Chapter 22: Blasphemy? Is it innovation?
An online forum.
"I was also a little excited to see it, and I used to think about reading a few poems I wrote in front of Li Bai Dufu."
"Aren't you afraid that it will be the class that will get the axe and provoke Li Bai Dufu to scold you?"
"You don't understand, I'll be excited to meet these poetry superstars, let alone let them scold me, if I can really scold me, maybe I'll be even more excited! Hey. ”
"Ah......h
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A convenience store in Jinghai City.
The shopkeeper with some thinning hair watched the show "Dialogue Ancient and Modern" while knocking melon seeds.
When he saw Dean Zhao Zhen playing the guqin to Cai Wenji, tears continued to drip from his face.
It turned out that the boss studied guqin when he was young, and later for the sake of his family, he gave up the guqin and started a business.
The guqin music that I used to love has been replaced by a short video hit.
The hand that used to play the guqin can now only play the soot.
What used to be lush hair, now it has become endangered.
The ideal is contrary to the reality, but the love in my heart has not changed for a moment.
The boss wiped his tears with the back of his hand and called home.
"Hey, wife, there is a guqin on the cabinet in my room, please take it down, and when I go back at night, I will play the piano for you."
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A guqin class.
"It's wrong again! How many times have I said this? Keep practicing! In your state, how can you pass the art exam? ”
A gray-haired teacher is constantly reprimanding a young girl.
"If you can't pass, you can't pass! I don't play this broken piano anymore! In today's society, you can't make much money playing this! I might as well go learn a craft sooner! ”
"You ......"
With that, the girl rushed out of the classroom and walked outside without looking back.
Sitting in the mall, the girl watched the live broadcast of the "Dialogue between Ancient and Modern" program on the screen, full of thoughts.
"After more than ten years of hard work, do I really want to give up?"
The girl clenched her fists tightly, gritted her teeth and lowered her head, tears flowed out of her eyes.
"Let's go back."
"Teacher?"
The girl raised her head, and the white-haired teacher hurriedly handed her the milk tea in his hand.
"It's me who is wrong, it's the teacher who is too anxious......"
"I'm sorry teacher, I shouldn't have been angry with you......"
"Let's go back."
"Hmm!"
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"Senior Cai, although the traditional guqin art has become an intangible cultural heritage, the guqin is a musical instrument that radiates a different vitality in the hands of young people in the new era."
After that, Su Qingyue waved her hand gently, the scene of the giant screen changed, and an antique theater was presented in front of the audience, and a young man in a horse coat was sitting on the stage, with a guqin in his hand.
Behind him was a whole orchestra, guitar, bass, drums...... The whole nine yards.
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"It's ...... Prince Gong's Mansion Grand Theater! Good guys, there are no friends on the spot! ”
"I'm on the spot! I'm on the spot! Mom, I'm on TV! ”
"No, Miss Su Qingyue also arranged a camera here? Why can't I find it? ”
"I heard that this little brother is going to use the guqin to play anime songs today, I wonder if Cai Wenji will want to hit someone after hearing it?"
"Bold! How dare you play this kind of music with a noble guqin! How bold! ”
"Go, go, go! The ancients were much more open-minded than modern people, how can intangible cultural heritage adapt to the development of the times without innovation? ”
"That is, the guqin is just a musical instrument, what is noble or not? If you want me to say that an important reason why the guqin is not popular, it is not grounded! ”
"Down-to-earth, it has to be suona, blowing from red to white!"
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An online forum.
Question: Can the guqin be used to play pop songs, is this a kind of desecration of traditional culture?
The years come late in autumn: thank you for the invitation. I don't think so, the guqin, like the guitar, is a plucked instrument, which can play famous songs, and of course, it can also play some popular songs.
Ancient Relic: Thank you. This is definitely a desecration of Chinese art! Unforgivable! The guqin is a noble musical instrument, and this kind of music must not be played!
The Wind Blows the Snow: Playing Pop Music on the Guqin? Don't tell me, I'd love to hear about it.
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"Bell...... Clang...... Clang! ”
The bell rang three times on the stage, and the young man in the horse coat put his hand on the guqin and played it quickly.
The strong rhythm mixed with the drum beat and some electronic music also hit the hearts of the audience at once.
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"It's so burning! I can't imagine that the guqin can be so burning! I used to think that the guqin could only play that kind of slow lullaby. ”
"Don't you think that's cool? As someone who loves music, I think it's so cool and in line with my vision of the future of music. ”
"Wow! The timbre of this guqin is really good! Listen so well! ”
"Nondescript! What a system! This is destroying Chinese art! ”
"This is not a Chinese guqin, this is obviously our Goryeo guqin!!"
"Oh no, the Koreans are here again!"
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At the end of the song, the applause was thunderous.
"Senior Cai, what do you think?"
"It's fun, it's very interesting, I can't imagine that the guqin can be played like this, it's good!"
Cai Wenji clapped her hands excitedly.
"Don't my predecessors think this is a blasphemy against Chinese art?"
"Blasphemy? Why do you think so, music can be innovative, isn't that a kind of progress? Besides, what about the guqin music that I still used to compose with Hu Ji back then? Is this also blasphemy? ”
As soon as these words came out, the barrage in the live broadcast room was launched wildly again.
"That's right! Intangible cultural heritage must get rid of the mindset of the past, and must not become a rescue protection and exhibition-style dissemination again! There has to be something innovative. ”
"That's right, the most important thing in guqin inheritance is to make young people interested, and it is understandable to add some popular elements!"
"Ridiculous! I must report the show "Dialogue Ancient and Modern"! ”
"What cultural innovation? I think this is a denial of traditional Chinese culture! This is deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors! This is to subvert our Chinese civilization! ”
"The trend of the times is mighty, if you don't innovate, then wait to enter the museum, hum!"
"Haha, in the Tang Dynasty, the word "poetry for scholars" has always been looked down upon, but in the Song Dynasty, it was sought after. The times are advancing, and so are the thoughts, friend. ”
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"Senior Cai! Is there anything else you would like to say to future generations? ”
Cai Wenji was silent for a long time and said, "Don't forget the guqin. ”
Subsequently, Cai Wenji handed the guqin in her hand to Su Qingyue.
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"Wow, this guqin looks quite valuable, it shouldn't be a prop, right?"
"It's just a show, and I guess I'll be back soon."
"Yes, this show seems to be really bloody, this guqin is not a bargain at first glance!"
"What's more, the war scene of the Battle of Chibi is comparable to movie special effects!"