Jixian Ancient Music in Jixian Town, zhouzhi county

Gathering sages and ancient music, also known as "gathering sages and sages".

Zhouzhi County Records: In the sixth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (AD 623), Nanjixian was divided into two parts: Japanese and Xishe, which was a big palace area at that time. Japan is the palace of the emperor, and Xishe is the place where people live. Due to the beautiful scenery and winding mountains and rivers along Zhong Nanshan Mountain, the royal family often comes here to play and hunt. In their spare time, Xishe people play music and inherit the music and dance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Song and dance flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and were divided into ten kinds of music according to nationality and country, namely: Banquet Music, Shangqing Music, Xiliang Music, Koryo Music, Tianzhu Music, Qiuci Music, Qinshu Music, Anguo Music, Guo Kangle and Gaochang Music. According to the performance form, it can be divided into sitting music and standing meeting (that is, sitting music and enjoying music of ancient music in Jixian County).

The ancient music of Jixian County was influenced by the court music of Sui and Tang Dynasties, and its playing form and music score came down in one continuous line with the court music of Tang Dynasty. The performance forms are divided into sitting music and playing music. Drum-based percussion instruments such as sheng, pipe and flute are integrated with guzheng, pipa and sanxian plucked instruments, forming a huge and complex orchestration structure of ancient music in Jixian County. The music system is complete, broad and profound, and divided into "three laws and four tones". The repertoire includes reciting words, singing, drumming, rhetoric, praise, drumming and so on. , and equipped with Tang Wu. Known as the "disciple of the Royal Pear Garden", the old artists of all ages have worked hard for thousands of years and passed down from generation to generation.

The ancient music in Jixian county has high archaeological value of music culture. Experts and professors at home and abroad make on-the-spot investigations, arrange recordings, translate them into volumes, and personally guide them to perfection.

Jixian ancient music has participated in national, provincial and municipal cultural performances for many times and has been highly praised. From 65438 to 0953, Yang and Li, experts from the National Music Association and Shaanxi Music Association, came to Jixian County to study, collect and sort out historical materials such as ancient music scores in Jixian County. 1962 Shaanxi Music Association sent Li Jun, He Jun to Jixian County to explore, rescue and arrange ancient music in Jixian County. 1979 participated in the mass cultural performances of five northwest provinces in Xianyang area respectively. 1983, performed by Japanese pop expert Shigeo Kishibe. 1987 went to Beijing with Xi Angu Music Performance Group to participate in the academic research performance of the 5th Voice of China Concert in the Asia-Pacific region, and performed for 123 national diplomatic envoys in China. In 200 1 year, leaders of the Ministry of Culture and the Provincial Department of Culture accompanied German music experts to Zhouzhi to conduct academic research, filming, directing and producing programs on ancient music in Jixian County. In May, 2002, he participated in Xi's "Red May Concert" and won the first prize. 165438+ 10, went to Berlin, Germany for an exchange performance; In 2003, he participated in the ceremony of "Guiwei Double Ninth Festival Public Sacrifice to Xuanyuan Emperor"; In May, 2004, he participated in the "International Museum Day-Intangible Heritage and Cultural Night" organized by Xi 'an Drum Music Rescue and Protection Leading Group and won the first prize. In 2004, Xi Angule declared "World Intangible Cultural Heritage", and in June of the same year 165438+ 10 went to Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province to participate in the "Hakka Culture Festival" performance. In June, 2005, he went to Beijing to participate in "The Original Sound of the Yellow River-Hundred Farmers Performing China Ancient Music Epic" and performed the rescue and protection performance of Xi 'an Drum Music for the Ministry of Culture. In 2006, Jixian Ancient Music successfully applied for the national intangible cultural heritage protection project.

In recent years, music experts from Germany, Britain, France, Belgium, Japan and other countries have come to listen carefully, and students from 12 countries have come here to listen to drum music, praising the ancient music in Jixian County as "the symphony of ancient China", "the living fossil of music" and "the national treasure of China"!

