Life is built on pain, and the whole life is permeated with pain. —— Roman Rolland
Suffering can often create geniuses, Beethoven is the case, and Abing is the case.
In the summer of 1950, Professor Yang Yinliu from the Research Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, and Cao Anhe, another professor in the same department, rushed to Wuxi with another professor in the same department.
On this trip, they were looking for a blind folk artist, who was A Bing.
Mr. Yang Yinliu and A Bing have known each other for a long time. When Mr. Yang Yinliu was 12 years old, he was attracted by the versatile A Bing, so he learned instruments such as Sanxian , Erhu , etc. with 18-year-old A Bing. But at that time, people generally believed that these "actors" had the same status as "actors", so A Bing's artist identity was naturally not favored.
Not long after, Yang Yinliu finally broke off contact with A Bing at the request of his family.
It was not until the 1930s that two people in their 30s met again. That year, Mr. Yang Yinliu took advantage of the holiday to return to Wuxi, and here he met A Bing again.
After many years, Mr. Yang Yinliu found that A Bing was no longer as energetic as before. His eyes were blind, and his face was often melancholy, as if he was a wandering artist.
Seeing A Bing like this, Yang Yinliu did not break off contact with this old friend. During that holiday, after hearing that Yang Yinliu played the pipa 3 song well, he asked Yang Yinliu to teach him how to play the pipa. So, Yang Yinliu followed A Bing's finger and taught him one by one.
After the holiday, Yang Yinliu returned to school, while A Bing continued to live his wandering life. It was not until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1950 that in order to keep the precious repertoire played by these wandering artists, Yang Yinliu traveled with another professor and brought a recorder to find A Bing.
What is A Bing's extraordinary talent that makes the professors of the Research Department of the Central Conservatory of Music work hard to travel thousands of miles to find him?
A Bing's life experience is a little sad.
A Bing's mother is Wu Afen. His mother was originally the daughter-in-law of a Qin family in Wuxi, but shortly after the marriage, her husband passed away and Wu Afen became a widow.
For a widow who is not yet half old, the days after losing her husband are very difficult. Wu Afen was always worried and scared by the in-laws' difficulties and bad intentions of outsiders.
And in that era, without the consent of the family of the deceased husband, widows were not allowed to remarry. If a widow had an unclear relationship with another man, he would be scolded.
But Wu Afen's life was already hard. Every day, in addition to going to the host to help the servants, she also had to be ordered by her parents-in-law when she returned home. She also wanted to find hope to survive in such a day.
Not long after, this "hope" appeared.
Wu Afen had met Hua Qinghe at the funeral of her deceased husband.
Huaqinghe is the head host of the Lei Zun Palace in Wuxi. We still have no way of knowing how he and Wu Afen got together because of a funeral. But according to limited information, Wu Afen really fell in love with this Taoist priest , and Hua Qinghe, as a Taoist priest, could not hide his love for Wu Afen. The two lived together in the Lei Zun Hall soon after.
Wu Afen's brave pursuit of love was not allowed at the time. The family of her deceased husband thought she was shameless and debauchery. The neighbors also pointed at the relationship between the two. As a woman, Wu Afen silently endured the humiliation given to her by the outside world.
Even so, Wu Afen gave birth to a son for Huaqing and the one they named the child Abing. When A Bing was 3 years old, the 64th generation of Zhang Tianshi came to Wuxi and he stayed in the Lei Zun Hall in Huaqinghe. Hua Qinghe asked Master Zhang Tian to give A Bing a Taoist name, and then the name Hua Yanjun was found.
But in this year, the Qin family may no longer be able to bear the "humiliation" brought to their family by Wu Afen and his boys, so they caught Wu Afen without saying a word.
Can't see the young children and lovers, Wu Afen was depressed all day long in the Qin family compound and passed away soon.
Fortunately, she left A Bing for Huaqing and Ah Bing. But Hua Qinghe, who was in the Taoist temple, could not pull A Bing alone. At the same time, in order not to let A Bing be discouraged by others, Hua Qinghe sent his son back to his hometown, Xiaosifang Village, Dongting, and asked relatives there to help take care of A Bing.
A Bing, who returned to his hometown, had a carefree childhood. He also learned to sing mountain songs and talk about cause and effect in his hometown. A Bing also likes silk and bamboo music that the villagers often play. Five years later, Hua Qinghe sent someone to take him back to the city and let him be a little Taoist priest in Lei Zun Palace .
