Konghou is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, also known as plucked stringed instrument, with a history of more than 2,000 years. At 7:30 p.m. on April 6th, the national musical instrument anchor @Manbaojiangkonghou started broadcasting on Douyin, playing modern pop songs for fans with traditional Konghou musical instruments, showing the infinite charm of Konghou.
An anchor from Huzhou, Zhejiang @Manbaojiangkonghou Graduated from Shenyang Conservatory of Music, majoring in Konghou, and has been studying Konghou musical instrument performance for more than ten years. She usually broadcasts live broadcasts at around 7:30 every night, bringing Konghou musical instrument performances to fans in the form of song requests, so that more people know and like Konghou. Today, she has 640,000 followers on Douyin.
In a recent live broadcast, Man Baojiang presented the classic song "Rolling Bead Curtain" for everyone. Konghou has a familiar melody, and its timbre is no less than that of Western instruments such as piano and harp. After that, Man Baojiang also played the song "City in the Sky" for fans, and some netizens left a message: "This is the first time I listened to the Konghou version of "City in the Sky", it's so good!" "It's amazing to my ears"" I was moved to tears when I heard it."
In the live broadcast, Man Baojiang played a Konghou, dressed in Hanfu, and played like a flowing cloud with a gentle smile, which was deeply loved by the audience. Many netizens praised and gave them encouragement: "Beautiful and talented" and "Tian Lai" sound". In the live broadcast on April 6, she played more than ten songs such as "Flowers All the Way", "Uninhibited" and "Summer of Kikujiro", including the Yi dance song "Xingyue Myth". The one-and-a-half-hour live broadcast that night was watched by more than 60,000 people.
Many netizens said that they first learned about and heard the performance of Konghou musical instruments through the Douyin live broadcast of @Manbaojiangkonghou. The live broadcast not only made more and more young people pay attention to the traditional musical instrument Konghou, but also allowed Man Baojiang to earn income through playing. In recent years, more and more traditional musical instrument players have begun to find new paths for the inheritance and development of traditional culture through short videos and live broadcasts.