The place of performance is in a house, this place is called Liyuan, built in the first year of Taiding, repaired in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the buildings such as the theater building that are still preserved are the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the original site is located in Heyang, Shaanxi.

Qi Hanyu walked in with everyone and introduced them to everyone one by one.

The pear garden, the earliest definition is the pear tree garden, Tang Xuanzong, who likes art, often taught the court music workshop in the pear garden of the Taiji Palace, so later generations associated the pear garden with the western area, dance, and instrumental music performance.

The inscription on the stone of the door pier of the crouching beast in front of the gate of the pear orchard is "auspicious day in the first month of the first year of Taiding", and the lion on the gate pier is in the form of crawling and lying, always protecting the peace of the pear orchard.

Zhang He stood at the bottom of the gatehouse, and there was a couplet in his eyes, "The grace of the national history is as good as yesterday, and the family style is still the same as the work of the United States."

"This theater is an ancient theater building, we will rebuild the theater building, and now it is used to perform Western opera here, and the one opposite is the theater building, as the name suggests. Qi Hanyu said slowly.

The theater building is also very high-end, with a tall stone foundation, and the entire stage is painted and decorated, which looks very three-dimensional.

There is also a couplet on both sides of the stage, which reads: "Tour the ancient courtyard to see the three-foot stage of the Qin dialect, taste the fragrant tea, talk about culture, and talk about a pot of dragon wells for a thousand years."

It is much more luxurious than the small theater in Huayin, and Zhang He is not convinced.

Zhang Yuxi and those artists were also surprised when they saw this scene, thinking that they would be able to sing here in the future, and their faces were full of joy.

There was a performance in the afternoon of the same day, and Qi Hanyu originally just mentioned it, but he didn't expect the old artists to ask for a performance in the afternoon to try the feeling.

Qi Hanyu did not refuse, and immediately asked the staff to bring up all the props, the musical instruments are newly made, the benches are also newly made, and they are made one to one according to the original appearance, and there are also shadow puppets used in the performance, which can be used both to sing the old voice and to play shadow puppets.

By the time of the performance, there were already a lot of tourists in the pear orchard, some of them were outsiders who came here on vacation, and a small number of foreigners came here to experience Chinese culture.

There are people in the theater and under the stage.

Qi Hanyu and Zhang He sat upstairs watching the play, in front of an antique small table with a pot of Longjing tea on the table.

"Mr. Zhang, we have temporarily publicized the performance of Huayin Laojiao here, these tourists are here for the first time, and they don't go to other places, so they come to listen to Laojiao. Qi Hanyu said with a smile.

Under the stage, the tourists were talking.

"I didn't expect to hear the old dialect here, I haven't heard of it before. ”

"I originally planned to go to Huashan to listen to it, but since you can listen to it here, I don't have to go to Huashan specifically. ”

"I also bought the old-fashioned CD, and the singing is really good, and it definitely feels better to listen to it live. ”

Everyone looked at the stage curiously, waiting for the old performance.

It didn't take long for the narrator to begin to explain.

"The following is about to be performed is the national intangible cultural heritage Huayin old dialect, the old dialect originated more than 2,000 years ago, is based on the local folk storytelling art based on the development of a kind of opera, the old dialect simple and high-pitched singing voice is like the Kansai Han chanting the great river to go to the east to ......"

Tourists who didn't know the situation also had an understanding of the old dialect after listening to the explanations of the docents.

Backstage, Zhang Yuxi and others adjusted the instruments in their hands, and then slowly stepped onto the stage.

Seeing the appearance of these old artists, the audience was surprised, dressed very plainly, without the slightest fancy.

Zhang Yuxi looked at the audience with a little emotion.

He sat down on the bench in the center and placed the Yueqin in his hand on his lap.

Although he used to play erhu in the team, Yueqin will also, and now he is here, and there is no doubt that he has taken the position of the lead singer.

Other artists also took their seats.

After everyone else was ready, Zhang Yuxi yelled, "Guys, are you ready?"

"All right!" shouted in unison.

"Ready, then let's give you a paragraph!"

"Good!"

A few roars drew the audience in.

Zhang Yuxi plucked his fingers on the strings and sang: "Military Academy!"

"Hey!" shouted in unison, stomping on the ground.

"Bang!"

A sound came from the stage.

The faces of the audience showed surprise, and several foreigners were even more dumbfounded, shouting English words such as "Good".

"Prepare the horses!"

"Hey!"

"Raise your sword and serve!"

"Hey!"

The singing officially began.

When the song was finished, the audience's applause rang out.

Qi Hanyu looked pleased, and the audience liked the old talk, which showed that he did not make a mistake in this step.

However, even if the audience doesn't like the old language, the Guanzhong Folk Art Museum will still bring the old language here without hesitation to protect it and prevent the old language from being cut off.

This is the purpose and significance of the establishment of this museum.

"Director Qi, this team will be handed over to you in the future. Zhang He smiled.

"Mr. Zhang, please rest assured that our museum will definitely take responsibility and spread the old style. Qi Hanyu said.

