Yuan Story │ The sound of the piano of Huaqiangbei

When the piano is on the streets of Huaqiangbei, it is not only a display of art works, but also gives this famous street a soul. The scattered piano sounds different fate, and the touching stories are written one by one.

In August, the Typhoon was staring at the active season of tropical disturbances in the South China Sea. It was washed away by heavy rain for several days. On the day of Liqiu, Shenzhen finally ushered in a clear evening. The evening wind was too late to take away the continuous tide, and baked the pedestrians on the street.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Chen Yunchang, 72, carried two bags of thick piano scores. It should appear at an approximately at the entrance 8 of Huaqiang North Metro Station. beside. This point is a little earlier than his usual time.

At this moment, Huaqiangbei just removed the dust for a day. Relaxed from the day of noise, it looks a little deserted.

After a while, the singers waiting nearby discovered the "good news" that Chen Yunchang appeared. In the WeChat group named "Huaqiangbei Romantic Piano Night", Sister Liu from the Northeast sent the front line report: "Singing friends who love singing, Mr. Chen has arrived, please come here immediately!"

The silent group suddenly exploded for a few days. With the piano as the heart, the inner layer is singing high, the old music fans of the "Huaqiangbei Romantic Piano Night"; most of them are half curious and half -amazing passers -by. The owner of the shop just closed, the residents who walked, the students who returned home, and the white -collar workers from get off work stopped. Regardless of whether it was three or seventy -one, the mobile phone was taken out as a respect. The takeaway brothers and sanitation workers also rushed over. The luminous lights above their heads and arms flashed in the dark night, adding a fluorescent stick to this "outdoor concert".

The passenger of the flowing water, the sound of the flowing piano, from world famous songs, popular songs to red songs and nursery rhymes, the audience who watched the audience changed one after another. The evening breeze patted the military green top with the "Warrior Cultural Troupe" on Chen Yunchang's body, blowing the bright five -star red flag on his sleeves, blowing his sparse white hair. He was like a pianist who performed on the stage. He sometimes changed his hands to change his posture, sometimes looking up with the audience's eyes, and his fingers always jumped flexibly on the black and white keys.

The moonlight is like water, pouring on the piano people and the singing pedestrians, and complement the neon signboards of Huaqiangbei Electronics World. People unknowingly forgot their time.

The sound of the long -standing piano and joyful laughter of this night, but Huaqiangbei's romantic piano night, the rare "10,000 and one night".

Rebirth of the piano

In October 2018, the manager of Huaqiang North Street put 8 public welfare graffiti piano on a 930 -meter -long walking street in the area under its jurisdiction for free to play for free. In the past 4 years, the piano here has been changed 3 batches.

Sun Yonghong is the person in charge of the operation of these Huaqiangbei public welfare piano. When receiving this task, she is still managing the piano museum of Shenzhen Musical Instrument City.

"At that time, Chen Xiaozhong, the secretary of the Party Working Committee of Huaqiangbei Street, and Wu Mei, who was in charge of culture, combined Huaqiangbei to build technology, fashion, and cultural districts. Let me find some old pianos, find someone to create graffiti on it, and become a display on art works on Huaqiang North Street. "

This move is undoubtedly a street art experiment.

When these transformed pianos were placed in Huaqiang North Street and the subway entrance, the social "chemical reactions" of the social "chemical response" far exceeded the imagination of Sun Yonghong -many residents were attracted, and pedestrians passing by also came to play.

The integration of people and piano can make the practicality of the piano itself be exerted -they are no longer a static artwork, but have a vivid soul.

As a result, better piano continued to be put in. Sun Yonghong had to re -consider the beauty and practicality of these pianos. Because it is placed outdoors for a long time, it is necessary to experience the wind and rain in the wind. She contacted the artist to improve the craftsmanship. From the selection of coatings to waterproof and wear, to the fact that the paint, coating, and other methods were coming to make the graffiti on the piano more lasting. On most piano, such a sentence is written, "Play me, I'm your. I love huaqiangbei." This has also become a sign of Huaqiangbei piano.

"Play me, I'm your." Piano flash activity. Luke's idea is that many invisible groups in the city communicate silently, and placing a piano in a public space is a catalyst, which enlarges the sound of communication and is heard by people.

