Dangqiang Gonggu

Hubei
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There are 10 kinds of instruments for Dangqiang Gonggu, including three blowing and seven beating. The three blowing are: trombone, two suonas; the seven beating are: gong, cymbals, drums, horse gong, car official (small cymbals), small gong, and clang gong. Blowing, beating, and singing are all included in the performance. Before liberation, it was the most popular folk art performance form in Hong'an. At that time, there were no less than a hundred performance groups in the county. Dangqiang Gonggu has the following artistic characteristics. 1. Long history: It is initially determined that it was introduced to Hong'an by the Tatars in the Yuan Dynasty and has been passed down to this day. 2. The performance form is different from the wind and percussion music in any place: big gong, big drum, big cymbals, trombone accompanied by 10 men blowing, beating and singing, with a majestic momentum, and most of the lyrics describe ancient battlefields. The description of folk life also has the most flavor of the living area in the mountainous area of Hong'an. 3. The cultural connotation is very rich: the rhythm of the lyrics mostly belongs to Yuefu ci tunes and Song and Yuan dynasty ci tunes such as "Qingpingle", "Fengrushong", "Shuilongyin", etc. Its content covers all aspects of court and folk life, and there are special repertoires for various occasions: such as "Dachaohe" for sacrifices, "Huameixi" for weddings, "Shouyankai" for birthday celebrations, etc.; its music scores condense the essence of the pentatonic scale of classical music, which is hundreds of years ahead of Chinese opera, and the wind and percussion music scores used in Peking Opera, Han Opera, and Chu Opera today can find their origin in this dangqiang gongs and drums. 4. It has extremely high research value in humanities and history, such as the influence of the Mongols' entry into the Central Plains, settling in Hong'an and reproducing their descendants on the culture of Hong'an in Jiangjun County, etc. Dangqiang gongs and drums are on the verge of extinction. According to preliminary investigations, there are only 4 sets of troupes that can perform the full set today. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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