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Not long ago, Li Kemei, a national non-heritor in Xunliaowan Fishery Village, who lives in Huidong, appeared on the CCTV stage and sang the song “Foot Sea Fisherman’s Songs in Beijing”. This melody song from the sea, mixed with cool sea breeze, vividly demonstrates the cultural characteristics of the southern coastal culture. As a traditional folk art in Guangdong and a treasure of Huizhou’s intangible cultural heritage, Huidong Fisherman’s Song has slowly walked out of the coast of the small county town and sung the whole country. Komiks
Fishers pick up the fisherman’s songs at will, singing with their hearts, using the waves as their pillows, and singing with the moon. It seems romantic, but it is actually full of infinite loneliness and boredom. According to Huidong County Chronicles, since the Song Dynasty, this shallow sea fisherman’s song introduced to Huidong from the coast of Fujian is widely circulated in the local area. Over the past thousands of years, it has experienced ups and downs. In recent years, government agencies and civil forces have worked together to promote the development of fisherman songs, and have found a point of fit between the thousand-year-old fisherman songs and modern aesthetic needs, which has rejuvenated.
Story: Fisherman’s songs are on CCTV stage
“Come (Ah) and sing the flowing water (Ah) water retreats, a pair of lobsters hides the reef (Ah) feet…” Recently, the reporter met Li Qumei, and she sang this typical Huidong fisherman’s song “Ah) feet with a pair of lobsters hides the reef (Ah) feet” loudly, and spoke in a stunning manner. He spoke softly and smiled. Once he started singing, the 68-year-old grandma next door seemed to have changed her voice, with her singing crisp and loud and her eyes firm and confident.
The ancestors moved from the coastal areas of Chaoshan to Huidong. I remember that Li Kemei lived a life of swimming and fishing on the sea with her parents. Only in severe weather when it is windy and rainy can the boat be temporarily parked on the shore for rest and replace daily necessities. In her impression, life at sea is too difficult and poorShe was so sleepy that she was the only one of the four sisters in the family. Whenever Li Kemei thinks of this, she can’t help but wet her eyes.
Luckily, she is accompanied by fisherman song. When my father was fishing, my mother took her to weave fishing nets and sing. “A pair of dragonsCinemaShrimp Canal Jiaozhou” is the first fishing song she learned. Through the influence of hearing, Li Qumei fell in love with singing. When she was drying the fishing nets, she would always gather with countless young girls from fishing families to learn to sing fishing songs passed down by her fathers.
Li Kemei likes to teach her children how to sing fishermen’s songs/Huizhou Daily
Until 8 years old, many fishermen could finally “wash their feet on the shore”, and Li Kemei’s family also moved into the fishing village and brought the fishing songs to the shore. Gradually, Li Qumei learned to “create” fisherman’s songs improvise and sing as soon as she spoke, “No need to sing or practice, sing whatever she sees, listen whenever she wants, and sing whenever she wants.” Later, because her family fell ill, 20-year-old Li Qumei went to the sea to make money by fishing, and singing fisherman’s songs became the only sustenance.
Li Kemei has never read a book, but with her good memory, she can sing dozens of Huidong original fisherman songs in one breath. She is the veritable Huidong Fisherman song “Quanku” and has also become one of the only two national intangible cultural heritage inheritors in Huizhou City.
Now, Li KomiksQuemei set up a fishing song class at home, so that fishing song enthusiasts and children in the village can have a place to learn. The reporter saw at home that her home was not wide, but she stored a lot of clothing, hats, headdresses and other performance items. Before each performance, she also paid for her children to buy water, performance costumes, and music.
Dialogue: Opening a class at home to inherit the fisherman’s song
Reporter: What do you feel about being rated as a national intangible cultural heritage inheritor?
Li Kemei: I haven’t succeeded in applying for three consecutive years, and I’m a little uneasy anymore. When I heard this news, I was doing a headdress for the performance and I felt very excited! (Happy laugh) I quickly told my husband and family that it was very hard to do this (inherited fisherman song) and many places need toI can’t do it without the support of my family. The second one is that if my sisters were still there, I would be happier to know that I had the results today. (Chistening)
Some areas along the coast of Huidong still retain the custom of singing fishermen’s songs
Reporter: You are now at a certain age, how can you continue to sing fishermen’s songs next?
Li Kemei: I am 68 this year, almost 70 years oldKomiks, and I have had surgery on my waist, but I will be very happy to sing fisherman songs. I will go out to participate in competitions, go to the wedding to perform, and teach people to sing fisherman songs at home when I have time. You see (pointing to the ground), there are still many clothing, hats, and Cinema headdresses… But there is a problem, that is, many people like fishing songs, but they also have to work. I have a student I like very much, but she has to work at home and make money, so she can’t continue to come, which makes me very worried. But after the country gave the honor to Babaylan (intangible cultural heritage inheritor), I had the obligation to spread fisherman songs, and I would still insist on singing fisherman songs.
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The Past and Present Life of Huidong Fisherman Song
Origin: Hard Sea Life Birth of Fisherman Song
According to the “Huidong County Chronicles”, the distant ancestors of the fishermen along Huidong were the primitive “Danmin”, also known as “the people who set up the people in the back boat”, which is an integral part of the “Baiyue people” in southern my country. According to the “Huidong Fisheries”, the ancestors of Huidong Dan people moved in through trade or escape from Fujian and Chaozhou, and were distributed in Pinghai, ports, Renshan Fanhe and other harbors.
“Going to sea and going ashore and walking down” is a true portrayal of the lives of the gang people. The people of Dan have been facing the sea and blue sky for a long time, so they naturally chose to enjoy themselves and relieve worries through singing. It can be said that Komiks Huidong Fisherman Song is the spiritual pillar of local fishermen, allowing them to gain the confidence and courage to survive in a difficult living environment.
