Yongcheng Blowing and Beating
Yongcheng Winding and Percussion is a folk instrumental music genre in Yongcheng Town, Qijiang County, Chongqing, with a history of more than 300 years. Yongcheng Winding and Percussion has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down for 18 generations. The current owner of Yongcheng Winding and Percussion, Liu Daorong, is the 16th generation inheritor of the Liu Family Winding and Percussion Band, which is represented by the Liu Family Winding and Percussion Band. Liu is not only good at wind and percussion, but also good at woodworking. He and his family studied and produced seven types of suona with different pitch ranges and sizes, and created many new music reflecting today's life, which are very popular among the people. Yongcheng Winding and Percussion Music belongs to the Mafeng School in the mountainous area of the west line of Qijiang River. Its characteristics are wide range of sound (four octaves), high and loud, rough and simple, breaking through the air and penetrating far, especially with the techniques of throat and tongue flicking, finger flicking, and circular breathing, playing the sound of a mafeng, which has become one of the unique wind playing skills. The class has a rich repertoire, including more than 80 pieces of wind and percussion, more than 50 pieces of combined wind and percussion, more than 180 pieces of full percussion, more than 30 pieces of tricky percussion, more than 80 pieces of dry percussion, and more than 40 pieces of pin percussion. Its instruments mainly include seven kinds of suona, namely, Ji Na Zi, Santai, Er Tai, Tou Tai, Mang Tai, Da Tai, and Te Tai, as well as Sichuan cymbals, Tang drums, Da Gu, Zhu Jie Gu, Su cymbals, Jiao Zi, Gou Luo, Dang Luo, Xiao Ma Luo, as well as whistles, horse sounding instruments, etc. Yongcheng wind and percussion are active in folk activities such as weddings, funerals, birthdays, etc. held by people in Yongcheng Town and its surrounding areas all year round. They play both traditional music and original music, which is quite distinctive. They have participated in more than 200 national, provincial, municipal, and county competitions and won dozens of awards. Provincial and municipal TV stations have also produced a variety of documentaries for exhibition. Saving and protecting Yongcheng wind and percussion instruments not only promotes their inheritance and development, but also enriches Chinese folk wind and percussion instruments, especially the creation of big-stage (big suona) and special-stage (double-bass suona), which plays a significant role in solving the problem of low pitch in wind instrument parts, widening the range of sound, and enriching the color. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)