Serina Liu called himself and the origin of Kaifeng drum music "official learning". Prior to this, for various reasons, the folk Kaifeng drum music was abandoned for many years. What drum music did you leave? Liu Zhen said that this is thanks to Professor Yin of Henan University. "He was the first person to write Kaifeng drum music from dictation and the first person to calibrate it." Liu Zhen said that before this, drum music was passed down from mouth to mouth without notes, such as "boast, boast, boast, ton, ton, ton". Professor Yin collates the collected drum music into modern music scores, which is easier to identify.
1000 years ago, Kaifeng Drum resounded across the Yellow River and became the most heroic music in China at that time. 1000 years later, this folk art spread to the countryside, and Serina Liu began to visit the people and people who still inherit Kaifeng Drum.
One day in 1985, Serina Liu was introduced to visit Yin's teacher Ma. "At that time, Mr. Ma was blind and paralyzed in bed. When the old man was old, he lay on his back. I heard that I came to collect drum music, and my spirit came at once. He told me about the drum music at that time and talked about it. If he is not satisfied, show me a rolling pin. " Liu Zhen couldn't forget this story, as if he had returned to that day 25 years ago, grabbed the chopsticks on the table and began to perform. "Teacher Ma just took a rolling pin, knocked on the drum, and finally played a trick, which was to knock the last point, throw the drumstick into the air and catch it conveniently. You know, Mr. Ma was blind at that time, and the old man can still do this. At that time, my tears came down. " Speaking of which, Serina Liu for a moment, didn't reply.
This is undoubtedly the most affectionate sigh.
The older generation's pursuit of Kaifeng drum is so profound. Since then, Serina Liu has embarked on the road of exploring Kaifeng drums without any regrets, riding a bicycle from the urban area to the countryside, looking for the old people who are still alive and collecting drums that have not been lost.
A team leader and a drum team.
Kaifeng Drum is also known as the "Five Big Drums in China" with the majestic gongs and drums in Shanxi, Ansai waist drum in Shaanxi, Taiping drum in Gansu and Fengyang flower drum in Anhui. Unlike Ansai waist drum, Kaifeng drum experienced a period of low ebb. For a long time, fewer and fewer people can play drums, and many drum pictures have been lost.
199 1 year, in order to revive the glory of Kaifeng drum and spread its reputation, Serina Liu pondered to build a hard drum team. But to pull out a drum team, we must solve the drum problem. "At that time, the old drum weighed more than 40 kilograms and was made of elm. The quality is very good, but the price is not cheap. " Liu Zhen recalled that the price of an old drum was around 65 yuan at that time, which was almost the salary of an employee for one month.
Before liberation, the biggest problem in organizing a folk drum team was equipment. Due to the high price of drums, the folk drum teams at that time were basically funded by the squire, cheering for activities such as welcoming the gods, praying for rain, and offering sacrifices on holidays. And ordinary people want to form a drum team, they have to come forward by the "head". According to Liu Zhen's explanation, a "leader" must have two things, one is brave and the other is stupid. "'big fellow', in today's words, is to have the spirit of Lei Feng. Whoever is gone (dead) can help spontaneously before and after; No matter who needs money urgently, he can take it out without hesitation. In Kaifeng's words, it is a character. " Liu Zhen said that he would never forget the "meeting leader" he met-his old friend, Li Jihai of Laojuntang Village, Liuyuankou Township.
"He is a character. I heard that there will be a drum team. I killed the pig without saying anything and went home to buy a drum. Later, we formed a drum team with less than 30 people. " In his memory, Liu Zhen lamented the strong support of the "colonel" several times and repeatedly stressed that there would be no today without the help of old friends.
199 1 year, Liu Zhen took his team to Beijing to participate in the 5th National Folk Flower Show Competition held in Beijing Longtan Temple Fair. "In the early years, the Kaifeng drum team was poorly equipped and had no clothes to wear. It is topless and wears a white towel on its head. At that time, conditions were very bitter. When I was performing in Beijing, I did logistics for the team and cooked for more than 20 people, but most of the time we ate instant noodles. " In this competition, the drum team led by Liu Zhen won the first prize. Since then, Kaifeng Drum has become famous all over the world.
