It is said that Qin Zifei and Bai Yue saw that it was late, and they found an inn for wine and dinner, but they didn't say anything all night, and after getting up the next day and having breakfast, the two of them went to the street together to play.

The two were walking on the street, and suddenly found that there was a crowd gathering in front of them, Bai Yue rarely saw the scenery of the world, and his heart was particularly playful, and Qin Zifei also went to the crowd to see the excitement, only to see a young woman in her 20s surrounded by the crowd, wearing a pink dress, and was sitting on the ground and crying in a low voice at the moment.

The crowd only heard someone whispering, alas! This little woman is also pitiful enough, since her parents died when she was a child, she came to Yangzhou to join her family, but she did not succeed, and she had no entanglement on her body, and she had been living on the streets here for several days.

Qin Zifei and Bai Yue listened to the discussion in the crowd, not only sympathy in their hearts, Qin Zifei and Bai Yue walked up to the woman and whispered about the girl...... Girl, don't cry, is there anything I can do to help you?

The girl listened to the persuasion of Qin Zifei and Bai Yue, raised her head and saw that there was an elegant scholar in front of her, and next to the scholar was a fairy-like woman, not only admiring a pair of golden boys and jade girls, fairy-like partners.

So he said: "The boy girl and the little woman are polite, I am a person from Qingzhou, the surname is Xianqi, my parents died since I was a child, I originally thought of Yangzhou City to go to my uncle, how could he unfortunately die of illness a few days ago, I am a woman penniless, and homeless, for a while I thought of my life experience like ups and downs and rain to beat Ping, there is no place to return, let the two laugh.

After hearing this, Qin Zifei secretly felt pity, looking at this woman, her skin is like condensed fat, her eyes are bright, her teeth are bright, she is naturally beautiful, and she must be a beautiful lady, so she asked: "Miss Xianqi still has close relatives alive?" Gong Xianqi sighed after hearing this: "There is also a distant aunt in the capital, but the road is far away, and the little woman is alone, "penniless", and it is difficult to vote alone!

Oh...... After hearing this, Qin Zifei said to Gong Xianqi: "Xiaosheng is about to enter Beijing to catch the exam", if you don't give up, you can accompany you all the way, although the entangled things are not rich, but three meals a day are worry-free, I don't know if the fairy Qi girl is willing?

Gong Xianqi was overjoyed after hearing this, and hurriedly bowed deeply to Qin Zifei and Bai Yue, and said: "There is such a young man and a girl, there is no way to repay the great kindness", Miss Xianqi quickly asked, Qin Zifei hurriedly stepped forward to help, and looked at Bai Yue beside him and felt a little reckless...... After returning to the inn and arranging the Gong Xianqi girl, a few people were ready to rest.

It was night, Qin Zifei was reading a book in the room, and suddenly heard the sound of the piano coming from the courtyard, the sound of the piano revealed sadness and helplessness, Qin Zifei listened to the more fascinated he became, put down the scroll in his hand, walked out and came to the courtyard with the sound of the piano, only to see that under the white moonlight, the moon shadow was hazy and the palace Xianqi was playing Xuan.

Good piano, good piano...... This situation and this scene should only be in the sky, Qin Zifei applauded and cheered, Gong Xianqi hurriedly bowed to Qin Zifei and said, "Ah...... Qin Gongzi made you laugh", Xian Qi sighed for a while, and played indiscriminately, which was really an unbearable elegance.

Miss Xianqi politely said that the sound of this piano is elegant, and it is really a good song, oh, Qin Gongzi actually knows music so well! Why don't you stroke the piano for me, how about I give you a dance?

It is rare for a girl to have this Yaxing, Qin Zifei sat in front of the piano case and said: "Today's moonlight is beautiful, and there is a fairy girl dancing, no matter what, wait for me to stroke the qin, then he plays the qin gently and sings in his mouth, the leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost." The so-called Iraqi people are on the water side.

