Anecdotes of Characters in Stuart Meng Yan's Works

He is Stuart Meng Yan, a famous shipbuilding expert, violin maker and violinist in modern China. Stuart Meng Yan transplanted the melody of Cantonese opera to the violin and used the western violin as a tool to play Cantonese opera. In terms of playing skills and styles, "both the bow-carrying skills and the charming southern music style are completely Cantonese", which makes the violin completely enter the matrix of China traditional music culture, play the role of "national musical instrument", and form a unique cultural feature, which is called in the history of music. 65438-0947 A group photo of Stuart Meng Yan's family after the Stewart family concert in Shanghai. "Stuart Meng Yan is the first designer of a 10,000-ton ship in China and the first violin maker and performer in China." Situ Liang said that the Situ family went out to do business since their parents' generation and had little contact with their hometown. Kaiping Situ strengthened the contact with Kaiping Situ at home and abroad, and established close contact with Situ Zhiyan's little daughter. On June 8, 65438, the Situ family in Kaiping will hold a grand domestic and foreign friendship meeting, and Situ Wenzhi has decided to attend. Stuart Meng Yan's father comes from a poor family. He was an apprentice in a shop in Hong Kong when he was very young. He also taught himself abacus and English and gradually learned to do business. During Guangxu period, he saw the lack of sugar in the north, so he partnered with others to transport sugar from Guangdong to the north to sell it. The business grew bigger and bigger, and he opened many semicolons in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Northeast China, becoming a famous sugar merchant at that time. At the best of times, the whole street in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province is his pavement. Stuart Meng Yan was born in Guangxu 14 (1888). Stuart Meng Yan's age is 65,438+08. At that time, the late Qing government carried out reforms, abolished the imperial examination and promoted learning, and there was a nationwide upsurge of studying abroad. His father sent him to study in the United States at his own expense and entered the preparatory class for international students in Boston to study language and machinery. Stuart Meng Yan received a letter from Dayang and his father from China. In the letter, his father told him that his business was in trouble because the sugar ship was wrecked at sea, and it was impossible for him to study abroad. These two oceans are his passage back to China. If he doesn't go back to China, he can't send him money in the future. Later, Stuart also learned that his father, whose business was bankrupt at that time, had to work as a waiter in his in-laws Zhou's shop in Yingkou in order to support his family. Situmengyan looked at his father's letter and froze. Before receiving this letter, he was still a rich boy with no worries about food and clothing and no restrictions. But from the moment he received the letter, he knew that another part of his life had begun. He came to study in the United States with the ideal of saving the country through industry. Going back means giving up all his previous efforts. He really doesn't want to. Situ Mengyan promised to teach Song Meiling to play the violin, which became the first expense he earned from work-study programs. Besides working as a tutor for Song Meiling during the work-study program, Situ Mengyan also developed photos in the newspaper, helped farmers pick apples, and even worked as an informant for the police station, climbing into the house along the chimney to eavesdrop on other people's conversations. The most interesting thing is to preach to the church on the train. It is said that the Christian doctrine first, and Confucius and Mencius in China last, are very popular among Americans. Stuart Meng Yan entered the mechanical major of MIT through work-study program at 1938. One day, he and his classmates went to a town outside Boston to apply for a job. When they arrived at their destination by train, they realized that the recruitment was over, so they wandered the streets, waiting for the evening train to return. In the street, they saw an advertisement for a math contest with the same date. Stuart Meng Yan said that you don't need the registration fee anyway, so you might as well take part in the competition as a rest, so they entered the examination room together. Stu Meng Yan never dreamed that a week later, he received the award notice, and he won the first prize in the Boston Mathematics Competition. The champion of the math contest not only has a certificate but also a bonus. Is Stuart Meng Yan happy? Stuart Meng Yan told the minister about the decline of his family and the dilemma of having to work and study. Wu said angrily, how can the court sit idly by with a talent like you? If there are still places for studying abroad at public expense, I will give them to you right away. Stuart Meng Yan immediately transferred from mechanical major to shipbuilding major and became a student studying in the United States at public expense in Qing Dynasty. Because the Qing government