Beethoven 's famous name is undoubtedly the music industry. The symphony he created is popular all over the world and is the leader. He is a representative figure of Vienna's classical music and was later revered as the "Sage of Music" and "King of Symphony "!
Abing
However, there is also a musician in China who can be compared with him, and he is Hua Yanjun.
Many people don’t know who is Hua Yanjun , but when it comes to his “stage name” A Bing, everyone suddenly realized that it was him!
Almost no one doesn’t know Erhu famous song "Erquan Yingyue", A Bing is the creator of this song. It is no exaggeration to say that A Bing is famous all over the world because of "Erquan Yingyue", while Erhu also occupies a place in Chinese folk musical instruments because of "Erquan Yingyue" and ranks first.
Blind A Bing (oil painting)
Therefore, A Bing, Erhu, and "Erquan Yingyue" are closely linked together.
Erhu is a charming silk string pulling instrument among many folk instruments in my country. It has a wide range of sound and is expressive. Its unique tone is like crying and crying, sad and lyricism. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "one year flute two years of Xiao, and one erhu pulls the waist to break."
Abing statue
Erhu has a beautiful tone, round and mellow, pure sound quality, full of "ccent", delicate, gentle, soft, and extremely auditory infectious. It is a strange flower among folk musical instruments and has distinct artistic characteristics.
A Bing's erhu performance level has reached a top-notch and perfect height. Of course, he is a native folk artist. He has never received formal music education or studied in music school. He has mastered his skills through years of street performances.
Can A Bing really be as famous as Beethoven?
Beethoven
This question is difficult to answer. As the saying goes, people have different opinions. Beethoven is a world-famous music master. His contribution to the music industry is to compose music. In terms of musical instruments, Beethoven certainly does not play erhu, and he has never even seen erhu. His specialty instrument is naturally the Western instrument - piano, followed by the big, violin .
And A Bing definitely doesn't know how to play piano or violin, he has never seen piano or violin, and he may not even hear of it. A Bing's specialty musical instruments are naturally folk musical instruments erhu, pipa , flute, etc., and he is even more unlikely to be able to afford an expensive piano. Before liberation, the piano was a noble Western musical instrument and a luxury that only nobles and officials could have. A Bing was a poor folk artist, so how could he imagine touching the piano!
Youth Beethoven
Even now, living conditions are drastically changing, not every family can afford a piano! Urban families For the sake of their children, they may have a luxury to buy a piano for their children to learn. But have the vast rural areas, especially rural families in remote mountainous areas in the central and western regions, ever seen a piano?
So, it is really hard to compare Abing and Beethoven.
Abing and his erhu
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However, A Bing and Beethoven have many similarities: Beethoven never married in his life and has no offspring, but his love life is extremely rich; A Bing lived with his widow Dong Caidi at the age of 40 and did not give birth to a child. Beethoven became a person who was suffering from infectious diseases such as smallpox, typhoid fever, chickenpox , tuberculosis , and tuberculosis . In middle age, he became deaf; while A Bing also contracted syphilis due to opium and lingering in fireworks, Liuxiang, which led to blindness. This is also the origin of his nickname "Blind A Bing".
blind Abing
In this way, Abing and Beethoven's fate are similar, and they are both people with bumpy fates.
A Bing's father is Hua Qinghe, and he is a head Taoist priest in Lei Zun Palace . When he was doing a ritual for a local family, he met Widow Qin. After a while, Hua Qinghe secretly fell in love with Widow Qin and lived together secretly, so A Bing was born.
A Bing’s former residence
The child is innocent, but A Bing’s special life experience is destined to have no status. Because he could not stand the rolling eyes of his neighbors, Widow Qin jumped into a well and committed suicide when A Bing was 4 years old. Hua Qinghe was also unable to publicly recognize A Bing's son because he was a Taoist priest. So, A Bing was adopted by an aunt of the same clan and lived a life of living under someone else's roof and being discredited since childhood.
When A Bing was 8 years old, his father could not bear the condemnation of his conscience and guilt towards A Bing, so he finally took him to the Lei Zun Palace and let A Bing live with him in the name of his disciple. At this time, A Bing called his father the master, and he did not know his true identity. Of course, Huaqinghe would not tell him the truth.
