The Meaning of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
Jiangnan Sizhu was an important type of traditional China musical instrument. It was a branch of "Sizhu" music and was popular in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and western Zhejiang. There were two types of musical instruments: silk musical instruments (such as the erhu, pipa, Zhonghu, and other bowstrings or plucked strings) and bamboo musical instruments (such as bamboo flute, sheng, xiao, and other bamboo musical instruments). It originated in the late Ming Dynasty and gradually formed its characteristics in the process of adapting folk music and ancient songs by generations of silk and bamboo masters. During the Jialong period of the Ming Dynasty, the opera musicians created the Kunqu Shuimo tune and formed the Sizhu band. The string music formed in Suzhou at the end of the Ming Dynasty was its predecessor, and later officially named "Jiangnan Sizhu", and it was closely related to folk activities. On May 20, 2006, the Jiangnan Sizhu declared by Taicang City of Jiangsu Province was selected as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. In 2008, the Jiangnan Sizhu declared by Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province was selected as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Jiangnan Sizhu was also a traditional musical instrument. The number of performers ranged from two to three to seven or eight, with the erhu and flute as the main instruments. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The Meaning of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
Jiangnan Sizhu was an important type of traditional China musical instrument. It was a branch of "Sizhu" music and was popular in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and western Zhejiang. There were two types of musical instruments: silk musical instruments (such as erhu, pipa, Zhonghu, etc.) and bamboo musical instruments (such as bamboo flute, sheng, xiao, etc.). It originated in the late Ming Dynasty. It was gradually formed by generations of silk and bamboo masters and famous artists who adapted and processed folk music and ancient songs. During the Jialong period of the Ming Dynasty, there were matters related to the formation of silk and bamboo bands by opera musicians. The string music formed in Suzhou at the end of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty was its predecessor. Later, it was officially named "Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo". Moreover, it was closely related to folk activities and was a national intangible cultural heritage. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
Some of the songs of Jiangnan Sizhu include "Four Harmonies on the Street,""Smoked Wind Song,""Three Six,""Happy Song,""Clouds Rolling and Clouds Shu,""Embroidered Tune,""Society Celebration,""Cloud Celebration,""Zhonghua Liuban,""Bridge Street,""Spring in Jiangnan,""Spring Dawn in Bamboo Forest,""Water Village Music,""Flower Liuban,""Man Liuban,""Worship Hall," etc. However, only these songs were found, and it was not possible to provide 50 songs. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Jiangnan in the Silk and Bamboo
"Jiangnan in the Sizhu" could be understood from the traditional musical instrument of Jiangnan Sizhu. Jiangnan Sizhu was a branch of "Sizhu" music, popular in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and western Zhejiang. Silk and bamboo instruments include silk instruments (such as the erhu, pipa, Zhonghu and other bowstrings, plucked strings) and bamboo instruments (such as bamboo flute, sheng, xiao, etc.). Jiangnan's Sizhu had a deep historical origin. It had been passed down for a long time. There was a related Sizhu band in the Jialong period of the Ming Dynasty. The string music formed in Wuzhong at the end of the Ming Wanli period was the predecessor of its development in Suzhou. Later, it was officially named "Jiangnan Sizhu" and was selected as a national intangible cultural heritage. In terms of performance, its characteristics were flexibility and improvisation. The traditional score was recorded using Gongchi score. The performer played flexibly according to their familiarity with the music. The performance would change according to different occasions and moods. The instruments were contrasted and coordinated with each other, and there was sufficient communication between the musicians. The texture writing method was mainly based on polytonation, and each voice part was full of personality and harmonious with each other. It paid attention to the artistic style of "small, fine, light and elegant". In terms of music structure, there were mainly two types of music structure: plate type changes and tune combination. Usually, a tune was used as the mother tune, and through the slow addition of flowers or accelerated reduction of words, it developed into several independent pieces, such as the evolution of "Old Six Plate." Jiangnan's Sizhu should retain its traditional characteristics while integrating modern elements to attract more young people. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The Style of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
