"We will promote cultural confidence and self-improvement, and create new brilliance in socialist culture." Culture is the endless source of strength for urban development, bearing the city's spiritual character and ideal pursuit. As an important part of China's excellent traditional culture, intangible cultural heritage has gone through a long history, and today it is in line with modern life, radiating new vitality and vitality.

How to "keep integrity and innovate" to make intangible cultural heritage more attractive?

"Bury a seed in the students' hearts" -- When Jiangnan Silk Bamboo entered the campus, traditional music "came alive"

At Tieling Middle School, a zither plucking sound flew out of the window. Recently, the Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo Folk Orchestra resumed its recruitment, attracting many children to register. They sat in three rows behind the rehearsal room, silently reading music scores, feeling the musical instruments in their arms and the cultural heritage behind them.

The instructor Ruan Hong sat in front of the stage and asked each student to come up and perform a short segment to see their level. As a inheritor of intangible cultural heritage at the municipal level in Shanghai and an associate professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Ruan Hong has become accustomed to spending time with children every week. "I hope that the children who join the folk band can have a certain musical foundation, at least not a blank sheet of paper, otherwise they will not be able to keep up with the progress after coming in. Therefore, it is necessary to check before entering."

In the teaching process, Ruan Hong will integrate the tradition and expression of Jiangnan silk and bamboo into the classroom for children to enhance the interest and deepen their understanding of this music form through the explanation of theoretical knowledge. At present, with the entry of Jiangnan Silk Bamboo into the city, its entertainment is increasing and its functionality is relatively weakening. Some innovative works are more in line with the lifestyle and listening preferences of contemporary people. Ruan Hong often brings these new works into the classroom to stimulate students' interest in learning.

Jiangnan silk and bamboo music is a general term for silk and bamboo music popular in southern Jiangsu, western Zhejiang and Shanghai. "Silk" refers to string music and plucked music, while "bamboo" refers to wind music. When playing, the band mainly uses erhu, yangqin, pipa, sanxian, qin qin, flute, xiao and other silk and bamboo instruments. In 2007, Jiangnan Silk Bamboo was successfully declared as a municipal intangible cultural heritage project.

The story of bamboo in Jiangnan can be traced back to the Jialong period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, opera musicians led by Wei Liangfu created Kunqu Shuimo Tune at the South Wharf of Taicang, which was then played by an established silk and bamboo band with a staff ruler. Afterwards, the Silk and Bamboo Music was basically played by Kunqu Opera troupes and famous drummers. In the long-term development process, a full-time performance troupe was gradually formed. Until the end of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, the new music type "string rope" was formed in Wuzhong and became the predecessor of Jiangnan silk and bamboo music.

In the 1920s, Wang Xunzhi, a famous silk and bamboo artist, founded the Hangzhou National Music Club, an early Jiangnan silk and bamboo organization in Hangzhou, at the "Lingshe Club" at the east foot of Gushan Mountain, West Lake, Hangzhou. Its repertoire soon spread to Shanghai and other places. Later, Wang Xunzhi and his predecessor Cheng Wujia established the "Huaguang Music Club" in Shanghai, which opened a good situation for the exchanges between the silk and bamboo circles in Shanghai and Hangzhou.

The origin of Jiangnan Silk Bamboo and Yangpu lies in the "East Shanghai National Music Research Association", which was active in the Yinxianggang area of Yangpu District in the 1930s, and has a history of nearly 100 years. It was a folk music team composed of more than ten people, including Zhou Hui. They tied butterflies, pagodas, double dragons, colorful phoenixes, flower baskets and other colorful heads on the erhu, sanxian, sheng, flute, pipa and other musical instruments they used. They played while walking on the country roads and urban streets, which is the embryonic form of "walking street". People lined the way to greet each other, making a joyful scene. It is said that this form of performance is called "voiceless guest acting".