Erquan Yingyue Music Score carved in front of A Bing’s former residence
The Taoist temple in the old days, the profession of Taoist priests is still good, at least they have no worries about food and clothing. The most important thing is that Taoist priests must learn skills and be versatile, especially musical instruments, because they have to go down the mountain to do rituals to make a living.
Hua Qinghe is proficient in playing and singing. For the sake of his son's future, he naturally taught A Bing to learn various musical instruments, such as flute, sheng, drum and gong, pipa, erhu, etc. Under Hua Qinghe's strict teaching, A Bing began to practice hard day and night, and his playing level increased with his age. His later superb performance skills were precisely because of the solid foundation he laid when he was a child.
A Bing's former residence
A Bing practiced playing the flute, Huaqinghe forced him to face the cold wind in winter, and hung an iron ring at the tail of the flute to exercise his wrist strength, and later it simply changed to a weight. When learning Erhu, the outer string (also called Laoxian) was much thicker than the ordinary Erhu string. A Bing's fingers were bleeding, and later a thick layer of cocoon formed.
A Bing practices in the winter and in the summer and in the summer, his skills continue to grow. By the age of 17, his instrumental skills were comparable to his father. Therefore, A Bing made his official debut in 1910 and participated in the music playing in the hall. Because he became a master of talent and a good voice, he was praised by people as the "Little Heavenly Master".
A Bing and Dong Caidi
1918, Hua Qinghe passed away.A Bing inherited his mantle as an apprentice and became the leader of the Lei Zun Palace. But when Hua Qinghe passed away, did he tell A Bing that he was his biological father? unknown.
In theory, after A Bing became a great Taoist priest, he was proficient in various folk musical instruments, often went down the mountain to practice rituals, had a good income, no worries about food and drink, and his life should be good. It cannot be said that he is rich and noble, at least he has no worries about food and clothing, and he has a lot of surplus. But unfortunately, A Bing had never received formal education since he was a child, had never read the Four Books and Five Classics. After his father passed away, no one would control him anymore. He was released into the river like a fish, and he became free. Gradually, A Bing accidentally made friends, ate, drank, had fun, sucked opium, and frequently went in and out of the fireworks alley, and accidentally got syphilis.
A Bing's household registration information
In the old society, the medical level was very low and there was no concept of infectious disease prevention and control. I didn't know how to treat it, and I couldn't afford it. So, when syphilis develops into the third stage, the spirochete of syphilis invades his brain, and A Bing's eyes become blind. He could no longer do rituals for others, and the Taoist priest could no longer be regarded as a Taoist priest. His life gradually became embarrassing. Later, he had a meal but no meal, and his good life was ruined. Helplessly, A Bing had to live on the streets and make a living by walking around the streets and selling his skills.
A Bing goes around the streets and makes a living every day
1929, A Bing met a rural widow named Dong Caidi, named Dong Caidi. She doesn't dislike A Bing as a blind man and is willing to take care of A Bing. So, the two got married in 1933. It is said that it is marriage, but it is actually living together, and there is no registration procedures in the old society. At this time, A Bing was only 40 years old.After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army invaded . After , the three northeastern provinces of , and then attempted to occupy Shanghai in 1932. The Chinese military and civilians rose up to resist, so the "One and 28" Shanghai War broke out in Shanghai. A Bing did not lose his patriotism and sang the joke "The 19th Route Army bravely fought against the enemy in Shanghai" and sang it on the streets of Wuxi, so that ordinary people could understand the War of Resistance in Shanghai.
A Bing’s Tomb
After Wuxi fall, A Bing and his wife returned to their hometown to take refuge. Soon after, I went to Shanghai again and worked as a piano player in "Xiannishe" in Kunqu class, playing Sanxian . During the filming of the movie "Seventh Heaven", A Bing was invited to play an extra in the film - a blind man who was performing arts. During this period, A Bing created the erhu song " Listen to Song ", which is passionate and heroic, full of emotions, and exudes people's patriotic enthusiasm for not wanting to be slaves of the country.
1939, A Bing returned to Wuxi again and returned to his old career. He went to teahouses every day to collect practical news, then conceived and created, and then played and sang on the street. He had excellent piano skills. He could use the erhu to imitate people's speech, sighs, and laughter, and imitate the crowing and barking of chickens, play the pipa, and play the erhu. It often attracted passers-by to stop and watch, clap and cheer.
