Luxinan Wind and Percussion Music
01 · Historical Records
Luxinan wind and percussion music takes the suona as its leading instrument and is locally known as “chui xiang qi” or “chui wu wa”; it has long survived by attaching itself to folk-custom activities such as weddings, funerals, temple fairs and festivals. Juye County in Shandong Province lies at the core of the area in which Luxinan wind and percussion music circulates; the bands are formed mostly by families and by master-and-disciple ties, getting together in the slack farming season and going from village to village, keeping in contact with the wind and percussion bands around Heze and Jining, and they have formed a style that is bold and vigorous yet tender and lyrical.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
Luxinan wind and percussion music, locally known as “chui xiang qi” or “chui wu wa”, is a form of folk music with the suona as its leading instrument. The accompanying instruments commonly used are the sheng, dizi, bangzi, drum and cymbals; the band generally numbers six to ten people, and besides the traditional suona tune patterns and solo pieces it can also perform some local operas in the form of “ka-xi”. Luxinan wind and percussion music consists of wind instruments and percussion instruments. It is now played chiefly on the suona, accompanied by the sheng, dizi, bangzi and the like. The performance techniques commonly used include harmonics, finger-flower notes, beat notes, cushioning notes, breath-arch notes, breath-propped notes, ornamented notes and slides.
Da Zao
One of the representative pieces of Juye Luxinan wind and percussion music, performed with skill by Chen Jianbin.
Kai Men
One of the representative pieces of Juye Luxinan wind and percussion music, a suona tune pattern performed often.
Di Jiao
One of the representative pieces of Juye Luxinan wind and percussion music, in which the suona and the dizi intertwine and answer each other.
Da Ju Gang
One of the representative pieces of Juye Luxinan wind and percussion music, drawn from a little play of folk life.
Chang Da Xi
One of the representative pieces of Juye Luxinan wind and percussion music, imitating the sung style of opera in the form of ka-xi; in 2013 it won the Qun Xing Award at the tenth China Art Festival.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
It is deeply loved by the people for its high, ringing tone, its sweet timbre, its rich musical expressiveness and its strong local flavour. The Luxinan wind and percussion bands around Juye generally number six to ten people, with the suona as the leading instrument and the sheng, dizi, bangzi, drum and cymbals accompanying; the players are often skilled as well in ka-xi, the dizi, the sheng and percussion. Besides the traditional suona tune patterns and solo pieces, they can also perform local operas and folk xiaodiao in the form of “ka-xi”. The line of Chen Jianbin holds to the family tradition and passes the skill on to his children; representative pieces include Da Zao, Kai Men, Di Jiao, Da Ju Gang and Chang Da Xi.
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04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
Luxinan wind and percussion music is plain and forthright, bold and vigorous, rich and forceful, yet not without tenderness and lyricism; it has a strong local flavour and high artistic, research and practical value. In recent years, as old artists have died, Luxinan wind and percussion music faces the danger of being lost, and protecting it is now a matter of urgency. Chen Jianbin (recorded in the official file of the associated inheritor): Male, of Han nationality, born in October 1967 (the source text prints the year as “967”, an apparent omission), native of Juye County, Shandong Province. His basic technique is solid and he is distinguished as a soloist. He masters the folk pieces and tune patterns of Luxinan wind music, and is skilled in ka-xi of local operas and of folk xiaodiao; he is thoroughly versed in the dizi, the sheng and percussion instruments. Representative works include Da Zao, Kai Men, Di Jiao, Da Ju Gang and Chang Da Xi. Holding to the family tradition, he passed his skill to his son Chen Zhenzhen and his daughter Chen Qing. In 2010 he was invited to take part in the Teachers' Day special programme “We Have a Set” broadcast by China Central Television. Representative inheritor of Luxinan wind and percussion music of the fifth national-level batch of the intangible cultural heritage projects. In 2013 his work Chang Da Xi won the Qun Xing Award at the tenth China Art Festival.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Yi Shuanglai 02-0287
- Li Guangfu 04-1527
- Chen Jianbin 05-2077
- Zhang Yufang
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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