will always be full,

hundred years People are different and the moon is the same;

Waiting Pan

I don’t know the fairyland of Huangquan.

The defeated willow and the remaining red can soar into the sky,

stay with hatred for a day,

see through the old stubbornness.

Note: "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" is an erhu song by Mr. Hua Yanjun. I say that the two springs reflect the moon. The springs are cold and the moon is cold, so I look at the world with a cold eye. Because of the words, it is supplemented by Qu Yun'er.

Note: Non, you are referring to me

Wang Mingsheng’s analysis: The Erhu piece "Er Quan Ying Yue" composed by Mr. Hua Yanjun (A Bing) is a classic song famous all over the world. The success of this poem mainly lies in the author's understanding of the spirit of the original song - that is, "the spring is cold, and the moon is cold." The reflection of the moon in the two springs means "response to coldness with coldness", which means facing the cold with a cold heart. Cold reality. The whole poem is both weeping and complaining, but also profoundly enlightened; it is both sad and sad, but also angry and resisting; it is both obsessed with ups and downs, but also detached from fame and fortune. It has a direct and cold observation of the world, and a thorough understanding of life, which is sad but not sad. Can lift and release.

For example: "Fame and wealth are scattered like smoke, flowers fall and people die like fluttering canopies", which can be described as crying and complaining; "The clear light pierces the clouds covering the moon, sorrow pours to the ground, and the wind and rain blow away". It is sad and desolate; "In ancient and modern times, the same dirt covers the sad face" can be described as a profound realization; "After all the vicissitudes of life, I still hate" can be described as an angry struggle. There is also "The moon is hollow in the spring, and there is no way to go to heaven or earth. Who can pity me? The wind and rain are on my menstruation, the wind and rain are shaking, and the moon is hazy." It makes people feel helpless, lonely and wandering, and they don't know where to go; "It's hard to see the moon when you look up to the sky. The color is bright, and when I lower my head, I feel that the spring water is cold. It is cold in spring and still cold in summer. It is cold in autumn and cold in winter. The spring is cold and I don’t know the world’s diseases. The cold moon has not solved the problem of old age and poverty." It makes people feel more and more desolate, irritating the intestines, like frost and ice; "I hate it for a day. , see through old age and death," which makes people experience a sudden increase in vicissitudes of life, infinite melancholy, and mixed feelings.

Original version of "Heaven Has Neon Clothes"

[Edit this paragraph] A Bing's introduction:

A Bing, formerly known as Hua Yanjun, was born in the 10th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty. Nine years (1893 ~ 1950), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. Later he became blind and was known as "Blind A Bing". His father, Hua Qinghe, was the head Taoist priest of Lei Zun Hall, Sanqing Hall Taoist Temple in Wuxi City, and was good at Taoist music. Hua Yanjun lost his mother when he was young and was raised by his aunt of the same clan. At the age of 8, he followed his father as a young Taoist priest in Lei Zun Hall. He studied in a private school for three years, and then learned drums, flutes, erhu, pipa and other musical instruments from his father. At the age of 12, he can already play a variety of musical instruments, and often participates in activities such as worshiping, chanting sutras, and playing music. He studied hard, kept improving, and extensively absorbed folk music tunes to break the constraints of Taoist music. At the age of 18, he was hailed as an expert performer by Wuxi Taoist music circles.

When his father passed away when he was 22 years old, he succeeded him as the head Taoist priest of Lei Zun Temple. Later, due to careless friendships, he became involved in the bad habits of prostitution and drug abuse. At the age of 35, he lost his sight in both eyes. In order to make a living, he took to the streets with his pipa and huqin on his back, composed and sang his own songs, rapped about the news, and became a street performer. At the age of 40, he lived with the widow Dong Cuidi (Caidi). Singing every afternoon in the paddock in front of the Sanwanchang Tea House in Chong'an Temple. He dares to hit the mark on current issues, criticize social darkness, and attract audiences with a rap format that people love to hear. After the January 28th Incident, he also composed and sang the news of "The 19th Route Army Heroically Fights against the Enemy Enemies in Shanghai" and played the "March of the Volunteers" on the erhu. During the boycott of Japanese goods, he used passionate words to inspire people's patriotic enthusiasm. Many of his news stories sang the voices of the masses and were deeply loved by ordinary citizens. Every night, he walked through the streets and alleys, playing the erhu while walking, and his tone was touching. "Two Springs Reflect the Moon", which is famous in the international music scene, was created during this period. After the Japanese army invaded Wuxi, A Bing and Dong Cui took refuge in their hometowns. Soon he went to Shanghai and worked as a pianist in the Xianni Club of the Kun Opera Troupe, playing the three-stringed instrument. He also played an extra role as a blind man in the movie "Seven Heavens". At this time, he composed "Listening to the Pine", a heroic and emotional erhu solo, expressing his patriotic enthusiasm of not wanting to be a slave to the country's subjugation. In the 28th year of the Republic of China, he returned to Xicheng and resumed his old business. He went to the teahouse every morning to collect various news, came back to conceive and create, and sang in front of the Chong'an Temple teahouse in the afternoon; at night he played the erhu on the street and played his composition "Cold Spring Wind". He is very good at playing the lute. He can play the pipa on top of his head, and he can also use the erhu to imitate the sounds of men, women, old and young talking, sighing, laughing, as well as the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he was banned from rapping news in a fixed place in Chong'an Temple. In the 36th year of the Republic of China, he suffered from lung disease and was bedridden and vomited blood. From then on, he stopped performing on the streets and made a living by repairing huqin at home.

