Flower drums, small gongs, once Zhu Yuanzhang's townspeople when begging for food, the necessary artifacts,
"said Fengyang, the road Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place,
Since the emergence of Emperor Zhu, ten years down nine years of barren,
thud thud thud choking.
The big families sell their mules and horses, the small families sell their sons;
I don't have any sons to sell, so I carry a flower drum and walk in all directions,
dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong."
The subtle yet poignant tune is sensual and mesmerizing. I have a quandary every time I hear this tune, and I just can't figure out why Zhu Yuanzhang, as a founding emperor who knew quite a bit about power, would want to scourge his own hometown. How did he succeed in making his hometown people hate him so much that they traveled all over the country to blacken him? And a black on black for hundreds of years.
? Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a hard man, he created the Zhu Ming dynasty is the history of the most hardened dynasty, not peace, not negotiation, the son of heaven to guard the country door, the king died of the gods of the earth and grain, not at all ambiguous. He killed political opponents and corrupt officials, that is also no mercy, never soft. However, Zhu Yuanzhang to his old home in Fengyang, is extremely soft, extremely warm.
? Zhu Yuanzhang in order to the development of his hometown, really worry, Fengyang is Anhui Chuzhou under the jurisdiction of the county, is located in the south bank of the middle reaches of the Huaihe River, the old name of the Zhongli, Haozhou, after the establishment of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang first gave his hometown to change the name of a high-end atmospheric upscale: Fengyang (because of its in the sun of the Phoenix Mountains), and then Fengyang as a central capital, in order to change the Fengyang after years of war, the land barren, sparsely populated situation, Zhu Yuanzhang Ordered Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Songzhou, Huzhou, the rich families around the 140,000 households migrated to Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang also follow the example of Han Gaozu Liu Bang grace his hometown Peixian practice, issued an edict to exempt the hometown tax, clear "never levy", these vast "imperial grace" implementation After the implementation of these great "imperial favor", Fengyang really a fire. Folks rejoice, I do not know how to thank Zhu Yuanzhang is good, they learned that Zhu Yuanzhang like to listen to the hometown of the flower-drum ditty, every big celebration, or New Year's festivals, they will beat the gong and drums from the Fengyang House all the way from the song and dance sang to the year's capital of Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang sing praises of the scene is still a very spectacular. At that time, the lyrics of "Fengyang Song" were:
"Say Fengyang, Dao Fengyang, hand beating flower drums thumping.
Fengyang is really a good place, the red dragon rises to the sky and the golden phoenix soars.
Count how many stars in the sky and how many generals in Fengyang.
The name Fengyang is the name of a place where the drums are beaten by the hands.
Feng Yang is really a good place, and the royal grace is great in all seasons.
The city is a great place to live, with the Emperor's favor in all seasons.
"No labor, no food, no joy on both sides of the Huaihe River."
? Is it true that Fengyang was historically a place of famine for nine out of ten years? Of course not. Fengyang history has been the state capital county road rule, has always been a regional center of the city, as far back as the pre-Qin Dynasty, Fengyang has been a famous scenic tourist area. Zhuangzi and Huizi came here to play, in the Hao River bridge to watch the fish, see the fish in the water swiftly to and fro, leisurely and calmly, the two also came to the interest, so said a paragraph of a tongue twister that has been passed down for thousands of years. Zhuangzi said, "The fish are very happy!" Huizi said, "You are not a fish, how do you know the fish is happy?" Zhuangzi said, "You're not me, how do you know I don't know the fish is happy? Huizi added: "I am not you, of course I do not know whether you know the fish happy, the same reason can be proved, you are not a fish, so you do not know the fish fast or not happy"...... around the dizzy. Let them go around, we can smile and enjoy ourselves just fine.
? So when were the lyrics altered to "Since the emergence of Emperor Zhu, ten years down nine years of barren ......"? After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty carried out a long period of massacre of the people in the southern part of the country who did not give in, and carried out cultural colonization, the Qing Dynasty rulers modified many of the folklore of the previous dynasty in the southern part of the country to discredit the Ming Dynasty, and the pot of black is so for the back of the Zhu Emperor.
? Is the Fengyang Flower Drum simply a tool for begging? Of course not. Fengyang beggars from its own, Zhu Yuanzhang had moved 140,000 rich households to fill Fengyang, and strictly prohibit the escape, these people do not dare to violate the ban, but would like to go back to their hometowns to visit their relatives, they had to disguise themselves as a beggar in the winter under the pretext of the annual shortage, drums and singing to sell art back to their hometowns in the next year in the spring to return to Fengyang, regardless of harvests, calamities, they have to go to the south of Jiangnan to sing some of the "flower drums! "
"The sky is full of snow and wind, and mothers and daughters depend on each other in misery.
The story of the two women who were killed in the war is not a story of their own, but of their own lives.
? Flower drums, as a collection of songs and dances as one of the folk performing arts, in the Southern Song Dynasty has been recorded, Fengyang flower drums, the earliest is the folks in the fields when they work to entertain themselves with folk tunes, anytime, anywhere, beating rap, lively and interesting in the folk community activities, but also used to entertain the gods of the song and dance performances. Fengyang Flower Drums have long been passed down and evolved in the lower strata of the society, with themes from daily life and production, and contents close to the people's life, depicting colorful and varied pictures of life, and showing the rich and delicate emotional world of the lower strata of the people, especially the women in Fengyang. Fengyang is the place where the south and the north meet, and the dual characteristics of the south and the north are blended in culture and customs, which make the Fengyang Flower Drums have unique regional characteristics and artistic charm. The circulation of Fengyang Flower Drums has been expanding, and it has even traveled across the sea to Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. In the twenties and thirties, as the interlude of the movie "The Great Road", Fengyang Flower Drum began to appear on the screen.
I've had a hard life, I've had a hard life, I've never had a good wife in my life,
Other people's wives are like flowers and jade, but my wife has a pair of big flowery feet,
Measuring more than a foot, I'm so sorry, I've got to float,
I've got to float,
I have to float,
I have to float,
I've got to float,
I've got to float,
I've got to float. Drift get'er drift drift drift drift, get'er drift drift drift drift."
Playful and funny, quite a flower drum this drum's vernacular flavor.
In 1976, Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, 18 "Dabao Gan" leader of the bright red handprints, gave birth to the family contract responsibility system, opened the prelude to China's rural reforms, reform and opening up to a new period, Fengyang Flower Drums are mostly in praise of the new era of the party and state policy for the subject matter of content:
"Saying that Fengyang, the way to say that the party and state policy for the subject matter of the content:
? In 2006, Fengyang flower drums were selected as one of the first national intangible cultural heritage, riding on the times of the Fengyang flower drums, in the new era is more colorful, Fengyang flower drums, the content, form of innovation, adapted from the children's song, square dance, aerobics sung in the corners of the land of the gods.
As a railroad man, I can't help but borrow the art form of Fengyang Flower Drum to sing about the new development of our railroads and the new phenomenon:
The high-speed railroads are fast, the tracks are long, and the winds fly like the lightning!
It's fast and easy to travel, and you can go everywhere with joy.
The railroad is a very convenient and fast way to get around!
The railroad workers are energetic, the railroad leaders dare to take the responsibility,
the harmonious relations between the masses and the fish and water are happy, and the care is until the kangtou!
The railroad workers are very energetic!