"Most people who come to Huaqiangbei to play the piano are migrant workers. They have no chance or unconditional, so here they can make them play. If they are not good at playing, no one laughed at. Many people will become new friends with the song of the song. This is the unique tolerance and compatibility of Shenzhen. "Sun Yonghong said.

In many cities in China, such as Shanghai, Chengdu, Ningbo, there are also street piano initiative. And why does the street piano appear in Huaqiangbei?

From the roar of the machine to the hypermarket leading to the world, in the golden age of economic development, Huaqiangbei gave birth to too many legends and wealth myths. Here is a gold -sucking story of "one meter counter". , Hong En Software and other well -known enterprises have also experienced the "shutdown and turning" ebb to ebb, and I have seen countless grassroots entrepreneurship. More than 30 years ago, the singer "Fireworks March", a professional accountant "Fireworks March", came to Huaqiangbei, worked here, and lived here, witnessing the changes in Huaqiangbei. In his opinion, the appearance of the piano has given the soul from this night. "At the earliest, this was a factory. At night, the factory brothers and sisters who walked around with the rice bowl were everywhere. Later, most of them were surrounding small merchants. As the business declined, there were more here. It is a person who has nothing to do with it, and everyone has no theme. Since the piano appears, it has gathered some people who like to sing and play the piano. Those who don't like singing can also listen to it next to it. "

The material's coat is as firm as armor, and people still need the nourishment and comfort of the soul. Maybe Huaqiangbei would not think that one day, several pianos can quickly take root and germinate here, with the horn sound of the electric vehicles, the sharp drag sound of the cargo trailer, the advertisement sound in the shop, and the broadcast of the epidemic prevention and control. coexist.

▲ "Piano Grandpa" Chen Yunchang took his handwritten piano score to play the piano in Huaqiangbei Pedestrian Street.

the brightest star in the night sky

What the sound of Huaqiangbei piano spread was inseparable from Chen Yunchang's "credit".

In the familiar Leyou's mouth, he is the teacher Chen for everyone's public welfare performance; in the eyes of netizens, he is the "piano grandfather" who spreads positive energy. In the impression of many people, it was Chen Yunchang's arrival that Hua Qiangbei began to have a happy chorus with piano accompaniment.

Chen Yunchang lives in Nanshan and has a distance of 20 kilometers away from Huaqiangbei. In January 2019, he accidentally discovered that there were several street piano placed by Huaqiangbei Metro, and since then, the road of public welfare performance was opened.

Every night at 8 o'clock, Chen Yunchang will carry two white bags that have been washed, which contains the "baby" that he has left in the 1980s -several large handwritten piano scores weighing 10 pounds. Because there is no subway entrance near the house, he needs to ride a bicycle, or take a bus 3 bus, and take another hour of the subway to Huaqiang North Metro Station.

After a "performance", Chen Yunchang can play without rest for a few hours. Often, the lights of Huaqiangbei Electronics market on the opposite side are out and the nucleic acid detection point on the side is ended. Catch the last subway.

In 1956, 6 -year -old Chen Yunchang came into contact with the piano for the first time, and then followed the piano throughout his life. At the age of 13, his piano art has reached the level 10 now. In the 1970s, during the countryside, he learned a variety of instruments such as erhu and flute.

In 1984, Chen Yunchang was transferred from Guangzhou to Shenzhen and became a piano teacher at the Shenzhen Youth Activity Center. In order to subsidize his family, he also worked part -time in many song and dance halls. Chen Yunchang recalled that the most glorious time, the song and ballroom referred to the punch of the Hong Kong and Taiwan pop bands at that time. "The four major pieces are standard (electric bass, electric guitar, double -row key electronic piano and shelf drums), as well as small, saxophone, and piano. Later Later, the "four major pieces" couldn't afford it, leaving only drums and piano. "With the" layoffs "again and again, Chen Yunchang, who played the piano, became the last" light rod commander ".

"At that time, the monthly salary was only more than 100 yuan, and a accompaniment song cost 1,000 yuan." In order to save money, Chen Yunchang had to study it by himself and select different musical instruments from dozens of pages of bands. The part of the play is transformed into a piano expression. For example, the long sound of the violin uses the piano's rotation method. Those thick handwritten piano scores have been adapted from then.

