The mention of "The Hundred Birds" reminds me of Mr. Fang Li's kneeling down due to the box office problem of "The Hundred Birds" movie. In today's commercial movie market, it is a bit saddening. Just like the suona in the movie, as a traditional craft, in the face of the wave of the times under the wash, suona people how to choose? Do they follow the current of the times and drown in it, or do they stick to the last sound of the suona?
The idiom of "Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" is a reference to the sovereignty of the emperor. As a Chinese idiom, it refers to a time of peace and prosperity when the ruler is wise and the sea is calm and the river is clear, and it is also a metaphor for a person of high moral standing who is highly regarded. And as the classic repertoire of suona, it is the most sacred and solemn. Not everyone can be worthy or can hear and learn to play the "Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix", and to be worthy of it, only those who are highly respected; to interpret it, only the Lord of a class.In the movie, we will find that the tune of "Carrying a Sedan Chair" appears, because the creator of "Carrying a Sedan Chair" borrowed the tune, and as time goes by, we will find that the rendition of "The Hundred Birds Praying for the Phoenix" also varies, with some additions and some subtractions, and sometimes the sound of children's cries is added to it. So some of the same tunes can be traced.
So apart from being a sacred and solemn piece of the suona, which symbolizes a person's high moral character, ability and responsibility, what else does "A Hundred Birds Praying to the Phoenix" mean? First of all, it is also a metaphor in the movie for the suona craftsman's perseverance and love for the suona, his deep hope for a hopeless future, and his hope that the suona can withstand the cold winter of folk music and reach the shore of light. Secondly, "The Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" can also refer to a peaceful world where the sea is calm and the river is clear, and it is also the infinite aspiration and pursuit of a better life for all of us, believing that no matter what kind of suffering we go through, people will meet the sunshine in the end.
Sona, as a rogue in folk music, its sound is magnificent and strong, is a kind of vigor, a kind of hope, a kind of sound of the heart we should never forget, despair is the same as the illusion of hope, when we are in a difficult predicament, we should also be like the sound of the suona, resonate through the sky, do not fall in the clouds of the will of the green clouds.