Tracing back to it, the road is obstructive and long. Tracing from it, it is like being in the middle of the water. The leaves are green, and the white dew is not dawning. The so-called Yi people are in the water of the Mae. Tracing back to it, the road is blocked and climbing. Tracing from it, it is like being in the water. The leaves are picked, and the white dew is not over. The so-called Yi people are in the water. Tracing back to it, the road is blocked and right. Tracing from it, it is like being in the water.

The sound of the piano and the singing, high and undulating, Gong Xianqi watched Qin Zifei's every move, and stood for a long time, and then smiled softly, and the long sleeves in his hand danced, dancing, like butterflies flying, a hundred flowers blooming, good singing and dancing!

Half-ringing...... The sound of the piano suddenly changed, but it was the original name of "Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers" (and Weizhi), which was the word of the great poet Yuan Zhi of the Tang Dynasty; that is to say, Bai Juyi's "Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers" was written to sing and Yuan Zhen's "Ni Clothes and Feather Clothes" poem, but this poem of Yuan Zhi has been lost.

One of the most famous court dances of the Tang Dynasty, the Dance of the Neon Dress and Feather Cloak was a combination of poetry, music, and dance. Bai Juyi mentioned the dance and music in many of his poems, and said: "There are countless songs and dances, and I love the dance of the neon clothes and feathers the most"; and the poem "Song of the Ni Clothes and Feather Clothes" is the most detailed description of this dance and music that we can see so far, and it is also a very valuable material for studying the court dance and music of the Tang Dynasty. Let me first introduce "Neon Clothes and Feather Song".

There are many different theories about the origin of the neon clothes and feather songs. (Tang) Zheng Cheng's "Jinyangmen Poetry Notes" said: "Ye Fashan led the Ming Emperor into the Moon Palace, listened to the music, wrote half of the flute, and Yang Jingzhong of Xiliang Mansion entered the "Brahmin Song", the tone is combined, and the rhyme is followed, which is the combination of the two "Ni Clothes and Feather Clothes Song".

Ye Fashan was a very famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, and it is said that he was a master of mystery. In addition, there are similar accounts in the "Miscellaneous Records of the Ming Emperor", Liu Zongyuan's "Longcheng Records" and "Jiyi Ji". Zheng Cheng's account is more consistent with what Bai Juyi wrote in his poem: "There is a master for everything that can be done, and Yang's creation of sound is a score"; during the Kaiyuan period, Yang Jingzhong, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, created the sound of the Tianzhu Buddhist song "Brahmin Song" that was transmitted to Liangzhou through the Western Regions and dedicated it to Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty. After Li Longji won the song, he combined the fairy music he heard, polished it and made the lyrics, and personally created this famous song of Liyuan. In the thirteenth year of Tianbao, he changed the name of the song "Ni Dress and Feather Song". To sum up, "The Song of Neon Clothes and Feathers" should be a divine dance song.

In addition, "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Song" is also a masterpiece in the Tang Dynasty French song. Faqu, also known as Fa Le, was first seen in the book "Fa Xian Biography" (the travels of the monk Fa Xian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was named after the Dharma ceremony used in Buddhism, and Faqu was introduced to China from India during the Sui Dynasty.

According to the "New Tang Dynasty Book of Rites and Music XII", it is recorded: "At the beginning, the Sui Dynasty had a law song, during which it was clear and elegant, and there were twists, cymbals, chimes, bells, flutes, and pipa. ...... Xuanzong not only knows the rhythm of music, but also loves the music of the law, and chooses to sit in the department to teach the three hundred children in the pear garden, and if the sound is wrong, the emperor will feel it and be right. ...... Subsequently, the Hexi Festival made Yang Jingzhong present the "Ni Dress Feather Song" twelve times, all the songs will be final, but the "Ni Dress Feather Song" will be finished, and the sound will be slowed down. ...... In the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, the Hu Department was promoted to the hall.

