On the morning of January 9, there was a lot of noise in the city's cultural center, and the loud suona sounds amazed people. At this time, Liu Yuanming, a provincial-level inheritor of the suona playing skill in Ma Cun District, is leading his students to rehearse intensively. On January 12, they will leave for Beijing to participate in the national "Village Evening" live broadcast on January 14 from 14:00 to 17:00 on behalf of Jiaozuo.
At that time, Internet users across the country will listen to and see the Spring Festival tribute from Jiaozuo through the National Public Culture Cloud and CCTV Central Video.
The "New Journey • Happy Chinese Year" 2023 National "Village Evening" demonstration and exhibition event was jointly organized by the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Public Cultural Development Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Audio-Visual New Media Center of the China Media Group. Beikongzhuang Village, Wuwang Street, Ma Cun District, was selected as one of the four demonstration sites in the province, which is the first time for Jiaozuo City to win this honor. To this end, North Kongzhuang Village put out 12 characteristic programs, Machun District suona playing is one of them.
Ma Cun District suona, also known as Liu's suona, is a music form with folk characteristics in Ma Cun District of our city. It originated in the late Qing Dynasty and formed a unique style by the Liu family on the basis of the folk tunes of Lu-Su-wan and Huaichuan. Its sound quality is bright, the timbre is beautiful, both the north of the rough and bold, but also the south of the gentle beauty, popular among the masses. In June 2010, Ma Cun District suona was announced by Jiaozuo Municipal People's Government as the third batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage representative projects; In July 2021, it was announced by Henan Provincial People's Government as the fourth batch of representative projects of provincial intangible cultural heritage.