A song written to his father, singing a beautiful melody inherited for a century

At the Guangxi New Folk Song Conference in 2022, a couple of the post -90s couple sang their original works, from the preliminary selection to the competition, all the way to the level, and finally won the excellent work award. stage. The work they sang "Bu Ai" is based on the music elements of the Longlin Zhuang eight sounds, which makes many audiences refreshed and praised again and again. The "cloth" in "Bu Ai" means his father in the strong language. This is the song that Wei Chao wrote to his father.

The Zhuang eight sounds were prevailing in Guangxi as early as the Ming Dynasty. Longlin Zhuang Eight Soning Singing is a folk rap art that has been passed down from generation to generation. Eight sounds refer to 8 kinds of instruments such as flute, three -string, horseshum, gourd hus, small drums, Xiaoyu, and wood fish. "Singing" refers to a rap format where someone sings and tells stories in the performance. The history of the eight sounds is far away, and the bombs are one. The Zhuang eight sounds sang, originally used to perform mountain songs, gradually developed from "one sound" to "eight sounds." The melody is simple, smooth, and beautiful. It is often used in national festivals, wedding marriage, building houses, and birthday. It is loved by the local people.

Wei Chao's ancestor is the expert of the octagonal instrument. His father, Wei Figan, is the inheritance of the eight -mounds of the Longlin Zhuang people in the autonomous region.

Wei Chao, who was born in the Bayin family, followed his parents to perform all over the village since he was a child. Under the influence of his father, he gradually liked the eight music player. The eight sounds also became the warmest companion in Wei Chao's childhood memory. Thanks to the experience of childhood, Wei Chao is very familiar with the traditional sang of traditional eight -sound sitting.

Inheritance is the original intention of his father to keep in mind, and he devotes all his efforts to rehearsing every performance.

In 2010, Wei Chao was studying the modern music education major of modern music education in the university and shouldered the mission of the inheritance of the Yazyin family. After graduation, Wei Chao chose to return to his hometown and sing in a small professor in NSW, Longlin. While refining traditional eight -sound sitting to enrich their original music, they also integrate modern music elements into teaching.

Now Wei Chao has formed his own little family and has a cute son. Under his father's words, the Wei Chao family will play eight sounds.

Wei Chao's wife Yang Ying is a Miao people. Both of them were born in the music family. The fusion of many ethnic groups adds rich elements to their music roads. This loving and talented family has a common persistence.

The joyful atmosphere of relatives flowing from silk bamboo. Music allows the two to meet, know each other, and keep each other. The two three generations work together to interpret the contemporary echo of traditional folk culture.

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