"Human plasticity is very strong." Chen Yunchang recalled the performance of the performance at that time. In order to use an electronic piano to simulate the effect of a band, he often used his hands and feet. Part of the switch with foot, control, rhythm and extended sound. This is not enough. Add a synthesizer on the left and add an electric piano on the right.

This experience shaped Chen Yunchang's "one piano exactly like a band" rich performance ability. The singer "Fireworks March" once sighed, "Mr. Chen's" Yellow River Concerto "is the best piano song I have heard."

"Playing the piano should not be a technology, but a beautiful art." In Chen Yunchang's view, playing the piano is not "calling", not only the right to play, but also the emotional emotion, which causes resonance. He compared the piano to "cooking", and he needed to add various seasonings, and at the same time, he mastered the size of the fingertips. The taste of the dishes was delicious.

On the way to studying the piano, Chen Yunchang said that he had taken too much detours. He summarized his more than 60 years of experience in learning piano as his unique teaching method. As he gets older, the happiness of playing the piano can no longer satisfy Chen Yunchang. Whenever someone talks about his piano teaching method, Chen Yunchang always has a bright eyes. He has an extra thought, hoping to find a inheritor inherited his mantle, inherit and spread his unique insights and teaching methods for the piano. "Many people think I am old, just be happy. What is the use of happiness? When I leave, it is not a flashy. I hope more young people can sit on my position. Only the society can move forward, and the country has innovation ... "▲ Passers -by, and will also stop on Huaqiangbei to play a song.

Romantic guardian

Of course, most of the Huaqiangbei piano attracted passers -by who did not contact the piano and did not have a musical instrument. But music is so fascinating. It is like a match. Even the spark of a moment of time has brightened a lot of passers -by world, and even burning and becoming a torch in their world.

The decoration master Wang Qihe is one of them.

On November 18, 2018, Wang Qihe remembered that it was the first time he met the piano. That day, he just completed the modern window building next to Huaqiang North Metro, and saw the piano in front of him at a glance. There was no one around the piano. He ran over and tried it. He didn't know what the sound he played, but he planted a seed in his heart.

Since then, Wang Qihe gave up his hobbies to fight mahjong with his workers and rushed to the piano. As long as he had time, he ran to Huaqiangbei for several hours. Following the teaching video on the Internet, with the only music theory knowledge in elementary school, he learned from the knowledge of the music theory. From the corresponding keys of the seven notes to the can play a song completely. In order to improve the level, he also bought a set of piano textbooks, copied his favorite songs on the paper, placed in the working package that was carried every day, and took the time to carry the spectrum. This pair of hard -working hands, dark, rough, climbing cocoons, but when they touch the piano keys, they can jump briskly.

Because of the frequent coming, Wang Qihe became one of the most diligent "students" of Huaqiangbei. One or two went, and it was familiar with Sun Yonghong. As a result, Sun Yonghong entrusted him to the mission of the "guardian" piano -come over to clean the keys every week, and check the quality of the piano regularly.

In the recent week, Wang Qihe was too busy with the decoration project of Gangxiabei. After finally waiting for the rest day, he came to Huaqiangbei early, and checked the piano who had not seen each other one by one along the lines distributed by the piano.

Sure enough, the piano was "injured" again.

"These people are too bad." Wang Qi and whispered while picked up the keys that were pulled out and thrown away, and then installed it carefully. "This should still be repaired." Because the piano stool didn't know when he was stolen again, he stood in the audition. When he found that there was a white key that could not be sounded, he opened the piano box to check it, only to find that the strings were broken. He picked up his mobile phone and took Zhang Zhao to the piano full of scars and passed it to Sun Yonghong. "Ask President Sun to find someone to repair, see if there is still any rescue."

▲ On the streets of Huaqiangbei, several "injured" pianos.

The sound of disagreement will also happen. The keys and stools are stolen. It is a common thing, and even the lid of the piano board will fly. Later, I installed monitoring, and the situation was slightly better. As Sun Yonghong said, "It is easy to do a good thing, it is not easy to stick to it."

At 5 or 6 pm, the sunset shot into the rooftop of the subway and gave a soft filter to Wang Qi, who was a piano "diagnosis".

