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Top Ten Ancient Songs in China

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According to legend, it was written by Liu of Jin State or Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Yangchun" means that everything knows spring, and the wind is refreshing. "Snow White" means awe-inspiring spirit and the beauty of snow bamboo. Pipa solo, also known as "Chun Xue", is an excellent ancient pipa song which is widely circulated. With fresh and smooth melody and lively and brisk rhythm, it vividly shows the scene of early spring when winter goes and spring comes, the earth recovers, everything is thriving and full of vitality.

High mountains and Running water

It is said that Boya, a pianist in the pre-Qin period, once played the piano on a barren land, but Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter, can understand that this is a description of "ambition in the mountains" and "running water with ambition". Boya was surprised and said, "Well, my son's heart is with me." After the death of the hippo chef, Boya lost her bosom friend, her piano broke and she didn't exercise for life, so there was a song of mountains and flowing water.

Guangling powder

It is said that the father of the Warring States period was Zhu.

Sword was killed for delaying the date. Nie Zheng is determined to be a father.

Revenge, entered the mountains to learn piano for ten years, became a stunt, and became famous in Korea. Korean king called him to the palace to play, and Nie Zheng finally realized his long-cherished wish to assassinate korean king. He died disfigured. According to this story, later generations composed it into piano music, which was impassioned and magnificent, and was one of the famous guqin music. Ji Kang was killed during the Han and Wei Dynasties for opposing Sima's dictatorship. Before his execution, he calmly played this piece of music, and the existing piano score was first seen in The Secret Score of Magic.

The Cao Qin written by Cai Yong in the Eastern Han Dynasty tells a historical story related to the Song Dynasty: Nie Zheng was a Korean in the Warring States Period, and his father was killed by the Korean king for casting a sword. Nie Zheng failed to avenge his father's assassination, but he was disfigured and went to the mountains to learn the piano 10 for many years. When I returned to Korea with my stunt, I didn't know anyone. So, while looking for an opportunity to enter the palace to play the piano for the South Korean king, he drew a dagger from the belly of the piano and stabbed the South Korean king to death. Of course, he himself died heroically. Modern pianists admit that this song originated from the HeJian Zaqu in the series.

Ambush on all sides

The music describes the last battle of the Chu-Han War in 202 BC. Xiang Yu killed himself in Wujiang River, and Liu Bang won.

House of flying daggers: Wu Qu, a famous pipa tradition. It depicts the scene of the battle between Chu and Han, which is very story-telling.

Yuqiao question and answer

The fisherman's question and answer is a famous guqin music that has been circulated for hundreds of years, reflecting a hermit's longing for the life of fishing firewood and hoping to get rid of the fetters of secular affairs.

Yuqiao Q&A: Guqin music, the music score was first seen in "Continued Music in the Taiyin Village of Xingzhuang" (1560 written by Xiao Luan in Ming Dynasty): "The ancient and modern prosperity is like a palm, and the mountains and green waters are solid. After a thousand years of gains and losses, this is just a word. "This song reflects a hermit's longing for the life of fishing firewood, hoping to get rid of the fetters of secular affairs. The music is vivid and accurate.

Sunset flute and drum

This is a lyrical and freehand music. Around 1925, Shanghai Datong Music Club adapted the silk and bamboo music "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" according to the classics.

Sunset flute and drum are also called Xunyang Pipa and Xunyang jathyapple. It is one of the representative works of Pipa Wen Qu. This song was circulated in Jiangnan area in the18th century at the latest. "Sunset Flute and Drum" is a lyrical and freehand Wen Qu. The music was originally divided into 10 segments.

Three-section plum blossom

The overtone tune in the song is repeated three times in different emblem positions, so it is called "agriculture, countryside and farmers". According to legend, he wrote the flute "Three Lane of Plum Blossoms", which was later changed to a piano piece. Music praises the tenacious character of plum blossom in the wind without fear of frost and snow with noble sentiments.

Hujiashibai

Hu Jian's Eighteen Beats was originally a piano piece, which is said to have been composed by Cai Wenji. This is a vocal suite composed of 65,438+08 songs, accompanied by the piano, which shows Wenxi's homesickness, sadness and lofty resentment. At present, Qin Le is the most popular one. The whole song of this song is inseparable from the word "sadness", which has been adapted into a wind solo. When playing a wind instrument, the sad voice penetrates people's hearts, the high one is sad, and the low one is deep and sad.