A Bing did not know that Hua Qinghe was his father at that time, and his relatives in his hometown only told him that he came to Lei Zun Palace to learn from his master and Hua Qinghe was his master.
In order to prevent his son from being criticized by others for his life experience, Hua Qinghe also took great pains.
From the moment A Bing stepped back into the Lei Zun Palace, Taoist accompanied him throughout his life.
Huaqing and Abing treat each other very well, and Abing also respects this "master". And A Bing, who lives in the Taoist temple, has never lived a hard life. Because Huaqing and the Lei Zun Hall where they are located are in a prosperous incense, what he respects is the Zhengyi School , which occupies the main position in the Xi School Taoism, so life in the Taoist temple can be said to be very comfortable.
Taoist priests at that time were all proficient in music. As the head host, Hua Qinghe was proficient in blowing, pulling, playing, playing, playing, singing, and chanting. On the altar, Taoists often practice rituals by singing solo, chanting, singing together, drum music, playing and instrumental music.
The scholar Ye Mengzhu, who was in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, was amazed at the dojo he had seen in "Yueshi Pian":
"Induce Shang to carve the feathers, and play music and music, and they were both excellent operas."
Huaqing and the reputation of "Iron Hand Pipa". A Bing, who grew up in such an environment, was naturally full of interest in the performance of various instruments.
Since he came to "learn art", Huaqinghe followed the Taoist way of learning art. He first taught A Bing to learn percussion music such as striking Weng cymbals, and then taught him to beat Xiaogong and wooden fish. After A Bing became familiar with Taoist music, he taught him to play bamboo flute , and finally he started to learn musical instruments such as Sheng, suona , or erhu, and pipa.
A Bing, who was already interested in music, made rapid progress after being taught by Hua Qinghe. A Bing's hard practice also made Huaqing feel relieved. In order to play the percussion well, A Bing would also use iron chopsticks to hit the square bricks for practice. When learning to play the bamboo flute, in order to hold the bamboo flute firmly and to enhance wrist strength, A Bing would hang a weight at the tail of the bamboo flute to increase weight. When practicing playing the erhu, A Bing's fingertips often bleed, but he never cried out.
Huaqing and patiently teach Abing never ambiguity when studying. Even during the summer days, A Bing's sweat was heavy when he practiced, but he was happy. In the cold winter, A Bing often practiced until a string of ice was hung on the tail of the bamboo flute, and was willing to stop.
And A Bing's day was not all spent in practice. During the day, he often had to follow Huaqing and go out to do things. After a busy day, he used the time in the evening to practice. If he is sleepy, he will stand on the bench and blow the cold wind, and continue practicing after he wakes up.
A Bing's aura, coupled with Hua Qinghe's wholehearted teaching, he learned the essence of blowing, pulling, playing, playing, singing, and reciting Hua Qinghe.
During Taoist festivals or solar terms, people from all over Wuxi often set up altars to apply medicine to rain. The Taoist priests from Lei Zun Palace will go spontaneously to help everyone preside over the rituals.
When I was young, A Bing just watched from the side when he participated in such activities. When he learned something under the guidance of Hua Qinghe, Hua Qinghe would let him participate.
When A Bing was sixteen or seventeen years old, he learned the Sanskrit sound with complex structures and changing techniques. He was able to beat drums and lead the band to play at the competition celebrating the birthday of the City God.A Bing's voice was clear and his mouth was erect when singing. Gradually, A Bing became a famous "little heavenly master" in the city.
Since A Bing became famous in Wuxi, 12-year-old Yang Yinliu came to him to learn the Sanxian and Erhu instruments, and the two met. How energetic A Bing was at that time, Yang Yinliu also admired him from the bottom of his heart.
Although A Bing's birth was unfortunate, if he kept singing and playing like this, his future might be smooth sailing.
But when A Bing was twenty-one or two years old, Huaqing and he was seriously ill. Hua Qinghe called him to the bedside when he was dying and told him that he was his biological father. With the answer to this life experience revealed, Huaqing Kazuya also passed away. Since then, A Bing, who had just learned the truth, became a fatherless orphan. And this day also kicked off A Bing's tragic life.
Before his father passed away, he also passed the position of the presidency of the presidency to him. Although he was still young, seeing that A Bing was proficient in music, everyone in the Taoist sarcasm did not object.