Zhang He stood up and said, "Curator Qi, don't send it, I'll go back first." ”

"Please. Qi Hanyu and Zhang He walked down from the theater floor together.

Rejected Qi Hanyu's request to continue to send each other, and Zhang He walked out of the pear orchard alone.

On the stage behind him, Zhang Yuxi was singing the tune of "Frost and Snow on June 6th".

"Frost and snow fell on June 6, I was supposed to talk to you more, and it was difficult for chickens and dogs to bark."

As Zhang He moved away, the music in his ears gradually became smaller and smaller, until it finally disappeared.

Back to Huayin, the theater was rearranged.

Zhang Yusheng is the lead singer and takes on a big responsibility, and there will only be such a team in the theater to perform in the future.

Some of the audience came to see other artists perform, and Zhang He came to the stage to explain in person and appease the audience.

The business of the theater is still quite good, and there are also some tourists from other places who come to Huayin to travel, and by the way, they bring here to watch an old talk.

When he went to the Laoqiang Protection Center, Liu Xingwu was elated with a book in his hand.

"What's going on?" Zhang He asked.

"It's worthy of being professional, the textbook has been done, and the printing house has been contacted for printing, but the funds are limited and the number is not much, so I took a sample book to take a look. Liu Xingwu said with a smile.

The cover of the book in his hand is white, and only one line is simply written: "Huayin Old Dialect Textbook Book".

When I opened it, the content inside was reasonable, very detailed, and very professional, and only people who had studied the old dialect could make it.

"I have proposed to the Cultural Affairs Bureau to set up a training course on Huayin Laohua. Liu Xingwu continued.

Zhang He nodded, now that the teaching materials have been completed, it is time to open a training class.

Now there are more and more old-fashioned performances, a team went to the museum, Zhang Delin They not only want to perform in Huashan, but also go to other places to perform, Zhang Yusheng and they perform in the theater.

These teams can no longer be separated.

There is an extreme shortage of old-fashioned artists, and more importantly, young people are needed to learn the old-fashioned, and if young people don't learn, these old people can't support them for many years.

"You see, this is a tentative admissions advertisement. Liu Xingwu took out an A4 piece of paper.

Zhang He took it and took a look, what was written on it was relatively simple, introducing the old Huayin dialect and the significance of opening training classes, introducing the course content and teachers, the duration of study is one year, and the tuition is free.

The age requirement is between fifteen and fifty-five years old, male or female.

The conditions are good moral character, loud voice, junior high school education or above.

The registration location is at the Huayin Municipal Bureau of Culture.

"You want it for free?" Zhang He said in surprise.

Liu Xingwu shook his head and said: "I inspected the teaching of quyi in other regions, and found that it must be free, no one will learn it if it is not free, only free can attract people to come and learn, this is no way, now the center has sufficient funds, and some funds have been allocated above, so hurry up while you have money, otherwise you won't be able to do it." ”

"Lin Xiong, you revise it again, you revise it again in the red circle I circled above, show me a look at it after the revision, the focus should be on free tuition, and if it is corrected, it will be sent to the TV station and let it be broadcast a few more times. Liu Xingwu commanded.

Lin Xiong took the enrollment advertisement and went back to his desk to revise it.

The dignified national intangible cultural heritage, it is necessary to pay free tuition before someone can learn it, this is not an old fashion, many places in the country are like this, there is no way.

The advertisement is for national enrollment, but there is no funding to advertise nationwide, so it can only be placed on Huayin TV, at most it can be broadcast on Weinan TV, which is very brief.

"From today onwards, the Old Cavity Protection Center will be careful and save all the money to invest in training classes, no matter how many students there are, we will provide their musical instruments, teaching materials, and a meal at noon. Liu Xingwu arranged.

The money was spent.

Not only the musical instruments and teaching materials, but also the salaries of the old artists, the artists cannot be allowed to teach in vain, the instruments have to be replaced if they are broken, and they have to buy new ones, which is all money.

Several of the newly built buildings of the Old Cavity Conservation Center are already in use next door and can be used as classrooms.

As soon as the accounts are settled, the money of the old cavity protection center is less than half, and it is still decreasing, but this step will have to be taken sooner or later.

But fortunately, after the enrollment advertisement was put out, people called every day to inquire about the situation, Liu Xingwu and Lin Xiong were busy, and Zhang He also joined in to help.

On the phone, many people are very curious about the old dialect, everyone used to listen to the old dialect, but I didn't expect to learn the old dialect, which is taught by professional artists.

What's more, the tuition fee is free of charge, which dispels many people's doubts.

Let Lin Xiong and Wu Xiaoqian sit in the old cavity protection center, Liu Xingwu came to the Municipal Bureau of Culture to prepare for the registration work.

There are not many things to sign up, and two original and photocopies of the ID card are enough.

On the first day of registration, a large group of people came to the Cultural Affairs Bureau.

"Hello, I'm here to sign up. A man timidly pushed open the door and walked in, thinking, asking.