In order to further explore and protect ancient music in Jixian County, we have formulated development plans and protection measures. Development plan: 1. Conduct a comprehensive and detailed survey and organize experts to sort out a complete set of ancient music materials and music scores in Jixian County. 2. Actively raise funds, strive for investment from the state, enterprises and overseas personnel, fully package "Ancient Music in Jixian County", and replace it with musical instruments. 3. Invite music experts to process and package the music score and dance arrangement of "Ji Xian Gu Le". 4. Cultivate 100 new and old musicians and openly recruit them to the society through the news media.

Protective measures: 1. Establish an organizational mechanism for organizing, excavating and protecting "Jixian Ancient Music" with the leaders of Jixian County, Cultural and Sports Bureau and Jixian Village as leading members. 2. Establish "zhouzhi county Folk Art Performing Troupe", combine the development of "Ancient Music in Jixian County" with the cultural industry, and establish a cultural market operation mechanism for the purpose of protecting and developing "Ancient Music in Jixian County". 3. Establish the existing talent mechanism for the team of old artists, young people and experts to keep pace with the times. 4. Allocate a certain amount of funds every year for the living allowance of the old artists of "Ji Xian Gu Le". 5. The county government and the town government allocate a certain amount of funds every year to rescue, protect and package the ancient music in Jixian County, so as to make it glow with the glory of the times.

In recent years, "Ji Xian Gu Le" has participated in national, provincial and municipal cultural performances for many times and has been highly praised. 1979 Participated in the mass art performance of five northwest provinces in Xianyang area and won the first prize. 1987 went to Beijing with Xi Angu Music Performance Group to participate in the performance of the fifth academic seminar of Voice of China Concert in the Asia-Pacific region, and won the second prize of 123 for the performance of diplomatic envoys in China. In May 2004, he participated in the activities of "International Museum Day-Intangible Heritage" and "Wenbo Night" organized by Xi 'an Drum Music Rescue and Protection Leading Group, and won the first prize. In March 2004, it was awarded the honorary title of "Hometown of Ancient Music" by Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture. January 200511-/kloc-0 won the first prize in the performance of "Spring Cultural Tourism Week along the Yangtze River" held in Furong Garden of Datang.

Drum music in Jixian originated in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and was introduced by Emperor Wen of Sui in Sui Dynasty when he passed through Jixian Village on his way from Chang 'an to Xianyou Temple. During the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, a man named Wang Le escaped from the rebellion in the palace and was introduced to Jixian Village of Shengshou Temple. Now Jixian drum music is divided into two clubs, East and West, with more than 80 musicians. The original musicians were over 80 years old. In order to preserve this kind of drum music, the Provincial Department of Culture allocated special funds to buy musical instruments and costumes, train young people, and organize performances in Xi 'an, Beijing, Shenzhen and Germany. The instruments of drum music in Jixian County are divided into percussion and performance. Percussion instruments include drums, gongs, cymbals and bangs. Musical instruments are Zheng, Ruan, Sheng, Guan, Di, Chai, Qin and so on. There are ancient costumes and Tang costumes. Music is divided into melody, sitting melody and rhyme. Eat, drink and be merry: red sand; Routing; Manyuanchun, etc. Sitting music includes: prompt board; Song Zhang; Day germination; Overlord whip; Peace in the four seasons; A flower in Lu Nan; Break the array; Group English banquets, etc. The rhyme is: Liu Qingniang; Moth; Gourd fish; Tea talk; Nine Longzan; Four quarters; Bit by bit; Deep ditch carrying water; Playing social tigers; Three industries; Desheng order; Close the door; Sunny days in September; Ten-plate head; Sitting on the bill; Pomegranate flower; Chop a fox; Hit a stick; Willow bud; Arowana; Pink lotus; Pass through Tongguan and so on.