But his father's death and his life experience he just learned had a great blow to A Bing. His fate was so bad. How could he think that the "master" who taught him for many years was his biological father? His biological father passed away just after he recognized him, and A Bing's heart was filled with pain.
At this time, A Bing, who had once again pulled up the erhu, was full of longing for his father, and he could not get rid of this difficult-to-get sadness for a moment.
So, A Bing put down the instrument and began to use the property left by his father to buy big cigarettes to smoke. While swallowing clouds and spitting mist, he still felt lonely. Later, he went to the brothel to look for flowers and willows. The women saw a handsome and music-conscious young Taoist priest in the yard, which was very novel, so A Bing was quite popular with women.
Perhaps only in those times in the Fireworks Willow Alley can A Bing feel the joy of nothingness.
After 4 or 5 years of lewd life, A Bing found that something was wrong with his body. The bad habits of smoking smoke and visiting brothels made one eye gradually unable to see clearly. After seeing the doctor, I found that it was caused by syphilis .
But after a problem with this eye, A Bing still did not end this ridiculous life.
Later, A Bing's eyes were completely lost, and fewer and fewer people came to him to do the vegetarian affairs. The income in the hospital was not enough for A Binghua, but he still didn't know how to be frugal. In addition, others gradually knew about A Bing's affairs, so the Lei Zun Palace, which was once in the hottest, fell lonely day by day.
When he was thirty-five, A Bing's eye disease became more and more serious. In the end, both eyes became blind and he became blind.
A Bing couldn't adapt to the life of not seeing the light for a while, and his days instantly fell into "darkness".
No one came to the Lei Zun Palace to find him a solution anymore, and people seemed to have forgotten this once famous "Little Heavenly Master". A Bing cut off his source of income and became a complete poor man. At the same time, he has to endure the pain caused by the disease.
At this time, A Bing had to sell the magical instruments and props in the courtyard. Until there was nothing to sell, A Bing sold two of the three houses left by his father, leaving a small house to live in by himself.
How should he live without income?
There are many people begging for food on the street, but A Bing is unwilling to be with them. Maybe he wants to keep this last little dignity.
Since he doesn't want to beg for food, he can only go to the streets to sell his musical instruments that have not been sold.
So, an artist wearing torn sunglasses often appears on the streets of Wuxi. He hung musical instruments such as sheng,
flute, and pipa on his chest and back, and he was playing the huqin in his hand or holding the "three jumps" (similar to the three bamboo pieces used to "talk about cause and effect") through the alleys and the market.
Although A Bing lived a down-and-out life, he did not lose his identity as the head of the Lei Zun Palace. When he went to teahouses and restaurants to sing, he never took the initiative to sing, nor begged others to listen to a song. He walked into the teahouse and restaurant with the music on his back, and others understood the situation when they saw this.
If someone wants to listen to the song, he will let him play a song. A Bing is always happy to play it. Even if others don’t give much reward, he never complains. If others give more, he will not thank you.
A Bing is still very thinking. He goes to the cigarette shop or street stall every morning to let others read the newspaper of the day for him. A Bing kept all these news in his heart. In the afternoon, he would sing the news in a concise and sing.
According to the memories of those who have survived A Bing’s singing news, whenever he wants to sing news, he always adds an introduction in front:
"When talking about news, talk about news, what about the news, let’s give up a place name?"
Then slowly sing the news of the day. A Bing's form of singing news is lively and interesting. Even for very serious content, he can intersperse some laughs in it, full of lightness and funnyness.
Those who drink tea in teahouses love to listen to the news sung by A Bing. Later, people knew that there was a blind man in Wuxi who could play and sing.
And A Bing dares to say any news. Once, he heard a news that was not published in the newspaper: the evil gentleman Gu Yichu insulted his maid, and later his maid's family sued Gu Yichu to court, but the judge was also bribed by Gu Yichu, and in the end the maid's family was in trouble.
A Bing hates evil, he compiled this matter into a small song and went to the teahouse to sing it to everyone:
"The rich man is a bad heart, a beast; the court's eyes only recognize silver; the people are in trouble, and it is difficult to reach their grievances; the blind man A Bing, he is unfair to fight."
Because the song is well compiled, this news quickly spread throughout Wuxi City, and also aroused public anger among the people in the city. Many righteous people came forward to denounce Gu Yichu's crimes, which scared Gu Yichu so much that he fled elsewhere with his property and did not dare to show up publicly.
