Chapter 110 Shanxi Eight Sets

Folk advocacy music.It is named after eight large-scale divertimentos, referred to as "eight sets".The eight suites are: "Dressing Table", "Song of the Blue Sky", "Tui Ji Lu", "Twelve Floors", "Surging Fisherman", "Goose Lang" and "Advising the King Cup".Each set is played in a fixed order by multiple tune cards, and the name of the first tune card in each set is often used as the name of the suite.Such as "Dressing Table" suite, "Dressing Table", "Willow Rocking Gold", "Come to Spring", "Come to Summer", "Wannianhua", "Come to Winter", "The Moon Is High", "Western Tibet", "Come to Autumn" Composed of nine pieces.The source of the eight sets of tunes is mainly folk instrumental music, in addition, some of them come from Wutai Mountain temple music and local folk songs.

The eight sets are mainly popular in Wutai, Dingxiang, Xinxian, Yuanping, Naoxian and other places in Shanxi Province.There is no accurate record of the historical origin of the eight sets. According to the memories of old artists, it was formed among the people at least in the early Qing Dynasty and reached its peak in the early 20th century. The eight sets are mostly used in folk weddings, funerals, celebrations, celebrations and temple fairs, and are performed by the local professional folk music organization "Drum Room".During the Spring Festival, folk performances on stilts, sports cars, and dry boats are often accompanied by music from the eight sets.In addition, during the slack season, he also boasted and entertained himself.The eight sets have also been absorbed by the religious music of the Qingmiao Temple in Wutai Mountain, and played in the Zen Buddhist ceremonies.

There are eight sets of band arrangements. Except for "Curse the Fisherman", which is led by two suonas, the bass and treble, the other seven sets are all played by Guanzi (one to two people). Other wind instruments include Haidi, Dizi, Sheng ( Two people); percussion instruments include the drum, bangu, big cymbals, small cymbals, big gongs, small gongs, cloud gongs, clappers and so on.