Hot summer, hot sun. On June 21st, next to the Yangshao Cultural Site of Xishan in Sunzhuang Village, Guying Town, Huiji District, Zhengzhou City, in the north, there was a melodious melody with a long meaning, a leisurely feeling of high mountains and flowing water. Gather together with experts and scholars in the educational field, taste the ancient music of eight-note, and share a cultural feast.

Showcasing the splendid music culture of the Central Plains, helping traditional ancient music play a new voice

On the morning of the same day, Henan's first "Golden Sound and Yuzhen - Music Culture Theme Collection Exhibition" with the theme of the collection and display of traditional Chinese ancient musical instruments was unveiled at the "Xishan · Eight Music Square" in Zhengzhou.

Han Dynasty pottery pagoda, jade bell, tiger pattern jade, Hetian jade Hu people music and dance figurines, crescent-shaped Konghou... From ancient times to the present, different periods, different materials, different styles, different types of traditional Chinese musical instruments, music and art themes are all available. In the exhibition hall, it is a grand view.

Fang Kejie, the president of the Henan Provincial National Orchestra Society and a famous composer, sighed that visiting the "Eight Music Square" exhibition collection, people could not help but sighed at the exquisite craftsmanship of the ancients, the beautiful and unique patterns of the musical instruments, and even couldn't help but imagine that these musical instruments could return to the group. Replay the good news of the ages, and reproduce the magnificent scene thousands of years ago.

The "Xishan·Eight Music Square" collection and exhibition hall was founded by Gong Wei, the former dean of the School of Music of Zhengzhou University. It is understood that Professor Gong Wei is obsessed with the excavation, collection, research and education of traditional Chinese ancient musical instruments, music themes and other works of art. He is committed to taking music as the body and the exhibition hall as the medium to guide more young people to learn, inherit and carry forward. Excellent traditional Chinese culture.

He has accumulated decades of effort to collect traditional Chinese ancient musical instruments of various styles, types and materials of various periods in China's history in one museum, which more completely records and displays the splendid and splendid music culture of the Central Plains. The exhibits in the museum are exquisite, heavy and colorful, and have high historical and cultural value. have extremely important research significance.

The museum is also a unique research base. According to Gong Wei, the rich collection, exquisite performance stage, and lectures by professional performers can provide an important stage for young people who love traditional Chinese music and people from all walks of life to learn and improve their musical and cultural literacy.

Built on the site of Xishan, the earliest city in China in the late Yangshao period

The reason why it is called "Xishan" is because the exhibition hall is located next to the site of Yangshao Cultural City in Xishan, Sunzhuang Village, Guying Town, Huiji District, Zhengzhou City.

The Xishan site is the oldest city site in the Central Plains discovered so far, dating from 5300 to 4800 years ago. It is the earliest ancient city site discovered in China with the most advanced construction technology. Birthplace, the archaeological age is the late Yangshao culture, known as "the first city in China". Its discovery has opened a new and glorious page in the exploration of the origin of the Chinese civilization.

The pavilion named "Xishan · Eight Music Square" has a profound historical background and cultural atmosphere. "Eight-tone" is the earliest classification method of musical instruments in ancient my country. It is an ancient method of classifying musical instruments according to eight kinds of materials. The eight materials are "gold, stone, soil, leather, silk, bamboo, bamboo, and wood".

In this exhibition, following the ancient example, various ancient musical instruments with "eight-tone" are displayed, among which the "jade chimes, chimes, chimes, chi, Lushan porcelain drums, gilded serpents, and jade dancers" are displayed. Exquisite and rare, dizzying and unforgettable.

Capture the banner of "eight-tone ritual music" to protect the relics of traditional Chinese culture

The ancient music civilization of the Central Plains is an important part of the Central Plains culture. The discovery of Jia Hu's bone flute pushed the history of Chinese music to 8,000 years ago; more than 500 years ago, Zhu Zaiyu invented the "twelve equal temperament", which made the musical wisdom of the Central Plains people shared by all countries in the world. The guests said that they were deeply impressed by the exquisite objects created by their ancestors by visiting this "Golden Sound and Yuzhen - Music Culture Theme Collection Exhibition", and further felt the breadth and depth of the ancient music civilization in the Central Plains.

As Zhou Chunyi, director of the Ya Music Research Center of the China Conservatory of Music, said in the preface to the exhibition: "The appearance of this musical instrument exhibition hall means many deep meanings of the times: Professor Gong Wei's exquisite collection and unique vision can make up for China's There is a vacancy in the history of musical instruments; in the current model of foreign bands in college music departments across the country, the concept of launching the Eight Music Band is quite avant-garde; entering his exhibition space suddenly gave birth to 'why these musical instruments do not live in our generation's life. ' question; I hope this exhibition hall can call on everyone to pay attention to Chinese ancient music, and by introducing the ancient musical instruments, pick up the banner of 'eight-tone ritual music', and call on everyone to work hard to restore the elegant and solemn rituals of China for 3,000 years. Music traditional music, let the Chinese people proudly play their own national music."

In his opening speech, the vice president of Zhengzhou University, Han Hanhe said: "Golden Sound and Yuzhen - Music Culture Theme Collection Exhibition" is an important practice of music empowering rural revitalization. It is also Zhengzhou University's response to the call of the central government to protect and inherit the Yellow River culture. A useful exploration of various forms of "bringing cultural relics alive". By exhibiting the material culture of Chinese musical instruments, it is not only conducive to improving the public's understanding of the cultural traditions of ancient music and ancient musical instruments, but also gives inspiration to thinking innovation, better practice the protection and utilization of Chinese traditional cultural relics, and contribute to the prosperity of contemporary cultural undertakings. contribute.

"Jin Sheng Yu Zhen - Music Culture Theme Collection Exhibition" is sponsored by the School of Music of Zhengzhou University, co-organized by Henan Collectors Association, and undertaken by Sunzhuang Village Committee of Guying Town, Huiji District.

Zhang Xiaoyu, deputy director of the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Huiji District, Zhengzhou City, believes that this move means that colleges, associations and villages will cooperate with each other to jointly build a beautiful village, and use the actual cultural content as an introduction to enhance the new life of cultural rural communities. , a new style, to achieve a new pattern of cultural ecology along the Yellow River.