Primitive instrumental music (blowing trumpets, blowing leaves)
The original instrumental music in An County mainly refers to blowing trumpets and blowing leaves, which are mainly spread in individual villages and groups in Gaochuan and Chaping townships in our county. The mountainous environment is closed and transportation is inconvenient. In order to add a little fun to the monotonous life, the mountain people have spread primitive instrumental music. In daily life, when children are herding cattle and sheep, they use common leaves to make simple musical instruments and play some beautiful music to enrich their spiritual and cultural life. Blowing trumpets: Children in mountainous areas use the bark of mountain peach (other barks can also be used) to roll into a trumpet-shaped "horn", the short one is 0.5 meters, the long one can reach 1 meter, the small end is "oblique mouth", the diameter is 0.010.02 meters, and the large end has a diameter of 0.10.2 meters. When playing, stick the "oblique mouth" on your lips, and you can blow a sound similar to that of a conch, with a thick sound quality that can be suppressed or raised. Making bark into a "musical instrument" for self-entertainment is an invention of mountain people. Blowing leaves: Children in mountainous areas herd cattle and sheep, roll green leaves into tubes the size of chalk, and blow beautiful tunes. This is also an invention of mountain people. In history, it has played a positive role in enriching children's lives. With the rapid development of society, the advancement of science and technology, and the coverage of TV networks in mountainous areas, people's spiritual and cultural life has become richer, and fewer and fewer people are making and playing primitive musical instruments, which are on the verge of extinction. Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)