Recently, Deng Yangming, a 9-year-old girl from Qujing, won the gold medal in the top sixteen finals in the competition of "I Love You China - 2022 China Yunnan Hulusibawu Culture and Art Festival". This cultural and art festival attracted more than 1,000 cucurbit flute and bawu contestants from all over the country to participate in the competition.
It is reported that "I Love You China - 2022 China Yunnan Hulusi Bau Culture and Art Festival" is sponsored by the Hulusi and Bau Art Committee of Yunnan National Instrumental Music Research Association. The age of the contestants ranges from 4 to 70 years old. There is a preschool group. , children's group, children's group, juvenile group, youth group, adult group, elderly group and other groups to compete. This event is carried out online and on-site. It is divided into four stages: preliminary competition, semi-finals, finals, and finals. In the end, the first place in each group will enter the finals and become the top sixteen contestants of this art festival.
In this art festival competition, Deng Yangming, a student from Qujing Tianlai Siyun Art School, won the gold medal, the highest award in the top sixteen finals, after many competitions and selections. Deng Yangmingsai has been learning cucurbit flute since he was 3 years old. In March 2019, he participated in the recording of CCTV's "Very 6+1 - Little Little Big Ability" program; Participated in the recording of the "Fenghua Chinese Music" program; in 2019, he won the silver award in the children's group at the China Lianghe International Hulusi Bau Culture and Tourism Art Festival; in August 2021, he participated in the Yunnan Province Hulusi Bau Competition and won the gold award in the professional group.
It is reported that in this art festival competition, 5 people from Qujing Tianlai Silk Rhythm Art School "passed the test" and entered the top 16, becoming the best among more than 1,000 contestants - Deng Yangming won the gold award (a bonus of 10,000 yuan) , Qian Lu won the bronze award (a bonus of 3,000 yuan), and Zhu Yijin, Fu Ruijia, and Lu Aiwei won the top ten awards (a bonus of 1,000 yuan).
Deng Yangming said: "I have always liked this instrument since I came into contact with the cucurbit flute. My parents and I are very happy to win the top prize in this competition. Thanks to my teacher Chen Mei, she was very helpful in the teaching process. With patience and love, every note I played and every movement I performed on stage was meticulously helped and guided by her. I hope to go further in the art of cucurbit flute, like Mr. Chen Mei, Inherit and carry forward Yunnan national culture, and let more people feel the beauty of cucurbit flute music."