On April 23, 1949, Wuxi was liberated, and A Bing and his music such as "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" were reborn. In the summer of 1950, in order to discover, research and preserve folk music, teachers and students from the Central Conservatory of Music commissioned Professor Yang Yinliu and others to make a special trip to Wuxi to record three erhu pieces for him: "Moon Reflected on Two Springs", "Listening to the Pines" and "Cold Spring Wind". The song is composed of three pipa songs: "Big Waves Washing the Sand", "Dragon Boat" and "Zhaojun Leaving the Fortress".

Abing died of illness on December 4, 1950, at the age of 57.

Anecdotes

People say that A Bing has three qualities: a poor person but a poor ambition (not afraid of power); a poor person but a poor mouth (not freeloading); a poor person but a poor reputation. Poor (upright).

In the city of Wuxi, a landlord raped a 13-year-old girl in his family. When A Bing found out about it, he immediately made up lyrics and sang about it, exposing the landlord's evil deeds, arousing public outrage and frightening the The landlord fled for several months and did not dare to return home.

Once, the Kuomintang warlord Tang Enbo asked A Bing to sing a birthday party for his thirteenth concubine. A Bing flatly refused and was beaten severely, but A Bing did not give in and made up the lyrics. , played the erhu and scolded them.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese invaders occupied Wuxi, and a man named Zhang Shijun became a traitor. When A Bing found out, he made up words to curse him, and was beaten severely. Later, when the traitor was killed by the Japanese, Abing clapped his hands and applauded him. He also composed a song "The End of the Traitor" and sang it on the street, and everyone in Wuxi applauded.

Hua Yanjun Tomb

Hua Yanjun Tomb (hua yan jun mu) is the tomb of A Bing. It is located beside Yingshan Lake at the east foot of Huishan Mountain in Xihui Park, Wuxi City. Hua Yanjun, also known as "Blind Man Bing", was a folk musician. He died of illness in December 1950 and was buried in the Taoist Tomb of "Yihe Shanfang" at the foot of Can Mountain in the western suburbs of Wuxi.

In May 1979, the tomb was damaged and the bones were collected from the original site by the Wuxi Municipal Museum. In 1983, they were moved to the current location at the east foot of Huishan Mountain and south of Erquan. The cemetery covers an area of ??742 square meters. The main body is composed of tomb walls and wing walls, shaped like a music stand. The old tombstones are now in the Municipal Museum. The colorful tombstones were created by the China Music Research Institute and Wuxi Literary and Art Institute. Yang Yin Liu Shu and the blind man A Bingtong in front of the tomb. Like, sculpture by Qian Shaowu.

In 1986, it was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by the Wuxi Municipal People's Government.

"Two Springs Reflect the Moon" is an erhu piece composed by the famous blind folk artist Hua Yanjun (A Bing) and recorded and recorded by himself in 1950. Since the advent of this piece, not only in the form of Erhu solo, Hua Yanjun is an outstanding folk musician in my country. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu. He has been playing music since childhood and has been adapted into various forms of instrumental music. He is famous at home and abroad for his beautiful lyrical melody and deeply touching musical connotation.

Huishan Spring in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province is known as "the second spring in the world". The author named the music "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon", which is related to Abing's unfortunate experience in the old society. From the music, we can feel that when the author used the scenery to express his emotions and lament his life experience, he also revealed his resentment against the old society. . It was introduced in "A Bing's Song Collection": "After he lost his sight... he used musical images to describe the beautiful scenery he imagined he had witnessed in the old days." "But what he felt at that time was the darkness around him. This This makes him always reveal a sentimental and desolate mood in the melodious and beautiful melody."