The style of Jiangnan Sizhu had the following characteristics: 1. ** Music Style **: Light, bright, cheerful, lively, typical of Jiangnan Water Town culture. 2. ** Playing style **: Exquisite. Each instrument part is full of personality and harmonious with each other when performing. It is known as "China light music". Its artistic features can be summarized as "flower, fine, light, small, lively", both colorful, delicate, small, light and lively. 3. [The characteristics of the performance: flexibility and improvisation.] In the past, the music of Jiangnan silk and bamboo mostly used Gongchi score. Even if folk artists did not know the score, they could still rely on years of immersion to memorize the songs. According to different occasions and moods, they could fully demonstrate flexibility and improvisation, and each performance would have different changes. When performing, there should be no music stand. The performers should communicate with each other fully, so that each instrument can compare and contrast with each other according to certain rules and characteristics. Only in this way can the unique charm be reflected. 4. [The characteristics of the texture-writing method: It is mainly based on the polytonation of the branch sound. Each voice is full of personality and harmony with each other. The techniques are rich and colorful, and the changes are endless.] It emphasized the artistic style of "you complex and I simple, you high and I low, adding flower variations, blocking to make way, improvisation", showing the artistic style of "small, thin, light and elegant". The parts of each instrument should be dominated by the line sound. 5. ** The characteristics of the musical structure **: The musical structure is mainly composed of two types, namely the change of the board and the combination of the tunes. It is similar to the two major musical structures of the opera, especially the change of the board. It was often used as the mother piece of a tune, and developed into several independent pieces by slowing down the flower or speeding up the word reduction. For example,"Old Six Board" could evolve into "Fast Six Board","Middle Six Board","Middle Flower Six Board","Slow Six Board", etc. The evolution process could be from fast to slow, from simple to complex, or vice versa, reflecting folk nature, flexibility, and improvisation. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Appreciation of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
Jiangnan Sizhu is a traditional music popular in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and western Zhejiang. It has a unique artistic charm. The following are the aspects of Jiangnan Sizhu appreciation: ** 1. Musical instrument combination ** 1. ** Instrument Type ** - Jiangnan Sizhu included silk instruments and bamboo instruments. Silk instruments such as erhu, pipa, Zhonghu, etc., these silk string instruments mostly produce sound through bowstring pulling or plucking; Bamboo instruments such as bamboo flute, sheng, xiao, etc., are made of bamboo. 2. ** Combination characteristics ** - The combination of instruments was flexible and varied, and there was usually only one instrument for each piece. The performer could improvise according to the performance of the instrument and play different tunes on the basis of the same tune. Various instruments used a variety of ingenious methods when cooperating, such as you enter and I exit, I enter and you exit, you complex and I simplify, I complex and you simplify, etc. This way of cooperation made the music rich and varied. ** 2. Music Style ** 1. ** Overall Style ** - The music style was light, bright, cheerful, and lively. It had the typical cultural characteristics of Jiangnan water towns. The artistic characteristics could be summarized as "flower, fine, light, small, lively", which meant that it was colorful, delicate, small, light and lively. 2. ** Performance Form ** - ** Solo **: Each instrument takes turns to play the main role, with other instruments as accompaniment. During the solo, it could fully display the unique tone and performance skills of each instrument. For example, the erhu solo part might have delicate glissando, trill and other techniques, while the bamboo flute solo part could reflect its crisp and bright tone characteristics. - ** Ensemble **: The parts of each instrument cooperate with each other to perform a song together. During the performance, each part of the instrument was full of personality and harmonious with each other. The tones of different instruments were intertwined to form a rich harmony effect. - ** Concerto **: The main instrument and the concerto instrument are played in turns, forming a sharp contrast and coordination. ** 3. Songs ** 1. ** Traditional Songs ** - Most of the songs were developed from folk tunes, town tunes, opera tunes, etc., such as "Four Harmonies on the Street,""Smoke Wind Song,""Three Six,""Happy Song," etc., which were all classic Jiangnan silk and bamboo songs. These songs often had strong Jiangnan regional characteristics. The melody was beautiful and pleasant, and the rhythm was bright and light. 2. ** Modern New Creation ** - There were also some new works created with modern composing techniques, such as " Clouds and Clouds,"" Embroidered Tune," etc. On the basis of retaining the characteristics of Jiangnan silk and bamboo, modern music elements were integrated, injecting new vitality into the development of Jiangnan silk and bamboo. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo, Jiangnan Charm Music
