The specific information on Tianshan Village is as follows: "Golden Field" Manuscript (5) Royal Music in Tianshan Village (2009-12-05 16:52:18) Reprint tag: Miscellaneous Talk Category: Program Manuscript of Tianshan Village Royal Music Host: Care about agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. Welcome to this episode of "Golden Fields." Naxi ancient music is Yunnan folk classical music. After being discovered as a traditional culture, it not only promoted the development of local tourism, but its unique sound and rhyme also attracted widespread attention at home and abroad. We also have such an ancient band in Luoyang. They are the "One Hundred Thousand Palace Music Band" in Tianshan Village, Longmen Town. In today's program, I invite you to feel the charm of ancient music that has existed for thousands of years and listen to their stories. Commentary: The ancient song you heard is called "Ode to Shengping". According to legend, it was composed by Empress Wu Zetian herself. Listening to the simple and melodious music, you can't imagine that the performers of this ancient music that has been passed down for thousands of years are actually more than 30 farmers from Tianshan Village. And the ancient music they played was not available to ordinary people in ancient times. Interview: Zhang Zixin, a member of the Tianshan Hundred Thousand Court Band (at that time, these music were very noble, used to worship gods and saints) Tianshan Village is located 10 kilometers southwest of Luoyang City, bordering Wu Zetian’s Royal Garden to the east, looking at the Sui and Tang Dynasty ruins to the north, and only a short distance from the Longmen Grottoes. 4 kilometers away, descendants of Bai Juyi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, live here scattered. Bai Guilai, 63 years old this year, is the 53rd generation grandson of Bai Juyi. According to the Bai family genealogy records, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Bai family's ancestors learned hundreds of thousands of court music from temples. Since then, hundreds of thousands of court music have been introduced to Tianshan and have been passed down for more than 300 years. Interview: Bai Guilai, a member of the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (after returning, he studied with the music-loving villagers in the village). During the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, it is said that she donated 200,000 guan of powder money, and 100,000 guan was used to build the Longmen Grottoes. Temple, the remaining one hundred thousand strings carefully built a luxurious palace band, hence the name "One Hundred Thousand Guan". Tianshan Village's Shiwan Palace Music originated from here. Interview: Bai Guilai, a member of the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (later Wu Zetian died, these musicians lived among the people, and some went to temples) Tianshan Shiwan Palace Music was very popular in Luoyang, and there was a Shiwan Palace Band in "Luoyang Chronicles" Records related to music. Before liberation, Tianshan's 100,000 palace bands were indispensable for various temple celebrations or large-scale sacrifices and other important events in Luoyang. To this day, Tianshan Village still retains a flag with the words "Guandi Music Society in the 37th Year of the Republic of China" written on it. Interview: Zhang Zixin, a member of the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (it’s all Gongchipu, so we learn as the teacher teaches us) In the 1950s and 1960s, the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band often participated in theatrical performances organized by the government. During the Cultural Revolution, the band was disbanded, the instruments were destroyed, and a collection of more than 100 ancestral music scores of ancient songs were burned. As older artists pass away one after another, fewer and fewer people master this technique. Interview: Bai Guilai, a member of the Tianshan Hundred Thousand Palace Band (when I was a child, I heard the old people say "blowing the hundred thousand" and didn't know what it was about). In 1984, with the help of Zhang Hongbao and others, the folk palace band that had been disbanded for many years was reorganized. Everyone raised funds to purchase new musical instruments such as sheng, flute, and pipe. The old artists in the village gathered together to recall, organize, and rescue the lost music scores. Interview: Zhang Zixin, a member of the Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Court Band (These things are all taught orally and heart-to-heart by the teachers. The teachers sang a sentence and we learned a sentence. Many of them are even forgotten.) After the Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Court Band was restored, the old artists were rejuvenated. , went to perform all over the country, performed hundreds of performances, and traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers of the motherland. These old gentlemen were flattered by the welcome they received wherever they went. Interview: Zhang Hongbao, the former leader of Tianshan's One Hundred Thousand Palace Band (many temples invited us to perform, and Wudang Mountain even opened the Nantianmen to invite us to perform) Host: Since Tianshan's "One Hundred Thousand Palace Band" was re-established, it has participated in the Luoyang Folk Temple Fair, Luoyang Peony Festival Large-scale social and cultural activities such as the Hua Hui and the Guanlin International Pilgrimage Ceremony have also been widely recognized by all walks of life and are honored as "one of the best in Heluo", "unparalleled through the ages" and "living fossil of music". The palace band was the emperor's entertainment tool. It emphasized dignity, prosperity, and luxury. The same was true for the performance of the "One Hundred Thousand Palace Band". However, the "100,000 Palace Band" in Tianshan Village is no longer what it used to be. Except for a few "cultural relics" musical instruments, most of the other instruments are imitations. Among the "100,000 Palace Bands" in Tianshan Village, the "treasures" are the three main musical instruments: Guanzi, Gusheng and Gudi.