Later, the "Yinxi Women's National Orchestra" led by Zhu Lingdi was established in Yinxi area of Yangpu District. They practiced once a week and were often invited to participate in some local festivals and temple fairs. Shihuibang, Songpan Road, established the "Singing National Music Club" under the guidance of Zhou Hui, and the "Fengming National Music Club" in the charge of Yang Xingen was established at Yang's residence. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the "East Shanghai Orchestra" was established in Chen Jiatou, Jiangpu Road. Today, this tradition continues. In Siping Road Street, Yangpu District, there is an old silk and bamboo national band that is regularly active.

The techniques of silk and bamboo in Jiangnan are rich and colorful, emphasizing "you are complicated and I am simple, you are high and I am low, add flowers and variations, block the way, and improvise"; The repertoire is rich, including traditional famous songs such as "Zhonghua Liuban", "Sanliu", "Xingjie", "Sihe", and "Yunqing". Therefore, it has also become an outstanding representative of the music culture of Jiangnan Watertown.

"What I hope most is to plant a seed in the hearts of students to promote the spread and inheritance of Jiangnan silk and bamboo, a traditional folk music." In addition to music, Ruan Hong also pays attention to the cultivation of children's personality. "What I want to teach them is not only fingering and skills, but also a lot of humanistic things. For example, their team cooperation ability. The most important thing in the orchestra rehearsal is to take the overall situation into consideration. You are not the only one who can play well, and you are not allowed to ask for leave. The team is the first."

Under the leadership of Ruan Hong, the Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo Folk Orchestra of Tieling Middle School won the third prize in the Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo Exhibition in the Yangtze River Delta when it was just one year old. Today, their regular team is between 30 and 40 people, most of whom are students in the preparatory class and the first grade of junior high school. In the future, the team is expected to continue to expand and let the elegant charm of silk and bamboo burst into vitality in the hands of children.

In fact, Siping Road Street, where Tieling Middle School is located, is exploring the transmission and inheritance of Jiangnan silk bamboo for a long time. In addition to Tieling Middle School, the Dahushan Road No.1 Primary School and Yangpu High School in the area under its jurisdiction were also set as the heritage points of Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo Campus as early as 2015. In addition to the classroom, in 2019, the street also held the Shanghai "Siping Cup" Jiangnan Silk Bamboo Invitation Performance for primary and secondary school students, and invited Ruan Hong to hold a lecture on appreciation of the intangible cultural heritage of Jiangnan Silk Bamboo in the cultural and natural heritage day activities in 2020. Nowadays, with its artistic style of "small, thin, light and elegant", Jiangnan Silk Bamboo is increasingly popular.

"Do one thing well with all one's heart" - good taste, "never fail" for more than 60 years

When the lid of the pan was lifted, it was zipping and banging, and two pairs of fried buns fell on the stainless steel plate. The aroma came to my face... At 10:30 in the morning, the Yixinzhai Halal Hotel on Pingliang Road became lively before the meal was served. This old hotel, which has been open for more than 60 years, is very familiar to the surrounding residents. The most classic dishes can be reported by the familiar guests with their eyes closed: beef fried buns, beef potstickers, three yellow chickens, soy sauce beef... Among them, beef fried buns are the most famous, and the order window is often a long queue.

"It is not only delicious, but also clean and sanitary." Ms. Hu, a resident, said, "I have trusted their family for a long time. If I can't think of anything to eat, it's absolutely right to come to the heart room."

Ma Wanglin, the person in charge of the hotel, is a representative inheritor of Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Muslim dish making skill project. He is nearly 80 years old. Every morning, he personally goes to the store to mix the meat stuffing and sauce, and completes the routine inspection.

There will be no big difference in taste every day when you eat in one mind studio, that is to say, there is almost no time for chefs to "miss". This is because each Muslim dish has its own recipe, and there are rules and regulations on what spices to add and how many minces to add. Take the beef fried bun as an example. There is a way to do it, and there is also historical precipitation. From the dough to the meat filling, the selection of materials and quantity are fixed - beef is only used with the selected calf hind leg meat, without gluten or skin. When making, the dough is one two two, and the meat filling is one two four, which adds up to two two six. A skilled pastry chef is a "human meat weighing machine". You can feel it immediately when you weigh it with your hand.