never sent overseas students again, and the Revolution of 1911 happened soon, he actually became the last overseas student in the Qing Dynasty. Situ Meng Yan loved music since he was a child, especially "Cantonese Opera", and he played many kinds of national musical instruments. Although I majored in shipbuilding at MIT, my interest in music has not diminished at all, and I often take music classes at New England College. Stuart Meng Yan studied violin with Austrian violinist Juergen Gruehn Berg, and Juergen Gruehn Berg was a professor at New England College. At that time, Gruehn Berg was a famous teacher and didn't accept illegitimate students. But when he heard that Stuart Meng Yan could play the piano, he was attracted by his good foundation and extraordinary sense of music, so he wanted to make an exception and accept him as an apprentice. Stuart Meng Yan said with a wry smile that it is great luck to be a disciple of the master, but unfortunately he can't afford the tuition. Gruehn Berg said with a smile, as long as you help me clean the classroom before class every week, the tuition can be paid. Stuart Meng Yan often goes to this classmate's house to watch the making process of the piano, and often learns to make it with waste materials. One day, he was making a violin from a waste wooden box full of soap. An American of about 5 years old stood behind him and watched him make it with great interest. Later, the American said to him, young man, if you are interested in violin making, you might as well come to my private studio on the third floor, where you can see exquisite and advanced violins. Stuart Meng Yan worships Goss very much, and Goss has a good impression on him and is determined to accept him as his only apprentice. However, Goss asked Stuart Meng Yan to accompany him to church before he joined the teaching staff. It turned out that Goss, the master violin maker, also had the trouble of "teaching his disciples and starving his master". After arriving at the church, Goss asked Stuart Meng Yan to swear with him. Goss promised to teach all skills without reservation, while Stuart Meng Yan promised not to start a business in the United States after finishing his studies. Under the careful guidance of Goss, Stu Meng Yan made the first violin in China and became the first violin manufacturer in China. This violin participated in the Panama World Expo in the name of Goss and won the gold medal. After learning to make advanced violins, Situ Mengyan kept his promise not to start a business in the United States for life, and finally returned to the motherland. Before Stuart went to study in the United States, his father made an early marriage for him and the Zhou family in Yingkou, Liaoning. Mr. Zhou and his father are not only fellow villagers in Kaiping, but also business partners. When the Si Tuleideng family encountered setbacks in their careers, they were able to tide over the difficulties thanks to Zhou's help. When Stuart Meng Yan returned to China, he landed in Tianjin and his two brothers came to meet him. On the train back to Yingkou, his two brothers told him that they would have a wedding with MISS ZHOU when they got home. Situ Meng Yanjian, who had been educated in the West for nearly ten years, never agreed to this marriage and ran away as a rebel without hesitation. Finally, the two brothers tied up their younger brother who came back from studying abroad and sent him back to Yingkou. When Stuart's father saw that his son was not married, he couldn't help crying and said, "It was the Zhou family who helped us in the most difficult time of our family. The Zhou family's daughter has been waiting for you during your study abroad. She's 26 years old, so it's hard to find her in-laws. If you really don't want to, you can marry a second wife after you get married. " Stuart Meng Yan finally agreed to marry the bride. Wedding night, Stuart found that MISS ZHOU, who had not seen for many years, had become a beautiful and gentle family. He was glad that he finally followed his old father's advice. After marriage, Stuart Meng Yan and his wife have always been very loving and have four sons and three daughters. Stuart Meng Yan was assigned to work in Jiangnan Shipyard by the government shortly after he returned from studying abroad and got married. Jiangnan Shipyard is a famous shipyard in China since the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, British chief engineer Morgan was in charge of the main design. Before each ship is put into production, the drawings must be reviewed by Lloyd's of England before it can be put into production and insured. Stuart Meng Yan, who had just returned to China, didn't know that every drawing in the factory had to be signed by Morgan before it was sent to England. Once, after he finished the drawing design, he signed his name in the lower right corner of the drawing according to the habit of working in the United States. Morgan was very angry when he saw the signed drawings. He thought that the drawings would be returned by the British side, so he didn't review the drawings and asked the secretary to send them directly to the UK, hoping to teach this unruly China teenager a lesson when the drawings were