And Tianbao music, all with the name of the border, such as "Liangzhou", "Yizhou", "Ganzhou" and the like. Later, he cooperated with Hu Bu Xinsheng in Zhao Dao Tune, Fa Qu and Hu Bu Xinsheng. These records are also consistent with the descriptions in Bai Juyi's poems.

The whole song is divided into 36 times (sections), which is composed of three parts: "Scattered Prelude" (6 times), "Middle Preface" (18 times) and "Qu Po" (12 times), integrating song, dance and instrumental performance.

The six times of "Loose Sequence" are preludes, all of which are free rhythm loose boards, played solo or in turns by chime, flute, zheng, flute and other musical instruments, without dancing or singing, that is, the so-called "chime, flute, zheng, flute are mixed with each other, hitting, blowing, playing, blowing and blowing", "the six pieces of loose order are not moved, and the balcony is sleepy and the clouds do not fly". "Middle Prelude", also known as "Song Head" or "Beat Prelude", is a slow lyrical section with several changes from slow to fast in between.

It has singing, dancing, and instrumental accompaniment, which is to sing and dance according to the beat of the music, that is, the so-called "middle order and early beat, autumn bamboo pole cracking spring ice demolition". "Qu Po", also known as "Dancing All Over", is a full song**, mainly dance, only accompanied by musical instruments and no singing, the music is sonorous, and the speed gradually accelerates from the loose board to the slow board and then gradually accelerates to the urgent beat. In the beginning, there is the cause of loose plates, which is called "breaking".

Bai Juyi's poem "Lying and Listening to the Dharma Song (Ni Dress)" says: "After the hazy idle dream is first formed, the tactful and soft voice is broken", which shows that the tune is quite lyrical, but it soon turned into the allegro part of "Twelve times of the complex sound and rapid section, jumping beads to shake the jade and He sonorous".

This part has a transition section from the loose board to the allegro before turning to the allegro, and there are also several changes from fast to faster in the middle. At the end of this song, the rhythm slows down again, and then drags on a note to end, Bai Juyi notes to himself: "All the songs are about to end, all the sound beats to speed up, only the end of the neon dress, a long lead also", it can be seen that due to the requirements of the dance music, the end of the "Ni Dress Feather Song" does not use a very fast "shagon" as the end like other big songs, and the end note drags on very long.

"The Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers" was very popular in the Tang court and occupied an important position in the music and dance of the Tang Dynasty. When performing in the court, Xuanzong personally taught the disciples of Liyuan to play, and the palace maids sang in the form of group dances. This dance was later spread to the people, and it was also used in the form of a single or double dance. Regarding the performance scene of this song, Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhi and others have wonderful descriptions in their poems.

The accompaniment instruments of this song, in addition to the aforementioned chime, flute, zheng, and flute, Bai Juyi also mentioned "Linglong Gong Hou Xie Hao Zheng, Chen Pet Shen Pingsheng." Qing silk crisp pipe slender hand, teach the neon dress into a song", that is to say, also use gonghou, 筚篥, sheng and other musical instruments

In the court performance of the Tang Xuanzong era, the jade chime was used four pipes (frame) and one piece of qin, se, zhu, flute, knee pipe, sheng and taro. It seems that its band formation is relatively close to Qingle's system. This song is transmitted to the people, and it is also played by a single instrument, such as pipa, zheng, flute and other musical instruments, and can also be played by several musical instruments, such as: gonghou, 筚篥, sheng, zheng, etc.

The song and dance of "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes" attaches great importance to the costumes of the performers, "no people's vulgar clothes", the skirt is like a rainbow, the silk curtain on the body is like flying clouds, wearing a gold costume inlaid with a string of pearls, the sound is clear, crisp and pleasant; the hair is combed into a double mustache, the head is decorated with gold-inlaid bead flowers, the dance posture is light and soft, the advance and retreat are erratic, the long sleeves flutter like a weak willow supporting the wind, the skirt is gently swaying like a flowing cloud, and the dance costume decorated with feathers waves with the arms, such as a phoenix spreading its wings.

