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Not long ago, Li Kemei, a national intangible cultural heritage inheritor who lives in Xunliaowan Fishery Village in Huidong, appeared on CCTV stage and sang a song “Foot Sea Fisherman 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.
CinemaFishers 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. 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 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) sing the flowing water (Ah) water retreats, a pair of lobsters hides the feet of reefs…” Recently, the Cinema (Ah) reporter met Li Qumei. She sang this typical Huidong fisherman’s song “Ah) sang the stunning song “Ah) sang the stunning song of the fishing Dong” with a pair of stunning words. He spoke softly and smiled. Once he started singing, the 68-year-old grandma next door seemed to have changed her voice, her singing was crisp and loud, and her eyes were firm and confident.
The ancestors moved to Huidong from the Chaoshan coastal area Cinema. I remember that Li Kemei lived a life of floating 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 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 dragons”Shrimpses and Gassland” 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 and go ashore”. Cinema, 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 improvised, and sang as soon as she spoke, “No need to sing or practice, sing whatever she saw, listen to it if she wanted to, and sing it if she wanted to.” Later, because her family fell ill, 20-year-old Li Qumei went out to sea to fish and made money, and singing fisherman’s songs became her 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 a veritable “Quanku” of Huidong fisherman songs. Babaylan has also become one of the only two national intangible cultural heritage inheritors in Huizhou City.
Now, Li Kemei has 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 Komiks stored a lot of clothing, hats, headwear and other performance items. Before each performance, she also paid for her children to buy water, performance costumes, and music.
Dialogue: Start a class at home BabaylanInherited Fisherman’s Song
Reporter: What do you feel about being rated as a national non-Komiks 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 placesFang wants to spend money, but I 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 KeKomiks girl: I am 68 this year, almost 70 years old, and I have had surgery on my waist, but I will be very happy when I sing fisherman songs. I will go outside to participate in competitions, perform at the wedding, and teach people to sing fisherman songs at home when I have time. You see (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 she can’t continue to come, which makes me very worried. But after the country gave me that honor (intangible cultural heritage inheritor), 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 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 the Huidong Han people moved in through trade or escape from Fujian and Chaozhou, and were distributed in Pinghai, ports, Renshan Fanhe and other harbors. “Three points of life to go overseas, go ashore and walk 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, it has been boring at seaCinemaIn this specific environment in life, fishermen have passed on their mouth, and they can pick it up and sing as they like, regardless of gender, age or age.
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 progress, 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 was 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. After his in-depth understanding, he was fascinated by it. After retirement, this old man who described himself as a “lonely man” was thinking about Huidong fishing songs, and traveled around Beijing and Guangdong many times, and wrote hundreds of thousands of words of Huidong fishing song paper materials.
When he saw the current development status of Huidong fishing songs at that time, Old Ye felt sorry. Out of his cherishment of folk art, he strongly called on all walks of life to pay attention to Huidong fishing songs and actively supported Huidong Ministry of CultureKomiks declared to the country that “Huidong Fisherman Song” is a national intangible cultural heritage, and proposed plans to promote and develop Huidong Fisherman Song.
Inheritance: The style of fisherman songs is moved to the wedding festivalBabaylan
As fisherman songs have been selected into the provincial and national intangible cultural heritage list, government departments have also introduced corresponding protection and rescue measures. For many years, music workers in Huidong County have actively collected, sorted and studied Huidong Fisherman Songs and established Huidong Fisherman Song database to bring them back to people’s attention.
At present, in some areas along Huidong coastal areas, it is still retainedLi Kemei is often invited to perform at the wedding, reunion of relatives, and festival banquets. Babaylan is often invited to perform at the fisherman’s wedding. 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.
The performance live photo of “The Singing of the Singer of the Han FamilyKomiksSong of the Song”/Huizhou Music Radio
Fisher Songs are sung by relatives and friends of both parties in the form of songs, and they are usually sung for an hour or two. “It is usually the woman who cries and marrys, and the man and the woman make fun of it, but it is more 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”, it can be seen everywhere in Xunliao’s tourist restaurants. Babaylan effectively integrates fisherman’s song culture into the tourism industry, making it a major feature of Huidong’s tourist attractions. It is understood that Huizhou Tourism Department adapted the fisherman’s wedding customs into a cultural performance project for tourists to perform, 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. “In the past, the subjects tend to be more bitter and 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 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 troupe has 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. With the continuous deepening of inheritance work, the problem of insufficient funds is becoming increasingly prominent. “Cultural (development) requires investment.” Liao Zhitao introduced that Pinghai Fisherman’s Song Art Troupe usually carries out singing activities for public welfare, and fisherman’s songs entering campuses and communities require investment, and the funds are short of funds.