Interview: Bai Guilai, a member of Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (this ancient sheng has a history of a hundred years. It is different from the current instruments. It has a short mouth, which is the requirement of ancient times). Among the many musical instruments, one is the most precious. There are not many in the country now. pieces. Last year, when a palace banquet band from out of town came to Luoyang to perform, they wanted to pay a huge sum of money to buy the pipes, but they refused. Interview: Bai Guilai, a member of the Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Palace Band (this is called a pipe, made of tin, and the one above is called a "whisper", which is very difficult to play, and there are only a few in the country) Although Tianshan Village has always protected the "One Hundred Thousand Palace Band" ", but due to various reasons, the only 18 pieces of music that can be played now include "Ode to Shengping", "Jianjianhua", and "Song of the Blue Sky". At Bai Guilai's home, he showed us an ancient music score left by old musicians. Interview: Bai Guilai, a member of the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (This score has been preserved, and the others are lost.) Since these old people do not understand music theory, they use the ancient "Gongchi" notation and oral transmission. The learning method is very difficult for future generations to learn, and "Tianshan Shiwan Palace Music" is facing the dilemma of lack of successors. Interview: Wu Taofen, member of Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Court Band (four old people have died in four years) Moderator: In 2007, "Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Court Music" was identified as an "intangible cultural heritage" in Luoyang City. This suddenly brightened its future. However, just as everything has its two sides, there are bound to be advantages and disadvantages. There is no doubt about the value of "Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Court Music". While the musicians are happy that "One Hundred Thousand Court Music" has become a cultural heritage, they are more worried about its future. The successful declaration of municipal intangible cultural heritage greatly encouraged the people of Tianshan Village, and the band, which had been dormant for five years, started to be active again. However, despite being listed as a municipal intangible cultural heritage, the dilemma faced by the band has not changed. The grim reality of the serious aging of band members is the biggest crisis for the inheritance of ancient music. The band currently has more than 30 members, the oldest of the core members is 92 years old, and the youngest is 60 years old. In 2002, Bai Guilai recruited six or seven boys in the village and taught them ancient music, but the results disappointed him. Interview: Bai Guilai, a member of the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (when the children are older, they have gone out to work, which means they have taught in vain). For music that cannot bring economic benefits, the young people in the village are not interested in learning ancient music, and most of them go out when they are older. Go make money. As a last resort, the daughters-in-law in the village took on this important task, but since they had no musical foundation, it took a lot of effort for them to learn. Interview: Zhang Yanzhen, a member of the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (it’s really hard to learn, she doesn’t understand anything, she doesn’t even know what she is doing when she puts her finger on it). In the rehearsal venue, we discovered 13-year-old Zhang Yanran, the youngest player in the team. I just joined the team a year ago and the instrument I play is the guzheng. Interview: Zhang Yanran, a member of the Tianshan Shiwan Palace Band (I didn’t know how to play originally, so I started learning the guzheng because there was a lack of guzheng in the band). Regarding the ancient music she is learning, 13-year-old Zhang Yanran has a hard time explaining its origins. With the important task of inheriting history, can she and her aunt in the village preserve the cultural heritage left by their predecessors? Interview: Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Palace Band member Zhang Yanran (I can inherit) Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Palace Band member Zhang Yanzhen (generally learn from it, it would be a pity to lose it) Tianshan One Hundred Thousand Palace Band leader Zhang Maicang (there is nothing I can do now) Due to the lack of expert After excavation and sorting, there is a lack of "packaging". Currently, Tianshan's "One Hundred Thousand Palace Music" is still hidden deep in the boudoir and no one knows it. It is only pulled out to play a song casually when festivals and tourist seasons come. Faced with difficulties, the people of Tianshan Village are also thinking and searching about where to find a way out, hoping to find a way to recreate the past glory of thousand-year-old ancient music. Interview: A group of Tianshan’s 100,000 court band members (it’s best to preserve what our ancestors left behind) (As long as the government supports us, we can do it well) Moderator: “Thousand-year-old royal music is now falling into the hands of peasants”, “Tianshan "One Hundred Thousand Palace Music" has profound historical and cultural connotations, but it is difficult to survive in today's era. This eternal sound, with the wheel of time, after a long period of turbulence and twists and turns, only the villagers of Tianshan Village are silently inheriting it, and now most of the old musicians have entered their twilight years. We also hope that the relevant departments will implement a rescue plan as soon as possible to save the "100,000 Palace Music" and let this "Heluo Unique" regain the style of the "Royal Unique Music".