The Song of the Neon Clothes and Feathers shows that the Tang Dynasty Daqu had a large and varied genre, and its artistic expression, artistic conception creation, and absorption and melting of foreign music all show the brilliant achievements of Tang Dynasty court music and dance.

Let's take a look at the full text of the poem:

【Song of Ni Clothes and Feathers (and Weizhi)】Bai Juyi

I used to be the emperor and served the emperor, and I once accompanied the banquet in Zhaoyang. There are thousands of songs and dances, and I love the neon dress dance the most.

Dance on the cold food spring breeze day, the jade hook is in front of the incense case. The dancer in front of the case, Yan Ruyu, does not wear other people's customary clothes.

The rainbow dress shook the crown step by step, and the day was full of Pei Shanshan. Wan Ting doesn't seem to let Luo Qi go, and Gu Tingle is suspended.

Chime Xiao Zheng and flute are mixed with each other, and the sound of hitting and playing is loud (1). The six pieces of the loose sequence are not moved, and the balcony is lazy and does not fly (2).

In the middle of the prelude, the first time to enter the auction, the autumn bamboo pole cracks the spring ice (3). Drifting back to the snow light, Yanran sent the dragon frightened.

The willow is weak after the small hanging hand, and the cloud is about to be born when the slanted skirt is swaying (4). The moth is slightly overwhelmed, and the wind sleeves are low and affectionate.

Shangyuan dotted the calyx green, and the queen mother waved goodbye to Feiqiong (5). Twelve times of the complex sound and rapid section, the jumping beads shake the jade He Kengzheng (6).

Xiangluan danced but retracted his wings, and the crane song ended with a long voice (7). At that time, it was shocking at first glance, and it was not enough to stare at the truth.

After eight or nine years in the world, I have never heard this song. Huangcheng listens to the mandrill, and Baxia hears the cuckoo crying (8).

In the second year of moving Qiantang, I was in the mood to ask Sizhu. Linglong Gong Hou Xie Hao Zheng, Chen Pet Shen Pingsheng (9).

Clear the crisp tube and slender hands, and teach the neon dress to be a song. In front of the lake, the front and back of the white pavilion should only be pressed three times.

Then he threw away his concubines, and now the stars are scattered. In May this year, he went to Suzhou and urged his head to be white.

Greedy to watch the case, often invade the night, and do not listen to sheng songs until autumn. Autumn has nothing to do and is boring, and suddenly there is nowhere to ask.

Wen Jun has a lot of musicians in the department, and asks if there are any neon dancers. Answer: 100,000 households in seven counties, no one knows that there is a neon dance.

Only send a long song with me, titled as a neon dress and feather cloth. The four pieces of flower paper are blue and red, and the neon clothes are recorded in them.

The thousands of postures are clearly seen, just the same as the Zhaoyang dancers. It seems to be in front of me, and the past and present are the same.

Suspicion is called from the soul dream, as if written in a danqing picture. I love Ni Xiang Jun Hezhi, sent in the form of songs and poems.

You don't see, I sing the clouds: Breaking the song of the neon dress and feather coat (10). I don't see it again, my poem: when the song loves the neon dress (11).

There is always a master for everything, and Yang's creation of sound is a score. Jun said that this dance is rare, and it must be a poor girl in the city.

Wu Demon Xiaoyu flew into smoke, and Yue Yan Xi Shi turned into soil (12). Jiaohua smiled for a long time, and the baby hall was empty.

As you say, you are sincere, and you try to listen to me calmly. If you want the national color to be passed on, but I am afraid that this dance will be abolished in the world.

The advantages and disadvantages of Yanyuan are far apart, and most of them are only lifted by people. Li Juan and Zhang Shijun are not suspicious, and they also intend to follow and teach (13).

