The Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix is a famous suona piece, which depicts a vibrant natural scene of warblers singing and dancing.
The Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix is one of the most versatile pieces in the suona repertoire. For the player, this piece should utilize the unique suona blowing techniques such as spitting, gliding, flower tongue, finger flower, trill, as well as swallowing, spitting, padding, beating, wiping, pressing, etc. There are also the tongue impulse, gas impulse, rebound sound, anti-double spitting, continuous popping sound, gas-lip same trill, finger gas same trill, and other difficult techniques.
This piece depicts the pleasant liveliness of birds and shows the vibrant scene in nature. It imitates different kinds of birds, such as orioles, cuckoos and swallows, through a variety of sounds, movements and expressions, bringing out their chirping, flying and other characteristics vividly. With its energetic and cheerful atmosphere, this piece of songwriting demonstrates the beauty and diversity of the natural world.
The Hundred Birds Fly Toward the Phoenix is not only a suona piece, but has also been adapted into guzheng, accordion and piano pieces. In the 1970s, China's famous composer Wang Jianzhong wrote a piano solo piece of the same name based on "Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix". On the basis of retaining the characteristics of the original suona piece, Wang Jianzhong combined the western music aesthetic and compositional methods to make adjustments to the melody and paragraph structure of the original piece suitable for piano playing techniques, adding harmonies rich in ethnic colors.
Author of "The Hundred Birds Face the Phoenix"
1. Wei Ziyou (1875-1936), a native of Suiping in Zhumadian, Henan Province, was one of the leading guzheng performers and educators of China in modern times. He loved music since childhood, and was proficient in zither, zheng, pipa, sheng and pipe, especially in the thirteen-stringed zither. He played a key role in the development and continuation of the modern guzheng in China.
2. Dedicated to creation: In the summer of 1925, Wei Ziyou returned to Suiping after resigning from his post in Beijing. Ru River embankment fuck zheng, full of glittering golden sands, blue rippling river water. The first draft of the melody for "The Fishing Boat Sings in the Evening" was born. In the fall of the same year, he went north with his family to live in Beijing, and specialized in zither playing in a charity organization called "Moral Society".
3.Peach and Plum: Wei Ziyou is not only a great master of the modern guzheng in China, but also a knowledgeable folk musician and educator of the guzheng. He played a key role in the development and continuation of the modern guzheng in China, and contributed to the cross-regional spread of the Henan zheng. Wei Ziyou had many disciples, all of whom became famous and most of whom are important figures in the history of modern Chinese zheng music. For example, Lou Shuhua, Liang Zaiping, and Cao Zheng, who was a retired disciple.