You can get the score of Jiangnan Sizhu (Jiang Zhonghai's Ci Party's Ji Zhi Song) from China Music Score Network. In addition, Zhou's Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo Music Score for a Hundred Years contained the most classic eight pieces of Jiangnan silk and bamboo music, but the specific score did not mention the content in detail. There was also a simplified musical score of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo, which could be used to check the lyrics and the latest score of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo, but it did not show the content of the score in detail. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The Way of Playing Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
Jiangnan Sizhu's performance styles included solo, ensembles, concertos, and so on. In solo, each instrument takes turns to play, and the other instruments act as accompaniment. In an orchestra, the parts of each instrument cooperate with each other to perform a piece together. During the performance, the parts of each instrument are full of personality and harmony with each other. The number of performers can be as few as two or three, as many as seven or eight. The performers can improvise according to the performance of the instrument and play different tunes on the basis of the same tune. The instruments often adopt various interaction methods in cooperation, such as you enter and I exit, I enter and you exit, you complicate and I simplify, etc. When performing a concerto, the main instrument and the concerto instrument were played in turn, forming a sharp contrast and coordination. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Pure Music of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
Jiangnan Sizhu was a traditional musical instrument, and its pure music had a unique style and characteristics. The pure music style of Jiangnan Sizhu was light, bright, cheerful, and lively. It had the typical cultural characteristics of Jiangnan water towns. The artistic characteristics could be summarized as "flower, fine, light, small, and lively". It was both colorful, delicate, small, light, and lively. The performance style was exquisite, and each instrument was full of personality and harmony when playing together. The pure music of Jiangnan Sizhu was mostly developed from folk tunes, town tunes, opera tunes, etc. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, it gradually formed a unique artistic style and characteristics. For example, the Four Harmonies on the Street, the Smoky Wind Song, the Three Six, the Happy Song, the Clouds Roll and the Clouds Shu, the Embroidered Tune, the Fisherman's Song, the Song of Chaoyuan, the Royal Palace, the Falling of Flowers, the Flower Six Board, the High Mountain Flowing Water, the Willow Waving Gold, the Autumn Moon of the Han Palace, the Flower Six Board, the Cloud Celebration, the Man Three Six, the Man Six, the Four Harmonies Ruyi, the Partridges Flying, the Liu Qingniang, the Nishang Song, and the Reverse Oar. In terms of performance, there were many ways to perform Jiangnan pure music, including solo, ensembles, concertos, and so on. In solo, each instrument took turns to play the main piece, accompanied by other instruments; in concert, the parts of each instrument cooperated with each other to perform the song; in concerto, the main instrument and the concerto instrument alternated. The combination of musical instruments is flexible and changeable. When playing, there is usually only one instrument for each piece. The performer can improvise according to the performance of the instrument and play different tunes on the basis of the same tune. When the various instruments cooperate, they adopt a variety of interaction methods, such as you enter and I exit, I enter and you exit, etc. Jiangnan's pure music was mainly based on branch sound polytony in the texture writing method, paying attention to "you are complicated and I am simple, you are high and I am low, add flower variation, block to make way, improvise" and so on. The parts of each instrument were mainly based on line branch sound polytony, and the parts sought common ground while keeping small differences. On May 20, 2006, the Jiangnan Sizhu, which was jointly declared by Taicang City of Jiangsu Province and Shanghai City, was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list with the approval of the State Council. On June 7, 2008, the Jiangnan Sizhu declared by Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province was also included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
5 short topics of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo
1. What are the artistic characteristics of Jiangnan's Sizhu? 2. What were the similarities of the styles of the eight famous songs of Jiangnan? 3. What was the difference between Jiangnan's Sizhu and other folk music ensembles? 4. How would Jiangnan's Sizhu be passed down and developed? 5. The musical instrument combinations and characteristics of Jiangnan's Sizhu? The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The representative works of Jiangnan silk and bamboo
The representative works of Jiangnan Sizhu were Zhonghua Liuban, Sanliu, Mansanliu, Manliuban, Walking Street, Yunqing, Sihe Ruyi, and Happy Song. They were known as the Eight Great Songs of Jiangnan Sizhu. In addition, Gu Guanren's "Spring Sunshine Song" and "Green Field", as well as his newly created "Painting of Swirling Creek","Sudi Slow Walk","This Life of Silk and Bamboo","Spring of Gu Mountain" and other music also reflected the inheritance and development of Jiangnan silk and bamboo. The novel "Listening to the Rain in Green Bamboo and Watching the Egrets" is equally wonderful. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!