Hometown in the sound of fishing drums

The picture shows the grandson of the fisherman's non -genetic inheritance singing the fishing drum. Photo by China News Agency Miao Yucai

When I was a kid, I was a common entertainment project in singing and watching open -air movies. Among them, my favorite is to listen to the fish drums.

The fishing drums in their hometown have a long history, also known as the "cylinder cavity". They were formed in the early years of Qing Jiaqing. They developed from "Taoism" and were derived into the form of song art with a folk entertainment nature. The theme of the fishing drums is mostly folk stories, myths, legends, case papers, novels, etc. The streets and lanes, restaurants and tea shops are all the places of the fisherman's performance.

Fishing drums are generally made of bamboo tube. The diameter is three inches thick, about eight inches long, and the empty tube is covered with lard membrane or fish skin. Fishing drums are generally equipped with simple boards made with bamboo slices. During the performance, there is no other accompaniment instrument. The singer embraced the fish drum, and the right finger slammed the drum skin at the lower end.

There are two types of accompaniment methods of knocking. There are two types of fingers and rolling fingers. The finger is the middle finger, the ring finger and the small finger side by side. The sound effect is strong and strong; The alternating bouncing, the double roll is to use the index finger and ring finger to recycle alternately, the skills are very rich.

The combination of fishing drum rap, pay attention to rhyme, scattered. There are two types of spoken parts, which are two types of rhymes. Sanbai is close to spoken language, which is used as a narrative storyline, or the tone of different characters is simulated. Essence There are three types of singing forms: monocoons, oral singing, and companion singing. Most of the single -mouth singing is the artist who walks alone in the village, and most of them are husbands and wives. The men's hands shooting drums and briefing. The woman knocked on the plate accompaniment. The most common words in singing are five words, seven words, ten words, or "five seven" words, and there are also a small number of short sentences such as three words and four words.

The fishing drum was later incorporated into the shadow drama. In addition to the fish drums and simple boards, the string instrument also increased, and the music became rich. In the form of singing in the form of singing, most of the "cases", "biography", and "romance" are mostly connected, such as "Shi Gong Case", "Yue Fei Biography" and "Sui and Tang Dynasties", etc., and also plays some short and powerful traditions. The repertoire and the play that reflects real life.

My hometown is on the verge of the Yangtze River, and the floods were frequent. There were many victims who begged along the streets of the village. Some of them made a living in fishing drums. Most of them were single -mouth singing forms. There are two pockets on the back of the artist's shoulders, one pocket, one pockets contain the fishery drum simple board, and the other is used to install the compensation given by the owner's house. In the sound of the fishing drum, it seemed like a trace of bitterness.

My childhood was in the 1960s. At that time, the countryside was relatively backward. It is more common for artists to live on the streets to knock on fishing drums. Therefore, in my childhood impression, this skill seems to hang "begging". Tag of. Nonetheless, the fishing drum artist also has stricter rules. For example, the relationship between the teacher, the etiquette of worship is not sloppy at all.

I remember that a lonely old man Liu Da lived in his hometown and old street. He heard that Grandpa said that he just patted the fish drum and fell into the town. When I was a kid, I went through the old street to go to school every day. I often heard the sound of "咚" in his low house. At night, due to the frequent power outage, Liu Da's house was often full of people under the kerosene lamp with glass hoods. Everyone happily listened to Liu Da knocking on the fishing drum rap. I also occasionally listened to grandparents. Most of Liu Da sang is a folklore story such as the legend of the Eight Immortals, Fengshen Bang, and Bao Gong case. Sometimes, a story needs to be sung for many consecutive days, making those neighborhood neighbors crowded with Liu's hut every day. Generally, everyone will consciously give a little money. As for the more of Shao Liu's father, you will not care about it.

Today, a middle -aged husband and wife from the rural areas renting next door are working in a nearby cold storage, and their father often beats fishing drums. Since the death of his wife, the old man was picked up in the city by his son. During the day, he sold newspapers at a small stall on the bus stop on the side of the road. Hitting the fishing drum after dinner is almost the only hobby of the elderly.

"Oh ... 咚 ..." The sound of fishing drums next door rang again. I closed my eyes and listened to the sounding fish drum with a strong rustic atmosphere, accompanied by a low -old singing lyric, felt kind and distant. (Li Shengqing)

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