According to historical records, in Shang and Zhou Dynasties (from16th century BC to 77 1 th century BC), Yu Ji was the instrument of "six drums and four golds" recorded in Emperor Gu Ren of Li Zhou. "Beating drums to ring gold" and "four golds" are instruments for holding hands, bracelets, cymbals and priests. They are often used with drums to instruct the sergeant to act. "Brief Training of Huainan Zibing" records: "The two armies are quite similar and confront each other." The ancient Pakistani national scholar was brave, brave and good at fighting, and was imprisoned in the music of "long silence" and "thunderous thunder", which is the proof of this characteristic of Pakistani national scholar. Later, Yan Yu gradually changed his face and became a percussion instrument used by Ba nobles in hunting and an entertainment tool for tribal feasts.
As time goes by, time flies. Since 1960, 32 caves have been unearthed in Shimen county. Among them, 15 artifacts from the Warring States Period (475 BC-22 BC/0/year) were unearthed from Lishui River Beach, Xiongjiagang, Anle Village, Xinguan Town, with a maximum of 53.5 cm, a minimum of 43 cm and a maximum weight of 14.2 kg. Generally, the buttons on the cover are tiger, horse, dragon and snake. Tiger buttons unearthed in Shimen are all tiger buttons, and tigers are the totem of Ba people. The "tiger buckle" with the tiger as the button shows the worship concept of the ancestors of the Ba people. Because of the long time, none of them can tell clearly. Today, they lie quietly in the glass display shelf of Shimen County Museum, recalling the "echo" of the past. In the spring of 2006, the annual Shimen Tea Culture Festival was in full swing. What kind of special activities are used to promote local tea with good quality, so that consumers will never forget it, leave a good impression and "drink more Shimen tea"?
While other colleagues in the organizing committee were thinking hard, Liu Chaoyang, the chairman of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles, had a flash of light: Chyi Yu is the "predecessor" of chimes, and chime culture has gone out of the land-Suizhou, Hubei Province has infinite scenery, and if it is limited to culture, we may "make a blockbuster". This idea has been affirmed by the leaders and the organizing Committee, and it is obvious that he will take the lead in implementing it. Although there are more than 100 pieces unearthed in China, they are only symbols of Cuban culture, which are collected by major museums at home and abroad for people to enjoy, and there is no market development.
Liu Chaoyang has been running nonstop in Changsha, Wuhan and Beijing. In the process of consultation, some experts "poured cold water": because it has always been recognized as a monophonic instrument, it can't be played in groups like a chime, and its development value is not great. However, Liu Chaoyang put forward different opinions. Why did Shimen unearth 15 pieces of cultural relics of different sizes at one time? Can the clever ancient Ba people dance monotonous songs and dances?
Li Xiaoyang, Vice Chairman of Hunan Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Chairman of Provincial Musicians Association, Professor Liu Zhenyu, an expert on ancient music, and Kym, Secretary General of Provincial Music Association, were invited to "sit in the clinic", and the scales, acoustics and timbre gradually took shape. In order to prove that he is an ancient grouped musical instrument, he fell into a vast amount of music materials, Wang Yang. He learned from a paper that Professor Li Chunyi, director of the China Music History Research Office of the Central Conservatory of Music, put forward the content of group performance in his book "A Summary of Ancient Unearthed Musical Instruments in China". He was overjoyed, but this book can't be found in Shimen County of Changde City and Hunan Provincial Library. One winter night at the end of 2006, he rushed to the Beijing Library alone, picked out the words about ancient mandarin fish from millions of words, photographed them one by one with his mobile phone, and returned to Shimen by train overnight. What makes people laugh and cry is that the mobile phone was lost on the road and he had to go to Beijing again to "start over".