Ma Wanglin's skills can be traced back to his grandfather Ma Shisheng. In 1913, Mr. Ma opened a "Maji" Halal food stall in Caoxian County, Shandong Province, where beef fried buns, curry beef soup, and soy sauce beef were included in the menu, feeding hungry diners one after another. This is also the embryonic form of several famous dishes in One Heart Studio in the future.

As the kung fu is getting more sophisticated, the fame of the stall is growing. The Ma family moved to Huangxing Road, Yangpu District to take root in the late 1940s. In the 1990s, Ma Wanglin came to Yixinzhai to work and personally participated in the customization of recipes. He taught novices and made the whole store bigger and bigger. The dishes have evolved from only dim sum to over 200 varieties of cold and hot dishes.

The recipe of Yixinzhai is updated with the change of seasons, which is also a "custom". For example, from April every year, we will sell all kinds of cold noodles, shaved ice and mung bean soup here; Every winter, semi-finished New Year dinners will be served here for the convenience of residents.

With the changing trend of the times, Yixinzhai is also researching and innovating. Two years ago, this time-honored catering enterprise started the takeout business. Ma Wanglin set up a small table beside the cash register to place takeout meals. The table is full every time a meal is served. Recently, chefs have also studied kebabs. In autumn and winter, everyone can come here with some delicious kebabs. It is precisely this persistence and innovation that has enabled Yixinzhai to open for more than 60 years and its business has become more prosperous.

At present, Ma Wanglin has passed on his craftsmanship to his son, hoping that one day his son can continue to pass on the taste and culture of one mind study. "One Heart Studio, as its name implies, is to do a good job with all one's heart."

"Strive for Excellence Forever" -- Let young people get in close contact with intangible cultural heritage at their home

Add salt, honey and pigment into flour and glutinous rice flour, and steam the raw materials in a steamer for 1 hour; In order to prevent the dough from drying, the production process needs to be completed at one go, and the hands cannot shake. If there is a little difference, all previous efforts will be wasted... The dough sculpture, which was recorded in Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago, is called "living fossil" of traditional folk art. "An expression is a story, and a face sculpture is a spring and autumn festival." Nowadays, dough sculpture art, as an intangible cultural heritage, has been attached great importance. It has gradually entered the art palace and also entered the homes of ordinary people.

Funny children, arhats with different looks, and animated characters... Qiu Jingmei, the "post-75s", is a "young man in the dough sculpture industry". She can reinvigorate both ancient and modern characters and animals. Yanji Xincun Neighborhood Community Cultural Activity Center is a place where Qiu Jingmei and the students of intangible cultural heritage learn from each other. Qiu Jingmei's dough sculpture course has always attracted the enthusiastic participation of community residents, from the elderly to the cute three-year-old. As an intangible cultural heritage project in Yangpu District, dough sculpture has been committed to innovation, inheritance and expansion of its influence in Yanji Xincun Sub district, especially in offering intangible cultural heritage courses for students, so that the younger generation can have the opportunity to achieve close contact with intangible cultural heritage at home. Qiu Jingmei is also working hard to constantly explore and improve teaching methods suitable for students of different ages, leading children to make various kinds of character figurines and stimulating their interests.

"More than ten years of dough sculpture experience has made inheriting and developing intangible cultural heritage not only my work and hobby, but also my soul." Qiu Jingmei told reporters that her latest work is fueling China's space industry. "I like to explore new varieties. As soon as I am free, I will prepare new pigment proportions to ensure the bright color of the dough sculpture. I also need to work hard on the modeling formula to meet the public aesthetic standards of the new era. In the work of intangible cultural heritage, we must always strive to improve and carry forward the things left by our ancestors." Qiu Jingmei said.