A brief description of the characteristics of the Weifeng gongs and drums is as follows:
1, outstanding personality, unique style, rich in strong artistic charm and infectious
Weifeng gongs and drums are mainly reflected in the special features of the "Wei" on the performance of a generous and passionate, the momentum of the pounds, the most put the atmosphere, let people feel that the mighty and strong. Weifeng Weifeng, sound ups and downs, sometimes lingering, sometimes repair Yang, such as water like a slow flow, sometimes tightly, such as the ground shaking the mountains, and like a tiger such as the thunder resounding clouds and snow.
2, living, popularization, popularization, with the atmosphere of the times
Weifeng gongs and drums can be said to be the things expressed by the drums and drums, sent to the drums and drums to celebrate people's lives, expressed the most direct thoughts and feelings of the people, and also embodies the ideals and pursuits of the people, demonstrating the current spirit of the times. Only from the 200 gongs collected in the township of gongs and drums, it can be seen that the performance of gongs and drums of different historical stories is also different.
3, mass, flexibility, self-indulgence, vitality, easy to popularize
In the Linfen area of Shanxi Province, a few flat every village has its own Wei Feng Gong and Drums team, and individual has to stem their own traditional music, regardless of men and women, young and old, can participate in the hit Feng. In the past, the Weifeng gongs and drums team, generally one, twenty people mostly middle-aged and elderly, since 1989, Weifeng gongs and drums fame, silent village gongs and drums team is expanding, and even women and children to participate in the performance of the competition.
Weifeng gongs and drums have a great deal of flexibility, which is reflected in the time of day, the occasion and the way of life. Usually, festivals, day, night, stage, square, playing up can be static can move, in the people's farming time, happy time, at any time you can take out the instrument, gathered together, self-entertainment is also lively.
History
More than four thousand years ago, Yao built the capital of Pingyang (Linfen City is the ancient capital of Yao, known as Pingyang). Yao had two daughters named E Huang and N Ying, and their family lived in the village of Yang Xie. When Yao was recruiting in Alexandria, he saw a farmer yelling a yellow ox and a black ox plowing the land.
And hung a dustpan on the handrail of a wooden plow and struck it at all times, instead of driving the oxen to plow with a leather whip. After inquiring about the reason, King Yao felt that this man was kind-hearted and would love the people if he was crowned king, so he betrothed his two daughters to him, a man known as Shun.