In order to turn the theory into real things, he chose Suizhou Gubianzhong Culture Development Co., Ltd. in central Hubei Province as a partner. In fact, it is very different from the production of chimes: chimes are tile-shaped and cylindrical, and the relationship between wax and bronzes is completely different by lost wax casting. Secondly, the chime is a dual musical instrument, which can take a semitone. However, due to the limitation of its shape, it is a monophonic instrument. The arrangement of phonemes and the conversion of tones need to be strictly controlled, so we can only "start a new stove" and "cross the river by feeling the stones"
On June 5438+065438+1October 18 in 2006 and May 20, 2007, cctv-4' s National Treasure Archives broadcast special programs "The Tiger Button Trapped in it" and "The Secret Trapped in it" respectively, which gave great comfort and support to Liu Chaoyang in trouble. As a "tone-deaf" who doesn't know phonemes and rhythms, Liu Chaoyang humbly asks for advice, learns from technicians and tries again and again. In April, 2007, the first set of grouping with two groups of spacing and 15 pieces was finally born. In June, 2008, the State Patent Office awarded Liu Chaoyang the patent certificate of tiger buckle knitting utility model. At the beginning of 2009, "China Trapped in the Net" was officially launched, and the development work was flourishing.
20 10 September, the world's first and only set of tiger buttons with complete melody was successfully developed, which was composed of 3 1 products with high, medium and low pitches. But when applying for a patent for invention, it was rejected. According to the State Patent Office, Chiyou is an unearthed cultural relic, and there is no composition of invention. Because of this, Liu Chaoyang thinks that Single Habitat is indeed an unearthed cultural relic, but its grouping, phoneme and performance have been lost, which was invented by his persistent organization. Sincerely, the State Patent Office awarded him a patent certificate for invention.
In recent years, Liu Chaoyang not only spent a lot of energy, but also personally spent more than 500,000 yuan on research and development. Limited to production, but how to play, how to go on stage, how to restore the elegance of Cubans? Chiyou is a bronze musical instrument, which is pronounced by tapping. Because of the long sound, many closed sounds often overlap. Liu Chaoyang thought, while tapping, touch the sound with your hands, so that your voice can be clear and not mixed. Why not let the actors "dance" and do a dance? He invited Shen Xiangquan, Chairman of Shimen Musicians Association, Zhang Zhongfu, Secretary-General, Zhang Fuxiong, Deputy Head of County Jinghe Troupe and National Second Class Actor, and decided to arrange a set of music and dance. Playing in the corner, using wind instruments such as Bawu and Lusheng; Dance takes the reflection of Tujia ancient legends as an element, such as the totem worship of tigers. Actors dressed in leopard print and straw-woven clothes, with their strong sense of rhythm and flamboyant posture, roll and jump with the accompaniment, showing an ancient and primitive atmosphere. Music with simple melody sounded, majestic and loud, accompanied by pure and elegant ancient music, which was quite quaint and mysterious.
On March 30th, 2009, Bianbian made her debut at the first China (Changde) Taohuayuan Tourism Festival, which caused an unprecedented sensation and was intensively reported by the media. I finally walked out of the dust of history and stepped onto the modern stage. In August 2009, Chiyu's Music and Dance Festival won the gold medal in Changde Art Festival. 20 10 10/5, at the Hunan new year concert, chiyu music and dance appeared in Hunan grand theatre, which was highly sought after. 20 10 From February to April, in Changsha Museum, 15 sets were exhibited together with "Li Arts and Crafts Exhibition", which had a wide influence. 2011/On February 30th, Chyi Yu's music and dance "Sacrificing Life" was invited to participate in the Hunan Provincial Minority Art Show and won the silver prize.
On April 29th, 2065438+0/kloc-0, Chi Yuyue was invited to participate in the performance of the 18th International Tea Culture Festival in Shanghai, taking her first step on the international stage.
20 1 1 May 29-June 29,11,Chiyu Music and Dance was invited to participate in the 3rd Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, with three live performances every day, and performed on the same stage with more than 2,000 actors from 72 countries and regions to showcase the oldest "bronze percussion instrument" of the Chinese nation. It has been recognized and affirmed by the state and UNESCO.
201101018 at the third commendation meeting of national unity and progress in Changde city, Liu Chaoyang was awarded the title of "model individual of national unity and progress in Changde city" by the municipal party Committee and municipal people's government, and his outstanding contributions and deeds to promoting Tujia culture were widely circulated.
"Next, my goal is to make it bigger as a cultural industry." Liu Chaoyang said, "I hope to cooperate with cultural and artistic institutions inside and outside the province to develop a series of products such as performance, sculpture, painting, art design, cultural exchange, film and television production, and let the ancient culture glow with new vitality."
We believe that ancient music and dance will be able to sing the strongest voice of the new era with the help of the east wind of great cultural development and prosperity.