When it comes to fasting, A Bing will not go out for a show. He will stay in the hall waiting for the pilgrims to collect the incense news.
After the April 12 coup, Wuxi's reactionary faction battered the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, and A Bing compiled the song "Qin Qi's Blood Splashing the Main Palace" to denounce the reactionary atrocities. During the Anti-Japanese War , he also compiled a lot of songs praising our soldiers against the Japanese army and sang them everywhere.
In my country's In the period of civil war , prices soared and the people were living in poverty. He also edited and sang "Killing the People in the Golden Yuan Coupon" to satirize the situation at that time.
The tone of A Bing's art singing is very beautiful. The singing style of each news is different, including small songs, , , , , , etc.
A Bing also has a "super trick" when playing the erhu. He will use the huqin to imitate the crowing of chickens and dogs, the laughter and sighs of men and women, and the local dialect of Wuxi.
's "tricks" are very easy in his opinion. They are trivial tricks that cannot be regarded as music. When he meets a musician who is also good at playing, he never performs these "tricks".
A Bing is not careful in music. When he meets the music he likes, no matter who he is, he will let others teach him. Therefore, when Yang Yinliu returned to Wuxi for a holiday, A Bing felt that he played the pipa song "General Order" very well, so he asked Yang Yinliu to teach him to play it.
He also learned from Li Yongcheng and Cheng Shaojiao of the Wuxi Huaguang National Music Festival to use huqin to play Guangdong music ; he heard that Pingtan artist Zhang Buchan played the pipa well, so he waited early at the entrance of the bookstore. After Mr. Zhang came on stage, he listened to the moving sound of the pipa.
During the years of performing in the streets and alleys, A Bing created countless works. He compiled all the hardships and bitterness he experienced in life, his views and criticism of the current situation into the song.
At such a difficult time, A Bing originally wanted to make some money by selling his skills, but one night, a mouse bit his huqin's bow and the snake skin on the drum head was bitten through. A Bing was very angry, "Why are even rats bullying me!" Since then, A Bing has never gone out to perform.
Until 1950, Yang Yinliu and Professor Cao Anhe from Central Conservatory of Music came to him with a wire tape recorder.Because I haven't played the erhu for too long, A Bing asked them to wait for three days before recording.
So, A Bing borrowed the huqin and pipa, and went to the street to start playing. Three days later, on September 2, he went to Cao Anhe's house to start recording. At that time, there were also professors of Nanjing Normal University , Li Songshou and his wife. After the song
, Yang Yinliu asked A Bing to name the song, and finally, they decided to name "Erquan Yingyue". After recording the sound of
, A Bing listened to the sound of the song coming from the wire recorder, so excited that he couldn't say a word. Then, he played two Hu songs: " Listening to Song " and "Cold Spring Breeze Song", and three Pipa songs: "The Waves Washing the Sand", " Zhaojun Going to the Frontier " and "Dragon Boat". All six songs were recorded in full. After recording the
song, A Bing told Yang Yinliu and Cao Anhe that he still had hundreds of songs but because he was not in good health, he had to give up. He also invited the two to return to Wuxi to find him to record music during the winter vacation. Yang Yinliu and Cao An and agreed happily.
Yang Yinliu and Cao Anhe returned to school with a recorder, and they passed the songs played by A Bing to Beijing and Tianjin. A Bing's "Erquan Yingyue" is also famous all over the world. The Central Conservatory of Music also intends to invite A Bing to work at the college, but because A Bing has the habit of smoking big smoke, the matter has ended in vain.
htmlOn September 25, the seriously ill A Bing performed at the founding conference of the Wuxi Dental Association with the help of his friends. His song "Erquan Yingyue" shocked everyone.But before Yang Yinliu could go to find him to record the audio, A Bing passed away in December of the same year at the age of 57.
After A Bing's death, "Erquan Yingyue" was popular all over the world. People all said that he was an outstanding artist who could be as famous as Beethoven.
"Blind A Bing" left. Like Beethoven, he passed away at the age of 57. One of them is blind and the other is deaf. They all suffer from deep pain in the world, but they all achieve emotional sublimation in music, and their works of art are also famous both at home and abroad. They are so similar and so different.
There are no more A Bing and Beethoven in the world, but their works of art have become eternal.
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