Seeing Wang Qi and so many thoughts about these piano, two years ago, Sun Yonghong also gave him a piano eliminated piano. Back to the rental house, Wang Qihe can also share his songs with his wife and workers.

Playing the piano in Huaqiangbei, Wang Qihe admired two people. One is Chen Yunchang, "Grandpa Piano", and the other is the blind pianist Zhang Dan. The admiration of Chen Yunchang is technically. But to Zhang Dan, Wang Qihe is respectful and grateful.

"Zhang Dan is kind to me." "He is a wizard." Wang Qihe always introduced Zhang Dan like this. In his mobile phone, there was also a video of the first day of meeting Zhang Danan in the north of Huaqiang. He always cherishes these "first". At that time, Wang Qi and 54, Zhang Dan was only 18 years old.

It was a day in 2020, Wang Qihe was playing the piano, and Zhang Danan listened quietly for a long time, and suddenly came forward: "You are wrong." Notice Zhang Dandan's eyes, Wang Qihe was surprised. What surprised him even more was that Zhang Dan stunned several songs he had just played and pointed out where he played wrong.

After practicing the piano for so long in Huaqiangbei, Wang Qihe all taught himself. Zhang Dandan was the first person to take the initiative to enter his world and was willing to teach. This guy from rural Anhui, not far away, came to Shenzhen to circle his piano dream. Whenever he bounces to the emotion, he always raises his head and immersed in his own world.

Later, Zhang Danan found a job playing piano in Nanshan. Half a year ago, Zhang Dandan suddenly lost contact, and Wang Qihe couldn't contact him. He had to turn on the video from time to time, reviewing the video of the "forgetting the year" and playing the piano, and murmured, "It's really good to play."

▲ Wang Qihe, a decoration master.

City of Philharmonic

The sound of piano scattered in Huaqiangbei is like a chain that connects the Philharmonic from different regions, different ages, and different occupations, and wrote a moving story. The WeChat group of "Huaqiangbei Romantic Piano Night" has become a small base for them to communicate music and share happiness. This group has developed from the initial more than 20 people to more than 400 people. Many people have left due to the epidemic and other factors. At present, there are still 350 people. The piano as an attraction also gave birth to the public welfare concert and singing competition of Huaqiangbei.

Lu Xuefeng, the late public welfare master, is the planning and organizer of the first Leqi Huaqiang North K Song Contest. When Huaqiangbei played the piano, Lu Xuefeng always wore the flower cloth skirt with a bright large earrings, and there were always a group of fans around her.

On January 27, 2022, the news that Lu Xuefeng died suddenly, and the group exploded. Just a month before leaving, she was still organizing the K song competition for Qinyou to help build the stage, inviting guests, and 4 days before her death, she also discussed with Yi Hongfeng in the team to discuss a Lantern Festival. Theme concert. Everyone said that she was overworked and had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.

In June this year, Yi Hongfeng and his music teacher Ma Rong officially took over Lu Xuefeng's public welfare "relay stick". The first event they planned just met Lu Xuefeng's birthday. Several familiar music fans were in the form of singing to commemorate Lu Xuefeng.

This position is Yi Hongfeng, who is a nutritionist. Now 90%of the energy is rushing to public welfare activities. "Friends laugh at me, do not work." In his imagination, there are three major themes in these public welfare concerts in the future. , "Music", "Health" and "Education". He also invited Korean piano accompaniment South Korea Huahua, Women's treble singer Zhou Hui, male treble singer Zhang Huaiang, "Piano Little Prince" and Italian song singer Zhang Xi, etc., adding a bright color ... They plan to be in September, Also design a concert with the theme of "Mid -Autumn Festival".

Just as Zhang Dan, who has been losing contact for a long time, Lu Xuefeng, who died, and Huaqiangbei ’s Perlead came and went, the story here is still staged ——

It is time to change the piano every year. Sun Yonghong plans to reduce the number of piano placement this time, from 8 to 4.

Wang Qihe continued to practice his beloved song over and over again. He thought about it and returned to his hometown in Xiantao, Hubei, and played the piano in the sun in his hometown. Although his son has not got married, he has planned to let his grandchildren learn piano, "Although he may not listen to me."

"Piano Grandpa" Chen Yunchang is still in the hazy moonlight, and continues to find his inheritor ...

Photography/Luo Wan

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