People's Singers Sing Guiyang Roadside Concert with Citizens

Guiyang Roadside Concert "Fired"! It has become another cultural feast of "people's pursuit of a better life" after the "village BA" and "village supermarket", and is the first top IP of "national culture" in Guizhou. The Guiyang Roadside Concert in Wenchang Pavilion has been held for 16 consecutive performances, attracting more than 30000 viewers to watch on the spot, with more than 790 million online readings and more than 33 million online live viewers.

"The biggest highlight of the roadside concert is that it is pure. What everyone loves here is music, what they share is happiness, and what they feel is a good moment The bridge to promote harmony has become a bright musical and cultural card in Guizhou.

"As a musician, I hope that the roadside concert will continue to evolve and become a music platform for the integration and exchange of all kinds of music, zero distance interaction between singers and the public, and the transmission of truth, goodness and beauty. At the same time, I hope that the colorful Guizhou multi-ethnic music will be embedded, so that the national music will become fashionable and popular, become a colorful Guizhou stage for singing propaganda, and become a demonstration of Guizhou's cultural self-confidence, ethnic diversity The cultural window of the times. " Mu Weiping has high hopes for Guiyang roadside concert.

Why is Wenchang Pavilion's roadside concert recognized, praised and yearned for by all sectors of society? The popularity of Guiyang roadside music in Wenchang Pavilion area has its historical reasons. The people continue the cultural gene of Guiyang red music with their songs.

Guiyang Roadside Concert

——It is the bloom of historical and cultural precipitation and the breeding of music education soil

Yunyan District is the cradle of music talent training and the export place of Guizhou roadside music culture. Yunyan District once gathered the Guizhou Provincial Mass Art Museum, Guizhou Song and Dance Troupe, Guizhou Dialect Troupe, Guizhou Peking Opera Troupe, Guiyang Pingju Troupe, Guiyang Quyi Troupe and other literary and artistic groups, gathered Guizhou Normal University, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guizhou Medical University, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other famous schools, and cultivated many musical talents, including graduates from Guizhou Normal University Zhang Chao, the music creator of the popular "Lady of Luxury Fragrance" on the whole network, is an outstanding musician representative who has gone out from this soil. Li Yude, also a graduate of Guizhou Normal University and composer of Dream of Guiyang, told reporters that when he was in college, he often sang his dreams in roadshows around the fountain, the Great Cross and Wenchang Pavilion.

The ancient city wall becomes the best stage background

"This year's roadside concert is just like the feeling we felt when we were studying. It reminds us of our music 'nostalgia'. It is the look of our musicians' youth. It is strange if it is not hot." Li Yude smiled.

Wenchang Pavilion is the intersection of Yangming culture and local culture, and also the "nostalgia" of Guiyang modern city. Wenchang Pavilion is the architectural landmark of Guiyang's history and culture, which has accumulated more than 600 years of history and culture, and contains more than 600 years of humanistic stories.

There is a Scholar's Lane near Wenchang Pavilion. At the end of the lane, the site of Scholar's Pavilion stands in front of the famous Fufeng Mountain Yangming Temple. The Scholar's Pavilion was built in the 19th year of Jiaqing (1814) of the Qing Dynasty at the same time as the initial construction of Yangming Temple in Fufeng Mountain. When Wang Yangming was demoted to Longchang Posthouse, he wrote a "Record of Scholar's Pavilion", which was called the Scholar's Pavilion to echo Mr. Yangming. In the 12th year of Guangxu's reign (1886), Zhao Yijiong, a native of Guiyang, ranked first in the first place in the palace examination and became the first scholar in Yunnan and Guizhou. Li Duanfen, a fellow villager of Guiyang, wrote a couplet in Beijing and sent it here. The couplet content is: "The trace of fishing is recorded, and the lotus marsh is seen again, and the high wind of a gentleman is lifted up together; the spirit is shown, and in order to report the spring warmth of Xinglin, the first scholar is returning with pride."

Zhong Wei, who has done a lot of research on Wenchang Pavilion and Zhao Yijiong, said that Wenchang Pavilion has always been a place of literary and artistic elegance for literati, but also a place for local cultural scholars to admire Mr. Wang Yangming's theory and study. So far, there are still interesting stories about Zhao Yijiong, Li Duanfen and other cultural scholars.

"Against the backdrop of ancient pavilions, ancient city walls, ancient stone stairs, ancient stone streets and ancient trees, roadside concerts are like returning to nature through time and space. Singing the long history of the city, it is also like the ancient culture of the city is helping to sing, talking and emitting light." Zhong Wei was very excited about the rise of Guiyang roadside concerts, "The traditional culture has given roadside concerts enough confidence to go out of the circle, and roadside concerts have also made traditional culture shine, which is the unique charm of the combination of traditional culture and modern music."