The musical structure of "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" is a traditional variation. At the beginning of the music, the short introduction and the descending melody are like a gentle sigh with mixed feelings, bringing people into a deep artistic conception. The theme music reminds people of a blind artist holding a bamboo stick wandering on the bumpy road of life, which is infinitely sad and desolate. "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon" is gradually developed under the multiple variations of the above-mentioned tones to form the whole song. Through the variations, the musical image is deepened layer by layer, making people feel that A Bing has uncontrollable feelings and is singing to him over and over again. People told of his various sufferings and experiences. In the second half of the music, the music develops further, the accumulated emotions burst out, and the music reaches a climax, strong and angry, showing A Bing's unique temperament and courage. This is the author's angry accusation against the old society. It profoundly reflects A Bing's stubborn and resolute character and expresses his uncompromising resistance and struggle against the dark forces.

"The Moon Reflects on Two Springs" has distinct layers yet is integrated into one, the melody is pleasant yet simple and vigorous, and the music is touching yet more infuriating. It is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation by a poor blind artist in China and is deeply loved by audiences at home and abroad.

Quan Qiyue and cold music are touching

——Appreciation of A Bing's "Two Springs Reflect the Moon"

Author: Xiao Qianyong

In Abing (1893-1950), who plays an important role in the history of Chinese music, had a very unfortunate personal experience. His original name was Hua Yanjun, and his nickname was A Bing. He became a Taoist priest when he was young, and worked as a drummer when he was young. In middle age, he suffered from an eye disease and had no money for treatment and became blind. From then on, he lived on the streets and made a living by performing arts. He struggled in darkness and poverty for decades and tasted all the bitterness of the world. He lived in hunger and cold, but he was poor and ambitious. Faced with the bullying and power of evil forces, he never bowed down, but always fought against and denounced them. In the art of music, he always learned from a wide range of things, studied diligently, and was deeply rooted in the soil of national and folk music. As a result, he became proficient in playing, playing, and singing, and made great achievements in creation. Due to the above-mentioned circumstances, Abing's music and piano music have a rich national style, and naturally have a melancholy and angry mood and an unyielding manly spirit. These may be the reasons why "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" can be widely circulated and endure for a long time, and it is also the touching charm of this piece of music.

"Two Springs Reflect the Moon" has been passed down to this day since its publication. It is known and loved by almost everyone among men, women, old and young at all levels of Chinese society; it also has widespread influence abroad. The famous Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa once listened to Erhu player Jiang Jianhua's performance of "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon" in Beijing. While listening, he felt heartbroken and couldn't help but shed tears.

After the founding of New China, the Institute of Music of the Central Conservatory of Music sent music historians Yang Yinliu, Cao Anhe and other comrades to Wuxi to record, notate and organize A Bing’s musical works. Relevant departments publish and broadcast.

Since then, "Er Quan Ying Yue" has radiated its vitality and moving brilliance: it has been adapted into violin solo, folk music ensemble, folk music ensemble, melody quartet, Western melody ensemble, erhu and orchestra, Gaohu Playing forms such as harp and harp are all colorful and each has its own interest. This song was later put on the screen and became the theme music of the movie "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon".

Why is this blind artist’s erhu music so eye-catching and regarded as a treasure of our country’s national music?

First of all, A Bing’s rough life and tragic situation are a microcosm of the working people in the old society, which will naturally arouse people’s attention and sympathy for him. Abing's mighty and unyielding, loyal and patriotic character and integrity embody a kind of national magnanimity and spirit, which is admirable. Musical works such as A Bing's "The Moon Reflects on Two Springs" reflect the inner world and spiritual outlook of the people to a certain extent, revealing a healthy and deep atmosphere coming from the bottom of the people, which will inevitably arouse extreme emotions deep in people's hearts. Big *** chirping.

