"When the suona is blown, it is either great joy or great sadness." A year ago, a song "囍" with a suona solo became popular all over the Internet for a while. A seemingly festive song, but because of the unique charm of suona, it exudes a strong sad color, which also makes this song more worthy of scrutiny.

Today we will take a look at the "rogue" in the musical instrument industry - suona

Suona is a Chinese folk wind instrument with a long history, wide popularity, rich skills and strong expressiveness.

As early as the 3rd century AD, Suona was introduced to my country from Eastern Europe with the opening of the Silk Road. Suona is the transliteration of the ancient Persian Surnā. In the 38th cave of the Kizil Grottoes in Baicheng, Xinjiang, the frescoes of the musical instruments already have the image of playing the suona.

"The trumpet, the suona, the melody is small, and the accent is big. The official ships are chaotic, and it is all up to you to raise your value. The army hears the military's worries, and the people hear the people's fear. Where can we tell what is true and what is false? This one blows and hurts that one, just blow the water until the geese fly away."

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, suona was widely spread among the people, and was mostly used in wind and percussion bands for weddings and funerals, and was also used as an accompaniment instrument for folk songs, dances and operas. A piece by Wang Pan of the Ming Dynasty, "The Son of Heaven: Chanting the Trumpet", highlights the development and maturity of the suona in the Ming Dynasty.

After thousands of years of development, the suona has become a representative national wind instrument in my country with its unique temperament and timbre. Suona art was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Features

The sound of suona is bright and unrestrained, high-pitched and majestic, soft in rigidity, rigid in softness, and has a strong penetrating power. Yangko and other ceremonies accompany.

Suona in film

The movie "A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" was released. In the film, under the difficult situation of suona inheritance, the respected old suona artist Jiao Sanye led his apprentices to pursue the suona spirit with persistent enthusiasm and firm belief, and moved countless audiences.

In "The Glitter Girl", a western orchestra composed of piano players, cellists, and violinists played "Flying Bumblebee" with a cheerful rhythm and superb skills. Folk music echoed it, and it was difficult to decide the winner. Until the suona of the folk music camp came on stage, the situation reversed, and the "Flying Bumblebee" was seamlessly changed to "The Hundred Birds and the Phoenix". People were deeply shocked by the vitality expressed in the music.

International Suona

Suona Dr. Liu Wenwen, as the only performer to perform solo at the Sydney Opera House, blew a suona chorus and amazed all four.

At the opening concert of the 8th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, Liu Wenwen, as a special guest performer, shocked four with a suona performance and received thunderous applause.

Epilogue

As a traditional national musical instrument, the suona was also faced with the dilemma of extinction. However, today, more and more people have discovered the unique charm of suona, and also gave a new interpretation of suona, allowing suona to go to the world again.