Notes: (1) The chime Xiao Zheng flute is mixed with each other, and the striking (yè) plays and blows the sound of 迤逦 (yǐlǐ): When the Tang Dynasty's French music began to be played, the chime (Tang Dynasty refers to the copper bowl), zheng, flute, flute and other golden stones, silk and bamboos sounded one by one, and the same is true of the Ni Shang Feather Clothes Song. "擫" is the same as "擪", which indicates the method of playing with finger pressing.

(2) The six pieces of the loose sequence are not moved, and the balcony is full of clouds and does not fly: The scattered part plays six pieces together, and there is no beat, so the dance has not yet begun.

(3) The middle order is beaten, and the autumn bamboo pole is cracked and the spring ice is dismantled: the music starts to beat from the middle order (also called the beat order), and the dance also begins. "Break" means the fingering of plucking the strings, and the thumb is used to lift the strings. "騞" means crackling. "Breaking the string" is actually to use the thumb to raise the string and quickly cut the tone, so that the instrument will make a sound similar to cracking.

(4) Drifting back to the snow light, Yanran sent the dragon frightened. The willow is weak after the small hanging hand, and the clouds are ready to be born when the slanting skirt is swaying: these four sentences are all to describe the posture when you first started dancing.

(5) Shangyuan dotted the calyx green, and the queen mother waved goodbye to Feiqiong: "Shangyuan" refers to the lady of Shangyuan, the legendary goddess, and her status in the heavenly palace is second only to the queen mother. "Calyx Green" and "Feiqiong" are Calyx Luhua and Xu Feiqiong respectively, both of whom are fairies in the Heavenly Palace.

(6) Twelve times of the complex sound and rapid section, jumping beads to shake the jade He Kengzheng: The third part of the neon dress and feather coat song, "Qu Po", is twelve times, and then the music ends.

(7) Xiangluan dances but retracts its wings, and the crane song ends with a long sound: the general song is a rapid stop, and the rhythm slows down again at the end of the neon dress and feather clothes song, and then ends after a long note, such as a crane in the sky.

(8) Huangcheng listens to the mandrill language, and Baxia only hears the cuckoo crying: "Huangcheng" refers to Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang in Jiangxi), and "Baxia" refers to Zhongzhou (now Zhongxian County, Chongqing). In the fourteenth year of Tang Yuanhe (819 AD), the poet Bai Juyi was promoted from Sima of Jiangzhou to the assassin of Zhongzhou.

(9) Linglong Gong Hou Xie Hao Zheng, Chen Pet (bì) 篥 (lì) Shen Pingsheng: Shang Linglong, Xie Hao, Chen Pet, and Shen Ping are all courtesans in Hangzhou. "Bamboo Basket" is a kind of wind instrument in ancient times, shaped like a trumpet, with reeds as the mouth and bamboo as the pipe, and the sound of blowing is more desolate. It is also known as "筚篥", "sorrowful", and "笳管".

(10) Breaking the song of the neon clothes and feathers: Bai Juyi's poem in "The Song of Long Hatred": "Yuyang came agitatedly and broke the song of the clothes and feathers." ”

(11) When Qu Ai Ni Shang was not filmed: Bai Juyi's poem in "Heavy Title Farewell to the East Building": "After Yan Yiyun bun is newly combed, Qu Ai Ni Shang is not filmed".

(12) Wu Demon Xiaoyu flew into smoke, and Yue Yan Xi Shi turned into soil: After Wu Wangfucha's daughter Xiaoyu died, she turned into a human form to see King Wu, and Xiaoyu's mother wanted to hug her, but she turned into light smoke and flew away.

(13) Li Juan and Zhang Zhijun are not suspicious, and they also plan to follow and teach: Li Juan and Zhang Zheng are both courtesans in Suzhou.

The whole poem is said: I served Emperor Xianzong in the Yuanhe period, and attended a court banquet in the palace. I have seen countless court songs and dances, and my favorite is the neon dress and feather dance. It was the spring of the Cold Food Festival, and they danced in front of the incense table under the jade hook.