Secondly, the tone of "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon" has a deep connection with folk music and opera music in the Jiangnan area of ??China, giving people a very cordial feeling. Its musical structure is a cyclic variation. Through the technique of variation, that is, the expansion and contraction of sentence width, combined with the technique of rising or falling the melody range, the music is advanced and circuitous developed layer by layer, thereby creating a single and concentrated musical image, which is particularly impressive. Its melody development uses Chinese folk phrases to connect the beginning and the end, and the melody method of homophonic inheritance makes the music present an undulating and continuous rhythmic beauty like flowing clouds and flowing water, as if it is endless words of bitterness and endless tears of bitterness, giving People feel like "sighing at the misery of the world" and "crying out in sadness". In addition, the artistic beauty of the music is also reflected in the simplicity in the depth, the vigor in the sentimentality, the combination of hardness and softness, and it is touching. How can we not be intoxicated by such an erhu piece that is rich in national style and style and never tire of listening to it?

Furthermore, this piece of music embodies the principle of focusing on deep affection and conveying the spirit intentionally, which is evocative and evocative. If we compare it to a song, it is by no means an important scene-depicting work such as Wang Mojie's "The bright moon shines among the pines, the clear spring flows over the rocks", but rather the sighs of concern for the country and the people in Du Fu's poems, Li Bai's poems The emotion in "The Road to Shu is Difficult" and the angry shouts in Qu Yuan's poems. Compared with painting, it is definitely not the "Four Kings Landscape" of the Qing Dynasty, but has the sharp and strong edge of the eight Yangzhou masters. It is by no means an emotional work like "Autumn Moon over a Flat Lake", but rather has the angry mood contained in Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata.

The title of the piece "Two Springs Reflect the Moon" is often debated by scholars. In the western suburbs of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, there is Huiquan Mountain, a famous mountain in the south of the Yangtze River. A clear spring on the mountain was tasted by Lu Yu, the "tea god" of the Tang Dynasty, and rated as "the second spring in the world". A Bing often visited here before and after he lost his sight. He was full of deep affection for the mountains and rivers of his hometown. However, facing the reality that although the moonlight is bright, the world is dark, the spring water is sweet, the world is bitter, and the water surface is flat, the world is uneven. In his heart, the moon is cold and the spring water is desolate. So he used the scenery to express his emotions, blended his emotions with the scenery, and poured out his bitterness, so he named it "The Moon Reflected in Two Springs".

Since the publication of "Two Fountains Reflecting the Moon", there have been many composers, each showing their own talents and brilliance. The understanding of music is also different. However, all the performers have grasped the performance principle of "having both form and spirit, and embodying spirit in form", thereby leaving an unforgettable and profound impression on the listeners. What is the "god" in "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon"? It lies in the mood of a lonely person, the sadness of a night walker, the unyielding character and the hope for light.

Movie "The Moon Reflects on Two Springs" 1979

Director: Jizhou Yan

Starring:

Yongshou Zhang. ...Old Zhao

Tao Yuling Yuling Tao ....A Gensao

Shao Hua Hua Shao ....Master Zhong

Video type: Drama

Length: 110 minutes

Country/Region: China

Color: Color

Film length: 11 copies

Released in 1979

Plot

A Bing, a native of Wuxi, lost his mother when he was young. His father Hua Xuemei was a famous silk and bamboo player. He studied hard with his father and continued to study after his father's death. He continued to work hard and became an outstanding musician, earning the nickname "Little Heavenly Master". Li Laohu has always been domineering. Master Zhong, an old singing artist, was seriously injured and bedridden after being bullied by him.

In order to help Master Zhong's daughter Qinmei pay off her debts, A Bing accompanied her to the streets to sell songs, but he encountered harassment from Li Laohu's minions. A Bing was expelled from the drumming class because he was unwilling to play for Li Laohu. He lost contact with Master Zhong and his daughter, and began a wandering life. Many years later, he and Qin Mei reunited unexpectedly by Taihu Lake, and the two became dependent on each other. Li Laohu, who was promoted to police chief, became even more evil. Because A Bing and Qin Mei refused to play for him, he brutally blinded A Bing and insulted Qin Mei. Qin Mei was so angry that she threw herself into the river. A Bing became a blind man and sang on the street, and composed the famous song "The Moon Reflects on Two Springs", but Li Laohu refused to let him go and drove him out of Wuxi. After liberation, A Bing received the care of the party and the people and became a famous musician. A Bing thought that Qin Mei was still alive. People told A Bing that Qin Mei had committed suicide by drowning in the river and took him to Qin Mei's grave. Bing cried bitterly in front of Qin Mei's grave, and recalled the tragic life of singing and wandering on the streets with Qin Mei. He recalled that Qin Mei had told A Bing that he should play a song for her, and A Bing was there. In front of Qin Mei's grave, the sad tune "Er Spring Reflects the Moon" was played to the deceased Qin Mei.