Wenchang Pavilion is also a romantic place of literature and art. Yunyan District is the district and county with the strongest humanistic color in Guiyang. The Radio Street is filled with the romantic atmosphere of literature and art of several generations of radio and television people. Dajue Jingshe shows the patriotism and entrepreneurship of saving the country through industry. Baoshan North Road contains the literary and artistic temperament of several generations of newspaper workers. Wangjiaxiang has bred Guizhou local drama - Guizhou Opera. Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, which has certain influence at home and abroad, was also born in this land.

Guiyang Roadside Concert has become popular here, like the instantaneous blooming of artistic cells for many years.

"The popularity of roadside concerts is not only the desire of generations of musicians to pursue their dreams, replaying their youth of pursuing music on the streets and alleys, but also an important platform for the next generation to inherit Guiyang's roadside music culture," said An Jie, a music creator in Guizhou, "To listen to roadside concerts, some are to feel the happy atmosphere, some are to feel the historical heritage and old city culture there, some are to listen to songs to remember the past, miss their youth in the streets and alleys of Guiyang......"

Guiyang Roadside Concert

——It is the creative transformation and innovative development of red music culture

Guiyang roadside music "red" under the green shade

Wenchang Pavilion bears the memory of Guiyang's urban construction, culture and education, celebrities, the War of Resistance against Japan, market life and other dimensions. This historical place between Fushui North Road and Wenchang North Road is called "Wenchang Pavilion Historical and Cultural Block".

This is the core area of Guiyang's red culture and the birthplace of Guiyang's red music. The former site of the Guizhou Provincial Working Committee of the CPC is here. The Liaoyuan Hall of the Memorial Hall of the former site of the Guizhou Provincial Working Committee of the CPC now displays a period of eventful years about the history of Guiyang's red music.

Among them, Zhuguang concert is an important part of the history of red music. In April 1937, at Xie Kui's home in Bainipo (today's Zhusi Lane), near Wenchang Pavilion, dozens of music lovers launched an open music group - Zhuguang Music Research Association (later renamed Zhuguang Concert), which initially focused on studying music and singing social popular songs.

In August 1937, Chang Xueyong, who studied in Shanghai Conservatory of Music, returned to Guiyang from Shanghai and served as a music teacher in Guiyang High School, Zhengyi, Dade and other schools. He taught anti Japanese songs in the school and was praised by teachers and students. Ever since Chang Xueyong taught to sing "Fight! Fight! Down with Japanese imperialism!", music activities with the theme of resisting Japan and saving the nation from extinction have flourished in Guiyang.

"Zhuguang Concert mainly popularized music knowledge and learned to sing patriotic songs in the concert. Later, the concert aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of the people by participating in various anti Japanese rallies, demonstrations and street singing." Talking about the history of red music, Fan Tongshou, the former director of the History Research Institute of the Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences and the former director of the Guizhou Local Chronicles Office, said, "This eventful period is not only a precious history of red culture in Guiyang, but also a precious musical cultural resource with red genes in Guiyang. We should continue to inherit and carry forward it."

A corner of Guiyang roadside concert scene

In 1937, on the occasion of commemorating the 6th anniversary of the September 18th Incident, Tsukugawa Concert arranged songs such as "September 18th Minor", "March of the Volunteers", "Sacrifice is at the Last Moment", "March of National Salvation", and "Slaves should not perish" to be sung on the street.

In April 1938, when the news of Taierzhuang's victory came, the people of Guiyang expressed their joy in various ways. Zhuguang Concert organized a chorus of 100 people to sing songs such as "The Trilogy of Exile", "Song of Comfort", "The Final Victory is Our", and "Song of Eight Hundred Heroes".

In May 1938, Zhuguang Concert, together with Huang Zhong Concert, Guiyang Medical College Singing Team, Dade Middle School Singing Team, Guiyang United Harmonica Team and Children's United Singing Team, held a joint music concert with a total of 500 people, and performed 22 programs in various forms. In particular, 120 children from the Children's United Singing Team sang songs such as "Children's March", "Training Strong Men" and "Fighting Japan".

In December 1938, Zhuguang Concert held a large-scale performance with the Guiyang music industry. In addition to the participation of the Guiyang choir organized by Zhuguang Concert, Huangzhong Concert, Guiyang Youth Association and other organizations, there were also some music groups from other places passing by Guiyang. Some teachers and students from the music department of Shanghai Music College and Hangzhou Art College participated in the performance. Singed songs such as "Mourning for the fallen soldiers", "Armed defense of China", "The trilogy of exile", "On the Songhua River", "Blood Song", "Chinese Men", "Anthem to the enemy", "The flag is fluttering", "The song of the boatman on the Huaihe River", and "The final victory is ours", which caused a strong response.

The old Dongmen Primary School next to Wenchang Pavilion used to be the Zhejiang Guild Hall. In 1932, Hua Wenqu, Li Zhuyuan and others rented Zhejiang Guild Hall to establish Yicheng Middle School and set up Yicheng Drama Club. The street plays "Refugee Song" and "Our Hometown" performed by them attracted a large number of audiences on the streets and lanes.