Cai Wenji's Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia was praised by Guo Moruo as "the most enjoyable lyric poem since Qu Yuan's Lisao".

Pingsha geese

There are different solutions to the meaning of "Pingsha Wild Goose" and various musical scores. The song "Authentic Ancient Sound" said: "Take autumn as an example. Autumn is crisp, calm, sandy and calm, with clouds in Cheng Wanli and sky flying. Write Yi Shi's heart from the perspective of Honghu Lake. ..... the perfect rhythm of three ups and downs. The first play is like the guest of the swan goose. The sky is very ethereal, and the geese are in harmony, hidden and obvious, if they come. It wants to fall, look around and hover in the air; Will also fall. The sound of breathing tilted and swept three times around the mainland. It's down. It needs another one. It's just right to fly around and sleep in groups of three or five: mother and son can give in and taste it. " This description of the nature of geese is extremely profound and vivid. The whole song is euphemistic and smooth, meaningful and fresh.

Autumn moon in Han Palace

It is intended to show the bitterness and sadness of the oppressed maids in ancient times and arouse people's sympathy for their unfortunate experiences.

When it comes to the four quintessence of Chinese culture, the content is really different, and there is no unified standard. There are Chinese Peking Opera, China Chinese Painting, China Medicine and China Cooking. Some people say that one is China Wushu.