Liao Zhitao, director of Huidong County Cultural Center, introduced that for thousands of years, in this specific environment of boring life at sea, fishermen have passed on their mouths, and they can be easily picked up by men, women, young and old.Sing with your heart.
Development: Zeng famous and was on the verge of losing.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the development of Huidong Fisherman’s Song once reached a climax. In 1956, the fishermen from Huidong Port Town participated in the folk song performance nationwide and were praised and received by Premier Zhou Enlai and other national leaders; in the 1960s, the large-scale fisherman opera “The Great Wall of the South China Sea” created by the Central Song and Dance Theater became famous, and its musical materials were taken from the “Girl’s Talk” and “Oh O’s Talk…
Fisherman’s Song Performance Photo/Huizhou Music Radio
But this prosperity has not continued. Liao Zhitao introduced that with the acceleration of industrialization and urban processes, most of the descendants of fishermen have abandoned their own businesses after they came ashore. Coupled with the impact of multicultural cultures such as pop songs, there are fewer and fewer singers of Huidong Fisherman’s Song. “Once there are only a dozen fisherman singers in the county, and the inheritance of fisherman’s songs is in trouble. “Liao Zhitao said.
Just when the original ecological fishing songs were in danger, the appearance of an old man gave a new turning point in the development of fishing songs. He is Ye Lin, former specialist of the Ministry of Culture and a member of the Education Committee of the China Music Association. When he was young, he was one of the many people who came to Huidong to investigate fishing songs, and was fascinated by it after in-depth understanding. After retirement, the old man who described himself as the “Babaylan”, was thinking about the Huidong fishing songs and was running around in Beijing many times. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks Guangdong Province has written hundreds of thousands of words of Huidong Fisherman’s Song paper materials.
When Ye saw the current development status of Huidong Fisherman’s Song at that time, he felt sorry for Lao Ye. Out of his cherishment of folk art, he strongly called on all walks of life to pay attention to Huidong Fisherman’s Song, and actively supported Huidong Cultural Department to declare “Huidong Fisherman’s Song” to the country as a national intangible cultural heritage, and proposed a plan to promote and develop Huidong Fisherman’s Song.
Inheritance: The style of fisherman’s songs is brought to the wedding ceremony
As fishermen were successively selected into the provincial and national intangible cultural heritage list, government departments have also introduced corresponding protection and rescue measures. Over the years, music workers in Huidong County have actively collected, sorted and studied Huidong fishermen and established Huidong fishermen database to bring them back to people’s attention.
At present, in some areas along Huidong coastal areas, it is still preservedCinemaThe custom of singing fisherman songs on occasions such as marriage, reunion of relatives, and festival banquets. Li Kemei is often invited to perform at the wedding of the fisherman. According to reports, the wedding followed the customs of fishermen such as boat picking up boats and viewing flowers, and the surrounding fisherman’s songs of blessings also rang out at the same time.
Scene photo of the performance of “The Singing of the Singing of the Singing of the Singing of the Singing of the Singing of the Singing of the Singing of the Huizhou Music RadioCinema
Fisher Songs are provided by relatives and friends of both the newcomers. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan sings in the form of songs, usually for an hour or two, “usually, the woman cries and marrys, and the man and the woman jokes, but more of it is auspicious words.” Songs are considered to be one of the most essential links in the fisherman’s wedding customs. The fisherman’s wedding can be as few as two or three days, and the most is as many as five days. The strong folk customs of fishermen can attract everyone to watch every time, and many people spread it online, making the fisherman’s songs more and more popular.
“Eat Xunliao special dishes while watching fisherman’s song performances” can be seen everywhere in Xunliao’s tourist restaurants, effectively integrating fisherman’s song culture into the tourism industry, making it a major feature of Huidong tourist attractions. It is understood that Huizhou’s tourism department adapted the fisherman’s wedding customs into a cultural performance project for tourists, which was sought after by tourists.
Current situation: New vitality has appeared, but there are still worries about losing it.
In the new era, this shining pearl on the coast of the South China Sea has regained new vitality. “The previous question is more inclined to love between bitterness and the love between men and women.” Liao Zhitao introduced that if you still use fisherman song materials to create songs, it will not meet the development needs of fisherman songs. Therefore, on the basis of retaining the basic melody and flavor of fisherman songs, local musicians in Huizhou have constantly changed the tune and wrote new Babaylan lyrics to make fisherman songs meet the aesthetic needs of modern people.
Pinghai Fisherman’s Song Art Troupe, a private non-profit social group, is one of the typical examples. According to reports, the art troupe was established in 2017. In just two years, the team has attracted more than 50 members, including not only the inheritor of the fisherman song, but also music teachers, Huizhou musicians and other professionals.
In order to bring Huidong fishing songs to the stage and resonate with more audiences, the art troupe has created a second creation of many original fishing songs. For example, “The Song of the Dan Family” mainly describes the story of the Dan people being distraught in the old society because they were unable to raise their daughters and the Dan people in the new society lived a happy life. The art team carried out innovations such as environmental change, dialect and Mandarin conversion, and emotional change. What everyone did not expect was that the first stop of the work was performed in Pinghai, which made the audience cry.
When they wear traditional clothes and sing fisherman’s songs, it is particularly eye-catching./Huizhou Daily
Liao Zhitao was also calm. As the inheritance work continues to deepen, the question of insufficient funds is becoming increasingly prominent. “Cultural (development) requires investment.” Liao Zhitao introduced that Pinghai Fisherman Art Troupe usually carries out singing activities for public welfare, and fisherman songs entering campuses and communities, creating, rehearsals and other work requires investment, and the funds are short of funds.