Later, Yicheng Drama Club and backbone teachers and students from Guiyang Middle School and other schools established the first mass amateur drama group in Guiyang, Shatuo Drama Club. There were more than 40 members at the beginning of the construction, which grew to 236 in 1937, divided into 7 touring teams. In particular, the street play Put Down Your Whip was popular in Guiyang, and many young people could sing it freely at that time.

In Shatuo Drama Club, there is a singing team composed of more than 40 people. They not only sing before the play starts, but also use Saturdays and Sundays to teach anti Japanese and national salvation songs in the streets such as the Bronze Statue Terrace (today's fountain), and distribute mimeographed songs "everyone sings".

The Daxia Singing Team established by Shanghai Daxia University, which moved from Shanghai to Guiyang in 1937, also has great influence in Guiyang. The singing team, with the purpose of "Anti Japanese Singing, Propagandizing the War of Resistance, Uniting Students, Arousing the People, Saving the Danger", openly held anti Japanese and national salvation propaganda activities. At first, there were only more than 40 people in the Daxia Singing Team. By 1940, it had grown to about 120 people. In 1940, the singing team sang songs such as "Yellow River Cantata", and extended to the dog farm, Zhu Chang, and Zhongcaosi in the suburbs of Guiyang to publicize the anti Japanese and teach songs of anti Japanese and national salvation.

During the Anti Japanese War, Zhuguang Concert, Shatuo Opera Club Singing Team, Daxia Singing Team, etc. sang and inspired the people with their voices, condensing the magnificent power of the War of Resistance against Japan. Their red music cultural spirit has been passed down from generation to generation, becoming the red gene of Guiyang roadside concerts today.

Guiyang roadside concert audience

"Guiyang Roadside Concert · Wenchang Pavilion National Day Special Session," Red Stars Follow Me to Fight "," No Communist Party, No New China "," On the Jinshan Mountain in Beijing "and other songs sing the cultural confidence of the city of red music, let the red gene pass on from generation to generation, and extend the vitality and historical value of the concert." Guiyang Encyclopedia, which has a lot of research on the history of red music in Guiyang Zhou Sheng, the former deputy editor in chief, said, "The roadside concert praises the new era with songs, sings the great rejuvenation dream of the Chinese nation, and at the same time, it also stimulates the people's internal motivation to pursue a better life, making the city full of vitality and vitality."

Guiyang Roadside Concert

——It is an attempt to sinicize Marxism and modernize Guizhou's cultural practice

Guiyang Roadside Concert follows the principle of "People's Music for the People, Joyful Feast for the People, and the Government's Full Help", adheres to the people centered development idea, respects the people's dominant position and initiative spirit, and is sung by local singers and bands in Guiyang, with the active participation of citizens A concert with Guiyang characteristics in which the government departments make every effort to provide logistical support services.

Guiyang roadside concert audience

Since last year, Yunyan District of Guiyang City has put forward the "Band Cultivation Plan" and "Street Performance Cultivation Plan". Through street performance, smoke and fire are interwoven with art, creating a cultural atmosphere of the city and creating a cultural IP of the city. Wang Jin, one of the promoters, who witnessed the development of Guiyang roadside concerts, told reporters that the singers and bands of Guiyang roadside concerts were composed of citizens from all walks of life, including express boys, fitness coaches, blind masseurs, grassroots singers, urban white-collar workers, retired workers, etc. Some of them sang hard for their dreams, and some of them bloomed heartily for their hobbies Some sing loudly for their hometown

"We will strive to build the roadside concert into a national cultural platform where everyone is a singer, everyone is a protagonist, and everyone is a participant, recommender, and sharer, so that the roadside concert can become a super IP that we Guiyang people, and even Guizhou people are proud of." When it comes to how to build roadside concerts, Wang Jin has a clear idea.

"Guiyang roadside concert has the precipitation of history and culture, the background of red music culture, the foundation of the people, and the support of music artists." Wu Yan, a doctoral candidate in communication and lecturer in the School of Communication of Guizhou University, said that theoretically, this is an attempt to modernize Guizhou culture with Marxism in China. First, it adheres to the people's position and mass line, Second, adhere to the scientific guidance of "two combinations", especially the "second combination", which combines the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and excellent traditional Chinese culture; The third is a path exploration of the practice of Chinese style modernization in Guizhou that reflects the coordination of material civilization and spiritual civilization.

Enthusiastic Guiyang citizens

"The people of Guiyang love music so much that I hope the roadside concert will continue to be done unremittingly." Zhang Yingxi, a famous young tenor singer of China Opera and Dance Theater, said, "I believe that with the enthusiasm and support of the people, Guiyang will soon become a music city with roadside music culture in the whole country and even the world."

Tianyan News Reporter of Guizhou Daily

Text/Xiong Jiangrui

Picture/Yang Tao

Source of historical documents: works of Fan Tongshou and Zhou Sheng

Edit Long Hairuo

Second instance Xu Ran

Third instance Zhou Wenjun