Xifeng District has a long history and culture, and it is the birthplace of Chinese farming culture. As the responsible protection unit of the intangible cultural heritage of Xifeng District, the Xifeng District Cultural Center, in accordance with the unified deployment of the superior cultural department, has carried out in-depth investigation and excavation of the intangible document heritage projects with deep roots and unique styles in our district. ,provincial, city, county (district) level intangible cultural heritage project list of 50 items. Among them, there are 2 national-level items, "Qingyang Suona Art" and "Cave Cave Construction Skills".

Qingyang Suona Art

Qingyang Suona, also known as "Longdong Suona", is a folk wind and percussion music mainly played by suona, also known as drum music. Through the continuous inheritance and processing of generations of artists, it is famous for its numerous pieces of music, a huge performance team, a wide range of folk customs applications, unique performance skills and strong local characteristics. It is popular in many counties and districts in Qingyang City. With a history of more than 400 years, according to the records in "Qingyang Fuzhi", advocating music was part of the wedding and funeral customs and rituals in the Ming Dynasty. In the "Ye Huo Pian" written by Shen Defu of the Ming Dynasty, it was said that "Parasitic Grass", "Pink Lotus", "Silver Twisted Silk" and other tunes played in the Jia and Long years also have the same name in Qingyang suona.

There are two types of orchestration in Qingyang suona performances: "large pieces" and "small pieces". Among them, the "big piece" combination instrument is led by a bB alto suona with two tubes with f', accompanied by a drum side, a cymbal and a Beijing cymbal, and a fishing gong and a small gong. "Small pieces" are also called "Xi Le", and the combined instruments are equipped with a D-tuned suona with a tube tone of a2, accompanied by banhu, erhu, Yangqin, flute, sanxian, and sometimes a homemade earthen pipe. , percussion with dry drums and violent drums, one pair of teeth, one clapper, and one gong, etc.

Qingyang Suona music brand is rich in content, simple in meaning, self-contained, and unique in style. There are upper and lower overlapping, one-part, two-part and various free forms in the qupai, among which the commonly known "hat" is the introduction, "body" is the theme melody, "stop" is the ending, "ping blow" and "hanging sound" The texture characteristics of the two voices and the frequent appearance of the "counterpart" melody, as well as the tempo rule of playing in the middle, slow, medium and fast, in addition to conforming to the structural principles of traditional Chinese folk instrumental music, it also has unique characteristics. procedural features. There are more than 1,200 pieces collected and recorded by the census, and 496 pieces have been selected and compiled into the "Compilation of Folk Instrumental Music in Qingyang Area". Such as "The Rabbit in the Ground", "Opening the Door", "Carrying the Water", "Gong Diao", "Holding the Spirit", "Goose Falling on the Beach", "Yang Oat", "Autumn Life", "Pink Lotus" and other commonly used songs. In terms of customary applications, it can be divided into general music cards, red things music cards, and white things special music cards.

In the long river of historical and cultural development, Qingyang suona art has developed into a Qingyang "music dialect system" with a strong local flavor, which has been deeply cast in the cultural life of Qingyang people and has become the rhythm and rhythm of Qingyang people's spirit. , which accompanies one's life.

Suona class club performs in folk activities