The dancing girl in front of the incense case looks like jade, and she is not wearing ordinary clothes in the world. The dancers are dressed in rainbow-like clothes and crowns with beaded steps, and there are many jewels and jade pendants on their bodies, and they dance with a beautiful voice. The dancers' figures are graceful and graceful, as if they are invincible, and they listen to the dance music in a proper manner. Musical instruments such as chime, xiao, zheng, and flute are played one after another, and the sounds of percussion, struggling, playing, blowing, and so on are long and charming.

The music is played six times, and the dancers' costumes are like pieces of clouds on the balcony peak. The music in the middle sequence and into the beat, its sound is like autumn bamboo bursting, like spring ice melting.

The light and rotating dance posture is like the return wind and snow, and the pace of Yanran is like a swimming dragon. When the hand is lowered, it is like a willow silk delicate and weak, and when the dance skirt is obliquely floating, it seems that a white cloud rises.

Dai Mei is looking forward to an indescribable delicate state, and the dancing sleeves are fluttering in the wind with ten thousand styles. It's like Mrs. Shangyuan invited the fairy Calyx Luhua, and it's like the Queen Mother of the West waving her sleeves to bid farewell to the fairy Xu Feiqiong.

The twelve times of the song is rapid and gorgeous, like a beating pearl striking a jade piece sonorously and powerfully. The dance is like a flying Luan phoenix gathering its colorful wings, and the long song of the finale is like a crane in the air.

When I first watched this dance, I was stunned, and I was still not satisfied after watching it. I don't know that it has been eight or nine years since I was demoted to the people, and I have never had the opportunity to watch this song and this dance. In Gangju, you can only hear the night language of mandrills, and in Chungju, you can only hear the cuckoo crying.

Later, when he served as the assassin of Hangzhou, he had the opportunity and mood to relive this skill. Shang Linglong's Gong Hou and Xie Hao's Zheng, Chen Pet's Ji Huo, and Shen Ping's Sheng, these four courtesans who are good at playing orchestral music, have finally practiced the Ni Shang song after my **. On the shore of the lake in front of the Xubai Pavilion, they performed the singing of neon clothes three times before and after. I later left Hangzhou because my term had expired, and I heard that they were now separated.

In May this year, I came to Suzhou as the assassin, and the time was like an arrow urging me to have gray hair. I often work late into the night to review official work, and I have no time to listen to music and stay busy until the late autumn season.

In autumn, there is less business, but the mood is idle, and I think of the neon dress song but I don't know where to ask. I heard that you have a lot of good blowers in Yuezhou, may I ask if anyone knows how to dance in neon clothes and feathers.

You replied that there were 100,000 households in the seven counties of Yuezhou, and none of them knew the music of the neon dress dance, but you sent me a long poem, the title of which was the neon dress and feather cloth book.

The four letterheads are green and red in color, and the poems of neon clothes are recorded in them. It is as if the live performance of the neon dress dance is displayed in it, which is the same as what I saw in the palace back then.

In front of my eyes, I seemed to see the posture and elegant temperament of the dancers of the past, and now and the past, just like the same. It is like meeting in a dream, and it is like appearing in a painting. You also know that I am very passionate about neon dress songs, and I often write them into my poems.

You should still remember that there is a "Song of Shocking Ni Clothes and Feathers" in "Song of Long Hatred", and there is "When the Song Loves Ni Clothes Before Shooting" in the poem "Heavy Title Farewell to the East Building". There has always been a creator for all skills, Yang Jingzhong created a voice according to the law, and the Ming Emperor personally made the score.

You said that it is difficult to find performance talents for this kind of dance, and you must have a beautiful and cute girl. It's a pity that Wu Wangfucha's daughter Xiaoyu has turned into green smoke, and Xi Shi has long since turned to dust. I haven't seen the voice and smile of the peerless beauty for a long time, and the Guanwa Palace and the village have become empty.