Wuqinxi is a method to imitate the movements and manners of five animals, such as tigers, deer, bears, apes and birds, which was advocated by Hua Tuo, a medical scientist at the end of Han Dynasty. According to the biography of the Three Kingdoms Hua Tuo, "the human body wants to work, but not to be extreme. Shake it, the valley gas will disappear, the blood will circulate, and the disease will not be born. For example, it is immortal. It is guided by ancient immortals, who care about the bear's neck, hold the waist and move the joints in order to grow old. I have a skill, called wuqinxi. One is called a tiger, the other a deer, the third a bear, the fourth an ape and the fifth a bird. When I was unhappy, I began to play the role of a bird, sweating profusely. Because of being powdered, my body is light and I want to eat it. Generally realized, over 90 years old. Smart ears and strong teeth. " Explain that the human body needs regular exercise, not excessive. Through exercise, the nutrients in the diet can be fully digested and absorbed, and the blood circulation in the meridians can be unblocked. In this way, the disease will not happen, just like the door pivot that has been moving is not easy to rot. This is the main technique used by people who are good at keeping in good health in ancient times. It makes the body lean and move joints by imitating the actions of bears climbing branches and kites looking back, so that the human body is not easy to age. Wuqinxi is an introduction. Regular exercise can prevent diseases and make your legs and feet move easily and neatly. In the history of the later Han Dynasty, there were titles such as Hua Tuo's "Five Birds Play" and "Hua Tuo's Laozi's" Six Devices of Five Birds Play ",but these books were all lost. Only in the Jin Dynasty, Tao Hongjing's "Life Extension Record", Taishang Laojun's health-keeping tactics, and Luo Hongxian's "Longevity Book" in the Ming Dynasty recorded the specific practice methods of Wuqinxi. Although the practices of Wu Qin operas described by various schools are different from those handed down from later generations, their basic spirit and principles are the same. Basic contents and methods (1) Wuqinxi (1) Tiger drama: "Tiger players, their limbs are far from the ground (according to the ground), but they throw three times in the first three times, long waist, side feet, returning to the sky and moving off the line, but they also pass seven times before and after." That is, when the hands and feet touch the ground, the body moves back and forth three times, then pulls the waist and looks up, and moves back and forth seven steps like a tiger walking. (2) Deer show: "Deer show players, limbs off the ground, take back their attention, stretch their feet left and right, stretch three times and shrink two times." That is: land on your hands and feet, look back 2-3 times, then extend your left foot to the right and your right foot to the left 2-3 times. (3) Bear play: "Bear players stand upright, hold their knees with both hands, raise their heads, open the ground on the left, squat on the right, and hold the ground on the left and right." Namely: lie on your back, put your arms around your knees, raise your head, land on the left and right sides for 7 times, then squat down and press your hands on the ground. (4) Ape play: "The ape player climbs things and hangs himself, stretching himself, up and down one or seven, hanging himself with his feet, left and right seven, but his hands stand and his head is seven." That is, climbing an object in the air with both hands, stretching and contracting the body for 7 times, or hooking the object with the lower limbs to make the body hang upside down. Then hook the object and pull it up seven times. (5) Bird play: "Bird players, stand up with both hands, tilt their feet, stretch their arms, raise their eyebrows and exert their strength, 27 times each, sit on the ground and stretch their feet, tiptoe arm in arm and retract their arms." That is, standing on one foot and spreading your arms like a bird. Then sit down, straighten your lower limbs, bend down and touch your toes with your hands, and then bend your arms seven times each. (2) The "Five Birds Play" (1) in Immortal Fairy Scripture is tiger-shaped: "Hold your breath, bow your head, punch, and fight like a tiger. If you lift your daughter with both hands, get up gently, don't deflate, stand up and swallow one breath, so that your spirit will fluctuate and your abdomen will feel thunder, or seven times. This kind of exercise is in the same strain and is disease-free. " Bow your head forward, make a fist with your hands, shake like a tiger, and then slowly raise your hands like lifting a thousand pounds to keep your body straight. (2) Bear shape: "If the bear starts from the side, swing its feet and waist left and right, and then stand still, so that the joints are ringing at both sides, and the waist strength can be moved to reduce swelling, or it can be stopped three or five times. Can relax the ribs, safe. This is the art of nourishing blood. " Walk like a bear, swing your waist and legs, and then stop. (3) Deer shape: "Hold your breath, bow your head and punch, such as a deer turning its head and looking at its tail, standing upright and shrinking its shoulders, standing on tiptoe and vibrating with Tianzhu." Make a fist with your head down, look back, and then jump on tiptoe. (4) Ape shape: "Hold your breath, like an ape climbing a tree. It would be more elegant if one hand, one foot and one heel turned away. If you swallow it, you will feel sweaty. " Like an ape climbing a tree, one hand is held high, one foot is raised, then put down, and the left and right hands alternate. (5) Bird shape: "Hold your breath, like a bird flying, starting from the head, sucking from the tail to the top, bowing your hands like never before, raising your head and leaning back to meet God." Bend down, raise your arms and flap your wings like a bird, then hold your head high and straighten your waist. Self-care can imitate tiger's fierceness, deer's serenity, bear's calmness, ape's dexterity and bird's agility to exercise, enhance physical strength, promote blood circulation, relax muscles and tendons, and be used for rehabilitation of chronic diseases. Generally, you can practice the whole set or 1 ~ 2 paragraphs. Fighting tigers can refresh your mind and strengthen your bones and muscles. Deer play can improve eyesight and hearing, relax tendons and activate joints. Bears can strengthen the waist and knees and relieve the feeling of fullness. Ape play can improve the sensitivity of human body to external reactions, and can also prevent and treat low back pain. Shooting birds can enhance respiratory function and improve human balance. Precautions (1) Wuqinxi has a large amount of exercise, so do what you can, and don't force it. (2) Holding your breath and hanging upside down in ape play should be carried out under the guidance of medical staff. Old and infirm people, people with hypertension, glaucoma and cerebral arteriosclerosis should not practice. Young people and able-bodied people should have protective measures when practicing handstand to avoid injury. (3) This method is not applicable to patients with acute diseases and serious organic diseases. In ancient times, people used the method of imitating animals' demeanor and movements to exercise. For example, "Zhuangzi Deliberately" said: "Breathe, spit out the old and bring forth the new, and the bear stretches out the bird, just for longevity. This guide is also good for people who cultivate themselves. " "Huainanzi's Spiritual Cultivation": "If the husband rests, he spits out the old and absorbs the new, bears the classics, birds stretch, bathe, (apes), owls watch and tigers protect, and he is also a person of self-cultivation. The silk painting "Guide Map" unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha also has several guide posture maps imitating the orientation, birds, cranes, apes, monkeys, dragons, harriers and other animals. The prevalence of Wuqinxi has a far-reaching impact on the development of fitness. For example, Lu Youchang said, "If you laugh at yourself like a lonely crane pecking, how can you guide me to imitate Wuqinxi?" (Spring Festival Evening) "If you don't move, just lie down and study, and you can stretch your bird without blowing off dust." ("Give me a hug"). Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio" Volume 5 also describes: "Health preservation is passed down from generation to generation, sweating like a pig. Who can do it effectively? "However, the difference between Hua Tuo and five birds is true. All practitioners only want blood and gas to circulate in their ears. If they have hiccup syndrome, they will stop in the shape of a tiger, not their experience! "