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Not long ago, Li Qumei, a national intangible cultural heritage inheritor who lives in Xunliaowan Fishery Village in Huidong, appeared on CCTV stage and sang a song “Fourth 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.
Fishers pick up the fisherman’s songs at will and sing with their hearts
Fishermen use the waves as their pillows and sing against 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 from the coast of Fujian to Huidong has been widely circulated in the local area. Over the past thousands of years, it has experienced ups and downs. In recent years, government agencies Cinema and folk 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
“Cinema Ah) sings the flowing water and water recedes (that), a pair of lobsters hides the reef (ah) feet…” Recently, the reporter met Li Qumei, and she sang this typical Huidong fisherman’s song “A pair of lobsters hides the reef 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 to Huidong from the Chaoshan coastal area. I remember that Li Kemei lived a life of swimming and fishing on the sea with her parents. Only in the bad weather of windy and rainy weather can the boat be temporarily docked on the shore for rest and replaced daily necessities. In her impression, life at sea was so difficult and poor 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 lobsters hidden in the reef” is the first fishing song she learned. In the eyes of the eyes, Li Qumei is deeply influenced by her.s://comicmov.com/”>Cinema falls in love with singing. When she is drying the fishing nets, she always gathers with countless young girls from fishing families to learn to sing fishing songs passed down from word to mouth by her father.
Li Kemei likes to teach her children how to sing fishing songs pictures/Huizhou Daily
Cinema Until the age of 8, many fishermen could finally “wash their feet and go ashore”Babaylan, Li Qumei’s family also moved into the fishing village and brought the fishing songs to the shore. Slowly, Li Qumei learned to improvise “create” fishing songs, and sang them as soon as she spoke, “No need to sing or practice, sing whatever she saw, listen to what she wanted, and sing as she wanted.” Later, because her family was sick, 20-year-old Li Qumei went to sea to make money by fishing, and singing fishing songs became the only sustenance.
Li Qumei had never read a book, but with her good memory, You can sing dozens of Huidong original fishing songs. It is a veritable “Quanku” of Huidong fishing songs. It has also become one of the only two national intangible cultural heritage inheritors in Huizhou City.
Now, Li Kemei opens a fishing song class at home, so that fishing song lovers and children in the village can have a place to learn. The reporter saw at home that her home is not spacious, but she stores a lot of clothing, hats, headdresses and other performance items. Before each performance, she also pays her own money to buy water, performing costumes, and music for her children.
Dialogue: Opening classes at home to inherit fishing songs
Reporter: What do you feel like to be rated as a national intangible cultural heritage inheritor?
Li Kemei: I have applied for three consecutive years but have not achieved success. I am a little distracted. When I heard this news, I was doing a headdress for the performance and felt very excited! (Happy laugh) I quickly told my husband and family that because doing this (inheritance of fisherman songs) is very hard and requires money in many places. If I don’t have the support of my family, I can’t do it. Second, I thought that if my sisters were still there, I would be happier to know that I had the results today. (Chister)
The custom of singing fisherman’s songs in the coastal areas of Huidong is still retained in the custom of marrying and singing fisherman’s songs
Reporter: You have a certain year now. How can you continue to sing fisherman’s songs in the future?
Li Kemei: I am 68 this year, almost 70 years old, href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema I have had surgery on my waist, but I will be very happy when I sing fishing songs. I will go out to participate in competitions, perform at weddings, and teach people to sing fishing songs at home when I have time. Look (pointing to the ground), there are still many clothes, hats, and headdresses here… 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 I can’t continue to come. This makes me very worried. But the country has given that honor (intangible cultural heritage inheritor), so I have the obligation to spread fishing songs, and I will still insist on singing fishing songs.
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The Past and Present Life of Huidong Fishing Songs
Origin: Hard sea life gives birth to fishermen
According to the Huidong County Chronicles, the distant ancestors of the fishermen on the Huidong coast were the primitive “安子”, and href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks said that “the ship sets people in the back” is an integral part of the “Baiyue people” in southern my country. According to the “Huidong Fisheries”, the ancestors of Huidong Tan people moved in from Fujian and Chaozhou through trade or escape, and were distributed in Pinghai, ports, Renshan Fanhe and other harbors.
