The ukulele is the main accompaniment instrument for the local Yi people's cigarette case dance, Haicai tune, and Huayao tune.
In recent years, Quzuo Village, Shaochong Town has adhered to the work idea of "inheritance of national culture starts from dolls", and has set up ukulele non-genetic inheritance classes to guide young people to learn and carry forward the excellent national folk culture, and make the national folk culture shine new. vitality.
Quzuo Village, Shaochong Town, is a village inhabited by Yi compatriots. The Nisu people of the Yi branch living here are influenced by the local folk music culture, the folk culture of “eating fire, grass and smoke” and their own love for music. They can sing songs. Good dance. The children here fell in love with the ukulele, a national musical instrument, under the influence of their families. The local ukulele band uses the slack time to teach the ukulele to the children in the village.
Dong Famei, the head of Quzuo Village, said: Our Quzuo Village belongs to Sandaohong, a branch of the Yi nationality. The purpose of this inheritance class is to inherit the legacy of Ajiawen and inherit the culture of Sixian. We hold two classes every year, so that more young people and children can pass on our Sixian culture.
The leading violin player is A Jinwang, the vice-captain of the ukulele team. As a national intangible cultural heritage, he is the second son of A Jiawen, the inheritor of Yi Haicai Opera and Yi Cigarette Box Dance, and master of ukulele performance and production. The stringed qin playing skills were passed down by his father, and he was famous in eight towns. Influenced and nurtured by Ajiawen, the 15 four-stringed players in the village will take turns to give free lectures in the training center during their children's holidays and their slack time.
A Jinwang, the inheritor of the ukulele, said: Our four-string team teaches one night, and we come here to teach every holiday, and teach the four-string well word by word.
Student Yu Xiaoming said that playing the four strings is an intangible cultural heritage of his village. Everyone said that four strings are easy to learn, so he joined the inheritance class. He has been studying for more than three years, and he has also performed in Shiping County with his teachers many times. He hopes that the four strings can be passed on forever.
In the past three years, Qu Zuofei's inherited class has been held for 6 sessions, teaching 140 students. Ajinwang said that as an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, he will continue to develop and pass on this skill by himself, so that the national culture will be carried forward, and the "pomegranate flower" of national unity and progress will continue to bloom.