In the 6th Hulusi Bawu Music Festival in Yunnan Province, the students from Qujing Tianlai Siyun Art Training School, under the leadership of the teacher Chen Mei from Hulusi Bawu, won 3 gold medals and 5 silver medals in the professional group competition. Award, 4 bronze awards, the art training school was awarded the "Outstanding Contribution Award".

Hard work always pays off

The 6th Hulusi Bawu Music Festival in Yunnan Province consists of 4 groups, which are the professional group of young cucurbits, the professional group of juvenile Bawu, the professional group of adult cucurbit, and the professional group of adult Bawu, all of which are individual performances. The professional group competition finally produced 4 gold awards, 8 silver awards and 12 bronze awards. The contestants of Qujing Tianlai Siyun Art Training School performed outstandingly and won 3 golds, 5 silvers and 4 bronzes.

The Hulusi Bau Music Festival is hosted by the Yunnan Musicians Association Hulusi Bau Society and organized by the Organizing Committee of the 6th Hulusi Bau Music Festival of Yunnan Province. The competition is divided into exhibition groups and professional groups, and the contestants come from all over the country. Competitors who sign up for the professional group must have won at least one gold medal in the previous Hulusi Bau Music Festival performance group competition. Winning the gold medal in the professional group means that he has reached the highest level of the art of Hulusibawu.

Chen Mei, head of Qujing Tianlai Silk Rhythm Art Training School, said: "The Yunnan Hulusibawu Music Festival has been held for six times. We organize students to participate in each competition, and we have won the gold medal in each competition. This time we won the gold medal. The year with the most gold awards. I am very pleased to have achieved such a good result, which shows that the daily efforts and efforts of all teachers in our school are valuable, and our forge ahead is in the right direction. Hard work will always pay off. reward!"

Inheriting Yunnan National Art

In this competition, Qian Lu won the gold medal in the adult Bawu professional group and the silver medal in the adult cucurbit silk professional group. Qian Lu has been studying Hulusiba Wu with Teacher Chen Mei since she was 5.5 years old. She has been studying for 15 years. Now she is a student of Yunnan Normal University, and she is about to start her sophomore year. Qian Lu said: "Learning Hulusiba Wu with Teacher Chen not only learned the technique of playing and how to deal with the details of each piece, but more importantly, it cultivated my perseverance and hard-working qualities, which made me sunny and confident. When she walked into the university campus, Qian Lu actively participated in various activities organized by the school. In the performance of the welcome party, she performed a cucurbit flute solo, and the beautiful and ethereal music impressed the students deeply, and she became the campus's "calabash". Miss Si", many people know her because of this. "I am very happy to have won one gold and one silver in this competition, which makes me more confident to go further on the road of Hulusibawu art!"

It has been nearly 20 years since Chen Mei opened the Hulusibawu Art Training School. In her training school, there are 26 full-time teachers, 4 of which are students she brought out. They have followed Chen Mei to learn Hulusibawu since childhood. Now he has become a coaching teacher. What makes them willing to follow Chen Mei from learning to teaching, and be the inheritors of Hulusibawu?

In this competition, Zhu Yijin, who won the gold medal in the youth Bawu professional group and the silver medal in the youth hulusi professional group, gave the answer. Zhu Yijin is a student at Wanghai Primary School in Zhanyi District, and she is in the sixth grade. Zhu Yijin has developed a strong interest in this national musical instrument since she was in contact with the cucurbit flute in the kindergarten class. The quality of each class is very high. She actively participates in various art activities and competitions of cucurbit flute and becomes more and more confident. "I like Teacher Chen very much. She is very friendly. She always encourages me and helps me, which makes me more and more confident in myself and love the art of Hulusibawu more and more." Because of her dreams and goals, Zhu Yijin She practiced very hard. During the summer vacation, she practiced cucurbita for no less than 6 hours a day. Zhu Yijin's mother said that through learning cucurbit flute, the child not only learned the skill of playing, but more importantly, exercised the will quality. When encountering difficulties, she never backed down or gave up easily, and always found a way to persevere.

This is inheritance. As Chen Mei said: "Hulusi bawu is Yunnan's national business card musical instrument. As a literary and artistic worker in Yunnan, I have the responsibility to pass it on. I have the confidence and determination to carry forward the culture of cucurbit silk, and I will insist on doing it in my life. thing."

Cultivate national self-confidence and cultural self-confidence

Zhang Weicong from Tongquan No. 2 Primary School in Malong District won the silver prize in the professional group of cucurbita for young people and the silver prize in the professional group for young Bawu in this competition. Her mother said happily: "Thank you to Chen for such a good result. Ms. Mei's dedication, in the two weeks before the competition, she gave the children one-on-one guidance every day, from techniques to expressions to body movements, every detail was handled patiently bit by bit. Our parents don't know anything about music. Mr. Chen. The child has been learning Hulusi for 5 years, passed the 10th grade, and won two silver awards in the professional group this time. Our parents are really pleased and proud.”

Chen Mei said: "I hope that children can learn to love and bear hardships and stand hard work through cucurbit silk, cultivate their sense of responsibility, and cultivate their national self-confidence and cultural self-confidence."

Affected by the epidemic, the preliminary round of this music festival competition was judged by uploading videos. Many contestants recorded videos in classrooms and at home, but Chen Mei did not. In order to let the children take the competition seriously, Chen Mei rented an auditorium at Qingyuan School in Zhanyi District. She asked the children to perform in costumes and make-up, turning the recorded video into a concert. The children performed attentively on the stage and felt a strong sense of ritual. Some parents didn't understand before, why is it so time-consuming and laborious for a small preliminary contest? After the concert, the parents understood—Mr. Chen Mei worked very hard. This is a high-level concert. The ten contestants who participated in the professional group competition brought the highest-level Hulusibawu performance in the country. Impressed and shocked by the high-level performance, they all expressed that they have gained a lot.

Chen Mei said that the roots of cucurbita cucurbita are in Yunnan, and since this national art is to be passed down and passed on well, it is necessary to start from each detail and do a good job in every aspect. Set a benchmark to make the development of cucurbita bawu art specialized and standardized, and become a fine art in Yunnan. I will always work hard in this direction.”

Not long ago, Chen Mei and outstanding students recorded a set of Hulusi Bau performance album titled "Zhuyuan Shen Yun", "This album is a promise I made to my students, I promise my children that as long as they play in Hulusi Bau They won gold, silver and bronze awards in the professional group of the National Invitational Competition. I released a set of albums for them. The children did it, and I also fulfilled my promise to them. This album is not only about the friendship between teachers and students, it is very important The goal is to give children cultural confidence in the art of cucurbita."

Fu Ruijia from Qujing No. 1 Primary School won the silver award in the professional group of cucurbit flute for young people and the bronze award in the professional group of Bawu for young people in this competition. Her mother said: "We used to think that cucurbit flute was a niche musical instrument, but we never thought about it. Let the children learn, but the children like it as soon as they come into contact with them. After years of in-depth understanding, we deeply feel the artistic charm of Hulusiba Wu. We used to think that only the piano and violin were in the middle of the spring, and they were on the table. Now I think that , our Yunnan local musical instrument, the cucurbit bawu, is a national art worthy of children to learn, inherit and carry forward. As Yunnan people, we must have such national and cultural self-confidence!”

It is not easy for students to achieve such excellent results. This is the result of teachers' high standards and rigorous teaching, and the result of the joint efforts of parents and children. Chen Mei said sincerely: "I wish the 'calabash babies' will not forget their original aspirations and perseverance on the way to growth. Forward!"