“Going to sea and going to sea with three points, walking on ashore” is a true writing of the lives of the Tan people. The people of Huidong have been facing the sea and blue sky for a long time, so they naturally chose to enjoy themselves and relieve worries by singing. It can be said that Huidong Fisherman’s 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, the vast number of fishermen have passed on their mouths, and no matter men, women, young and old, they can pick it up and sing as they like. Komiks
Development: He was famous for his time and was on the verge of losing.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the development of Huidong fishing songs once set off a climax. In 1956, the fishermen from Huidong Port Town participated in the national folk song performance and were praised and received by Premier Zhou Enlai and other national leaders; in the 1960s, a large-scale fishing fishing created by the Central Song and Dance Theater in the 1960s.The opera “The Great Wall of the South China Sea” was famous for a while, and its musical materials were taken from the “Girl’s Notes” and “Oh O’Oh Scent Notes…
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 song was 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 Chinese Music Association. When he was young, he was one of the many people who came to Huidong to investigate fishing songs. After his in-depth understanding, he was fascinated by it. After retirement, this old man who described himself as a “lone man”, thought about Huidong fishing songs and traveled around Beijing and Guangdong many times Two places have 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 apply to the state for the “Huidong Fisherman’s Song” 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 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 sight.
At present, in some areas along the coast of Huidong, the customs of fishermen singing, marriage, relative reunion, and festival banquets are still retained. Li KomiksChomiks are often invited to perform at the wedding of fishermen. According to reports, the wedding follows the customs of fishermen such as boat picking up boats and viewing flowers, and the surrounding fishermen’s blessings are also played at the same time.
Scene picture of “The Singing of the Singer of the Han Family”/Huizhou Music Radio
Fisher Songs are sung by relatives and friends of both parties in the form of songs, usually sing for one or two hours, “It is usually a woman who cries and makes fun of her, but it is more auspicious words.” Songs are considered to be one of the most essential links of the wedding customs of fishermen. Fishermen’s weddings can be at least two or three days, and at most five days. The strong fishermen’s folk customs can attract people to watch every time, and many people spread it to the website Komiks, making the fishermen’s songs more and more popular. Babaylan
“Eat Xunliao special dishes while watching fishermen’s song performances”, which can be seen everywhere in Xunliao’s tourist restaurants, effectively integrating fishermen’s song culture into the tourism industry. In the Cinema tourism industry, it has become a major feature of Huidong tourist attractions. It is understood that the Huizhou Tourism Department adapted the fisherman’s wedding customs to perform for tourists and was sought after by tourists.
Current situation: new vitality has appeared, and there are still worries. In the new era, this shining pearl on the coast of the South China Sea has regained new vitality. “The theme before was more inclined to the love between bitterness and men and women. “Liao Zhitao introduced that if you still use fisherman song materials to create songs, you cannot 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 been constantly changing the tune and writing new lyrics to make fisherman songs meet the aesthetic needs of modern people.
Pinghai Fisherman Song Art Troupe, a folk non-profit social group, is one of the typical examples.Komiks According to reports, the art troupe was established in 2017. In just two years, the team has attracted more than 50 members, not only the inheritor of fisherman songs, but also professionals such as music teachers and Huizhou musicians.
Babaylan isIn order to bring HuiBabaylan‘s east fishing songs to the stage, resonating 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 troupe has carried out innovations such as environmental change, dialect and Mandarin change, 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. With the continuous deepening of inheritance work, the problem of insufficient funds is becoming increasingly prominent. “Cultural Babaylan (development) requires investment.” Liao Zhitao introduced that Pinghai Fisherman Art Troupe usually carries out singing activities for public welfare, and fisherman’s songs enter campuses and community areas, creation, rehearsals and other work requires investment, and the funds are short of funds.