A Bing's "Good People's Certificate"
A Bing is proficient in various folk musical instruments, but his best skills are the erhu, and the ones he uses the most are also the erhu. Songs such as "Listen to Pine", "Cold Spring Breeze", "Big Waves Washing the Sand", "Dragon Boat", " Zhaojun Going out of the Frontier " slowly flowing out from his fingers, either like crying or crying, or cheerful and bright, or thousands of horses galloping, telling the misfortune of the poor people, the accusation of the dark reality of the old society, the yearning and longing for a better life, and expressing his determination and attitude to fight against the bumpy and miserable life.
A Bing plays erhu
Of course, A Bing is the most obsessed with and plays the most frequently. The famous song "Erquan Yingyue"! In fact, the name of this song was created by the musicians who came to the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yang Yinliu , when interviewing A Bing and recording this song. Its original name is "Yi Xin Qu", which is called "Zi Lai Song" by the local folk song. It is a folk tune that has been circulating for a long time. A Bing is best at playing this song. Over time, with his continuous modification, processing and polishing, this song gradually becomes fuller, with richer connotations and more sad melody. A Bing plays this song with his heart and life because it symbolizes the fate of his life - many emotions such as desolation, elegance, resentment, tranquility, and restlessness are intertwined, just like a bright moon in the night, allowing the suffering people to see hope.
Wuxi Huishan Spring
In the beginning, A Bing named it "Huishan Erquan" and was inspired by the fact that there are two springs in Huishan, Wuxi. When Yang Yinliu recorded this song, he linked Erquan and Mingyue together, and named it "Erquan Yingyue". He Luting once commented: "The name "Erquan Yingyue" is elegant, but it is actually inconsistent with the music. Rather than saying that the music depicts the scenery of Erquan Yingyue, it is better to say that A Bing is expressing his sad life experience."
A Bing learns erhu with his master (father)
1950, A Bing performed "Erquan Yingyue" for the last time at a concert held in Wuxi. The audience was intoxicated and the applause lasted. The following year, Tianjin People's Radio Station played this song for the first time in the country, and "Erquan Yingyue" was quickly spread. On the tenth anniversary of the National Day in 1959, this song was given to international friends again. From then on, "Erquan Yingyue" went abroad and became popular all over the world, and received extremely high praise. In 1985, this song was made into a record in the United States and circulated throughout the United States. The name "Blind A Bing" has also become famous both at home and abroad with the spread of "Erquan Yingyue".
Abing Memorial Hall
70s, the famous Japanese conductor Ozawa Sei-r visited the China Conservatory of Music, the 17-year-old female student in the Department of Folk Music Jiang Jianhua used the erhu to perform the famous song "Erquan Yingyue" for his musician. The sound of the piano gradually rose, and the resentment was lingering, like crying and complaining, sometimes low, sometimes high, and flowing.Seire Ozawa listened with all concentration. Suddenly, he covered his face and cried, and knelt down with a "thump". Everyone present was shocked. People around him rushed forward to help him. Seire Ozawa refused to get up. He said devoutly: "This song can only be listened to on knees! Listening to it while sitting or standing is extremely disrespectful to it." When the translator wanted to introduce the music to him, Seire Ozawa burst into tears. He said: "No need to introduce it, I understand. This is the painful moan of the suffering people!"
Seire Ozawa
A Bing's music was successful, but his fate was a failure! But he has backbone, and people call A Bing the "three unpoor" - people are poor and have endless ambitions, people are poor and their mouths are not short, and people are poor and their reputations are not poor. He is not afraid of power, does not eat for nothing, he relies on his own hands to purify his soul with the help of music. Based on this alone, A Bing deserves the title of "folk artist".
So, can A Bing compare with Beethoven?
This question is difficult to answer. A Bing is a grassroots artist. His works come from the bottom of society. He can't compose music or even score. His works come from the folk minor . After his processing and polishing, he has incorporated his own elements and interpreted his understanding of music and life.
The decorations in Abing’s former residence
Beethoven is a world-famous musician. He has created countless piano symphony and concertos in his life. It has a wide genre, numerous and far-reaching influence. People commented on Beethoven: "The development of instrumental music throughout the 19th century was under his talisman. There was no soul in the music field that did not belong to Beethoven."
Make a metaphor. Beethoven's works are like a rich Western food, while A Bing's works are more like a special folk snack.
A Bing's life is as ups and downs as "Erquan Yingyue", with pain, misery, giving up, fighting, and hard work... He is a folk artist who has reached the pinnacle.
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