Folk opera "Borrow Water" from the album "Chinese Music Map to hear Shaanxi Shaanxi Part of the music collection"

Asking for Water

Folk opera Shaanxi Wanwanqiang Nationality: Han Nationality: Shaanxi

Yueqin: Wang Tieniu

Bowl opera, which originated in Huayin and Huaxian of Shaanxi Province, got its name because of the small brass bowl used as the main percussion instrument. In the early Qing Dynasty, Wanwanqiang had matured and was popular among the folk through shadow puppetry performances. The commonly used instruments also included Yueqin, Huqin, erxian and suona. It adopts the music structure of plate change, the singing is delicate, the singing words are elegant, and the rhyme is harmonious.

This song comes from the classic traditional song "Golden Wan Chai", which tells the story of the Tang Dynasty poet Cui Hu, because he failed to win the exam, and after drinking alcohol on Qingming Festival, he went to the countryside alone. In a garden with flowers and trees, he came across a girl Tao Xiaochun to borrow water to quench his thirst, and thus formed a love affair. In the bright spring, the peach trees fall like rain, set off the girl's beautiful and beautiful flowers, but also for the frustrated poet, leaving a long time can not forget the charming memories. In the delicate moonlight pizzicato quiet and beautiful music, enjoy the beautiful poem written by Cui Hu himself "Last year today in this door, people face peach blossom red", appreciate this section of the romantic legend passed down through the ages.