returned. Stuart Meng Yan respected him very much and they became good friends. Later, when Morgan left China, Stuart Meng Yan was specially recommended as the chief engineer of Jiangnan Shipyard. Stuart Meng Yan not only designed and manufactured the first shallow-water merchant ship sailing in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China, but also successfully designed and manufactured a 10,000-ton ship for the US Navy. But the ship was finally put into commercial operation, which was the first time that China people designed and manufactured a 10,000-ton ship. Stuart Meng Yan mode "Stuart Meng Yan didn't leave his favorite music. In addition to being a professor in the European String Department of Jason Wu Sports Association, he often opens a music salon at home to communicate with Chinese and foreign musicians. Around 192, he met Lu Wencheng, Yin Ziwei, Tai-so Ho and others who later became the masters of Yueguang. Lv Wencheng and others studied violin under Stuart Meng Yan. Stuart Meng Yan thinks that the timbre of the violin is suitable for expressing the graceful and brisk features of Cantonese Opera. He first applied the violin to the performance of "Guangdong Music" and recorded a record. He also experimented with Lu Wencheng, changing the silk strings of the erhu into steel strings and the erhu into two-legged piano barrels. Later, Gao Hu was successfully produced, which added a high-pitched and bright main musical instrument to "Yue Music". Yang Baozhong, a famous pianist in Beijing Opera, used violin techniques in Beijing Opera, and also benefited from the guidance of Stuart Meng Yan. In order to introduce China's music to foreign countries, Stuart Meng Yan adapted Cantonese opera The Swallow House, Beijing Opera The Goddess Scatters Flowers, instrumental music Autumn Moon in Han Palace, Thunder in Dry Days and so on. From Miyachi notation to staff notation. In order to introduce foreign music to China, he transcribed Schumann's Dream, the black folk song The Old Slave and the Irish folk song The Last Rose from the staff, and there are thousands of such translations. He completely transplanted the melody of Cantonese opera to the violin and used the western violin as a tool to play Cantonese opera. In terms of playing skills and styles, "whether it is the bow skill or the charming southern music style, it is completely Cantonese", which basically gives up the western composition techniques and the original traditional violin playing techniques, making the violin in "Cantonese Music" lose its original western music and cultural connotation when it was introduced. Violin has completely entered the matrix of China's traditional music culture, playing the role of "national musical instrument", and has formed unique cultural characteristics in its musical form, concept and performance behavior, which is called "Stuart Meng Yan Mode" in the history of music. Stuart Meng Yan and his wife have seven children, all of whom like music. But at first, Stuart Meng Yan didn't want children to take music as their major. He thinks that in old China, taking music as a profession had no way out and no social status. Stuart Meng Yan was really happy to see five children studying music, one playing the violin and the other playing the cello, because he saw that the children, like himself, had a sincere heart for music. Situ Mengyan is just 6 years old. Among the children on stage, the oldest is Situ Haicheng, 24 years old, and the youngest is Situ Wenzhi, 14 years old. Stuart Meng Yan's youngest daughter, Stuart Wenzhi, also carefully collected the programs of these two family concerts. After decades, every program is as plain as new. Stuart Meng Yan died of illness. But the Stuart music family he founded is booming. Five of the seven daughters are engaged in music. The second son, Situ Haicheng, is the chief violinist of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. The third son, Situ Xingcheng, went to Taiwan Province Province as an all-round string player and educator (/KLOC-0 died in Taiwan Province Province in 982). The fourth son, Situ Huacheng, is a famous violinist, the chief violinist of the Central Orchestra and a professor of the Central Conservatory of Music. The youngest daughter, Situ Wenzhi, is a famous cellist and chairman of the China Music Association Cello Association. Stuart Meng Yan's fourth son, Stuart Huacheng, made a special trip from Shanghai to Tianjin after learning the news, and confirmed that this was his father's autograph. There is a famous saying of Martin Luther in those English: whoever is good at tuning can adapt to everything. Stuart Meng Yan studied violin. He learned from others and introduced foreign guitars and violins into the "Yue Le" band. His solo and accompaniment music has been recorded and sold well at home and abroad. Chronology of Stuart Meng Yan events Stuart Meng Yan (1888- 1954), formerly known as Stuart Fuquan, was born in Kaiping, Guangdong. China is a famous shipbuilding expert, violin maker and performer in modern times. Stuart Meng Yan studied the violin and began to apply it to the performance of "Cantonese Opera". Stuart Meng Yan's family held a family concert in Shanghai Hailanxin Theatre.