A suona has been blown from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the present; a suona has carried countless joys and sorrows; a suona has played the road of non-genetic inheritance. A suona allows today's people to build the spiritual and cultural coordinates of the times in traditional culture, and "small suona" can also inherit "big culture".

Suona art has a profound historical and cultural foundation in China. It is mainly distributed in the northern Shaanxi and Guanzhong areas. It began in the third century AD and was successively passed down to the Western Jin Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, and late Ming Dynasty. Suona has played an important role in opera music. .

To talk about the history of Su's suona, it can be traced back to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Su Qiming, the first-generation inheritor of Su's suona, passed it on to the second-generation inheritor Su Xueren (1903-1977), and then passed on the skills of suona and banhu to the third-generation inheritor Su Xinfa (1933-2008). The fourth-generation main inheritor, Su Youyin, along with his brothers Su Youjin and Su Sanyin, followed his father to learn suona and banhu since childhood, and attended performances and folk activities in Tongchuan. Now it has been passed down to the fifth generation of Su Yangyang, Su Haiming, and Su Haiming. The sixth generation inheritor, Su Yu, is learning new knowledge of music theory in traditional techniques, enriching the performance of Su's suona, and enriching the inheritance of Su's suona. Has a larger scope space.

Su Youyin, the fourth-generation inheritor, has been learning suona from his father Su Xinfa since he was very young. He has inherited the fingering and techniques of his ancestors and has been playing suona for more than fifty years. Su Youyin has his own unique understanding of suona. When it comes to the work "Double Ducks," no one knows about Wang Yi, and it is also a must-play in every performance. "The pitch of these two suonas must be the same. Three ups and three downs must be achieved. The so-called three ups and three downs means that the song is completed in one go from beginning to end. The sound cannot be interrupted for ten minutes, and it has to go through three high notes and three lows, and it must be performed well in pitch and imitation duck. Absolutely accurate." Su Youyin said seriously.

The development history of Su's suona is extensive and profound, with a long history and different styles, forming distinct local cultural characteristics. Since there were no seven-tone, only five-tone, Su's suona has not adopted the traditional scale since its inheritance, which is more different from the five-tone. The characteristics of Su's suona are mainly in the key of F. The technique and skills of the suona are highlighted by playing high-pitched tunes, which brings people a clear visual impact. By controlling the size of the whistle and suona, it can not only express rough music , but also can show soft music, with strong expressive force.

How to inherit? How to retain the root and soul of culture? It is a problem that many intangible cultural heritage must go through in the process of inheritance. "Nowadays, young people still prefer popular musical instruments, mainly because they don't know enough about these traditional cultures. So far, Su's suona has gone through the hard work of more than 100 years and six generations of inheritors, and has a long way to go." Su Youyin said. Su's suona inheritors will teach the skills orally, and meet the needs of suona teaching in today's society in a lively way. He has many apprentices, who are scattered in Huangbao, Yaozhou, Sanyuan, Yintai, Yijun and other places in our city, and participate in many folk activities every year.

In order to pass on the suona skills, most of the scores written by Su Youyin are included in the two "National Folk Instrumental Music Collections" in Wangyi District, Tongchuan City, which are divided into upper and lower volumes. ", "Big Door", "Small Door" and so on. At present, the suona repertoires preserved by Su's suona are all representative repertoires, and have a unique tune style, which embodies the essence of suona. It embodies the typical national characteristics and national cultural connotation, and has important guiding significance and research value.

Doing a good job in the publicity and protection of intangible cultural heritage is one of the effective ways to inherit intangible cultural heritage. In recent years, Wangyi District has attached great importance to the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. There is a 60-square-meter fully functional intangible cultural heritage exhibition room in the Wangyi District Cultural Center, equipped with 2 full-time intangible cultural heritage protection business cadres. And participated in intangible cultural heritage exhibition activities 4 times, and invested fixed funds for the protection of intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, every year, it organizes business cadres to go to the countryside to provide intangible cultural heritage business training for the representative inheritors of the traditional Su's suona 3 times. At present, a relatively complete set of Su's suona-related texts, pictures, videos and physical materials have been formed and actively promoted. Promotion, exchange and mutual learning, exhibition and performance activities have built a platform and created opportunities, and have now become a characteristic brand of Tongchuan's intangible cultural heritage. In December 2020, Su's Suona was included in the fifth batch of Tongchuan's intangible cultural heritage list.

"There is gold and silver, prosperous and learned benevolence", this is a rhythmic nickname given to Su by the people of Huangbao Town, which is enough to show the unique status of Su's suona in people's hearts. Nowadays, intangible cultural heritage is increasingly playing a role in all fields of social life, enriching people's spiritual and civilized life, improving people's happiness, and bringing valuable spiritual nourishment to life.

From the exquisite embroidery to the ingenious chisel carving, from the warm and unrestrained folk horse racing to the suona resounding through the earth, the time train whizzes by, and the business card of Wangyi's regional culture has become more and more shining. Yi people shed their hard work on this hot land. When the pages of history are turned over, people see and appreciate the unique charm of traditional culture, and they are deeply moved by the spirit of "choose one thing for a lifetime".