"Strike like thunder, move like waves, there is dance in the drum, and there is drum in the dance". The highly infectious Kaifeng drum gradually resounded throughout the country, and more and more people began to devote themselves to this folk art. The unique "majestic beauty, rigorous beauty, sacred beauty and wild beauty, simple beauty and mellow beauty" of the Central Plains people were vividly displayed in Kaifeng drum. Now in Kaifeng, there are more than 200 drumming teams, who spread drumming, a Han folk art with strong Central Plains culture, to the whole country and even overseas.
The sound of gongs and drums shows the heroic spirit of the Central Plains.
In lizhuang village, Liu Zhen instructed dozens of players to rehearse carefully, and another "social leader", his old friend Wang Xianhe, stood by him all the time. Lao Wang is a native of Dalizhuang Village and the leader of this drum team.
"Wang Xianhe is also a' meeting leader'. It is not easy. At the beginning of 1997, our team could not find a suitable rehearsal venue. Now we have vacated a piece of land at home and turned it into a rehearsal space. Later, the place was too narrow, so we spent more than 2,000 yuan to buy our neighbor's land, which is where we rehearsed today. " Serina Liu can't help but sigh.
Old Kaifeng people are generous and have many "heads". For this kind of folk art they like, they can take out their savings from their unfulfilled pockets and ask for nothing in return, in order to prevent this kind of folk art from being lost among the people.
There are more than 200 drum teams in Kaifeng, and there may be one or several "heads" behind each team. Their names are unknown, and their efforts are unknown, but it is their existence that makes the name of Kaifeng Drum louder.
Among them, there is a father and son. Father Cheng Haoliang, 38 years old, son Cheng, 18 years old. They are all drummers. In the interview, Cheng showed his skills to reporters: "A cymbal weighs 8 kg, and a drum weighs 14.5 kg. To be a drummer, you should not only have good physical strength, but also pay great attention to technology. In fact, Kaifeng drum is a kind of incomplete beauty. "
Why is it incomplete beauty? Cheng made it very clear: "Because the drum is slung sideways, it is difficult for the left hand and the left foot to move. Not only do you have to drum loudly, but you also have to jump with the rhythm. It is difficult for your left leg to swing, so this is an incomplete beauty. " Cheng, who graduated from high school, said that people really can't be underestimated.
Wang Xianhe told reporters that in this place of Kaifeng, almost every village has people who can play Kaifeng drums, both professional and amateur, as well as countless folk drum teams and even some women's drum teams. Every time there are weddings, funerals and other activities in the village, gongs and drums are indispensable.
Wang Xianhe's son Xiaohui, in his twenties, is also a good drummer, although he is young. Now he is a master drummer. Last year, he trained five drum teams in Zhengzhou. "In the past, the formation of the drum team was inseparable from the' head meeting'. Now a few thousand dollars can pull out a drum team, and more and more people play drums. " Liu Zhen said with emotion.
Kaifeng in the Seven Dynasties, the precipitation of culture and history has penetrated into everyone's blood. People in this land have a genetic preference for Han folk art. Perhaps they are no different from migrant workers on other urban construction sites, but once they carry drums and pick up cymbals, the genetic factors of traditional culture in their bones will be amplified, and thunderous drums will ring on the banks of the Yellow River.
"There was a hail last year, and none of the more than 50 players in the family were unaffected, but when it came to rehearsal, no one could take time off." Liu Zhen said that it all depends on the strength of one person. It is this strength that has made this team participate in many large-scale activities such as the return of Hong Kong and Macao and the 50th anniversary of the National Day, and it is well-known in Australia, Japan and other places. "Our Dali Zhuang Pangu Art Troupe now performs four or five hundred performances a year, earning five or six hundred thousand a year." Wang Xianhe told reporters that behind the success, these crops are paid ten times and one hundred times.
Confucius said, "The sound of bells and drums is a bugle when it strikes angrily; When it is sad, it is sad; When hit by happiness, it is happy; Its will has changed, and so has its voice; Its will is sincere, and it is connected with the stone. Where are people? "
"I am 62 years old this year, and the World Expo may be my last job." When he left, Serina Liu sighed.
There was once a plaque on the drum tower in Kaifeng with the words "Sound vibrates the sky" written on it, which is a perfect description of the drum in Kaifeng. The Yellow River has nurtured its culture with its broad mind. The colorful folk art created by the working people of the Han nationality along the Yellow River is like a string of dazzling pearls, among which Kaifeng drum is the most dazzling one. Kaifeng drum, accompanied by drums and dances, shows people's charm and spirit. The bold, spontaneous and magnificent Kaifeng drum is the most sincere spiritual display of the people of this side.