Huayin Lao Qiang - Guanzhong Folk Song скачать в хорошем качестве

Huayin Lao Qiang - Guanzhong Folk Song

Every region in China has its own style of music, theater, and shadow puppetry. In Shaanxi Province, the area around Mt. Hua gave birth to Huayin Lao Qiang, a tradition of rousing, rhythmic, lusty folk singing and narration dubbed "ancient Chinese rock'n roll". Local lore has it that Lao Qiang (Old Tune) descended from the chanties of boatmen working the Yellow River and Wei Canal 2,000 years ago, transporting grain from the Imperial Granary to the Western Han capital of Chang'an. In China there's a great push now to revive traditional folk arts and bring them into the 21st century. Huayin Lao Qiang is one of many art forms under protection of the Ministry of Culture. In 2008, Wang Zhenzhong (in the video clip above) and Zhang Ximin (in the photos below) were chosen as official "representative inheritors" to teach, develop, and spread Lao Qiang as Intangible Cultural Heritage. To keep up with the times, Lao Qiang has been pulled out from behind the screen and recreated on stage. In live stage performances of Lao Qiang “original folk music”, musicians dressed in peasant costume sing rousing choruses written for this new style of performance. Extras crouch on the side smoking long-stemmed pipes and slurp noodles from large ceramic bowls. Since 2005, with the debut of the play White Deer Plain, Lao Qiang "original folk music" has caught on, with groups appearing at major events and on national TV. Zhang Ximin is a 10th generation Lao Qiang artist. Two of his students - 11th generation Zhang Xiangling (of the shadow puppet troupe) and his grandson Zhang Meng - were on hand for group practice and dress rehearsal at the Zhang home in Shuangquan Village.