In front of the big stage, there were crowds of people, and various rural intangible cultural heritage skills such as gongs and drums, dragon dances, and suona were displayed on the stage in turn. Live broadcast equipment was also set up on the site, presenting a wonderful " Village Evening" performance.
The performance scene of the "Village Night" in Bozhuang Village, Liucun Town, Yaodu District, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yang
A series of intangible cultural heritage performances are the main programs of this "village evening", including the gong and drum "The King of Qin Orders the Soldiers", the drum music performance "The Rat Gets Married", and the dragon and lion performing in the village evening... These programs are full of local characteristics. The actors, stage managers, and directors are all performed by local villagers themselves. Hundreds of villagers gathered around the theater, watching with great interest as the familiar people around them appeared on stage, performing every move in style, and there were cheers, applause, and laughter.
Zhang Yong (left), the initiator of the "Village Gala" in Bozhuang Village, performs drumming and suona ensemble with fellow villagers. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yang
46-year-old Zhang Yong is the initiator of this "Village Gala" in Bozhuang Village. He has practiced drums since he was a child and is a provincial representative inheritance of the national intangible cultural heritage "Shannan Mighty Gongs and Drums" people. Some shows have a large number of performers, and the "Performers" column on the program list is simply signed with "Zhang Yong and his friends." These friends are all rural artists from nearby villages and towns. They are skilled in playing drums, playing suona, and Play allegro, dragon and lion dance and other folk stunts.
Nineteen veteran artists from the "Hongdong Gongs and Drums" performance team are performing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yang
"There are millions of people in the live broadcast room today, and we no longer have to worry about no audience." 65-year-old Cheng Beicheng is the inheritor of the municipal intangible cultural heritage "Hongdong Traditional Gongs and Drums". This time he led 19 veteran artists came to participate in the performance, the oldest one is 77 years old. The old artists are usually engaged in raising cattle, masonry, growing feed, cooking, etc. In the past, they only performed during the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and other festivals. During the rest of the time, most of them went out to work and were busy making a living, and they had no time to return to the village to participate in the gong and drum performances. , veteran artists all lamented that the skills they have developed throughout their lives are of no use.
This "Village Evening" was broadcast live on Douyin platform, attracting nearly 8 million netizens to watch.
Nowadays, veteran artists have launched live broadcasts, and each live broadcast is usually watched by thousands of fans online. Hearing the host shouting "Online viewing has reached nearly 8 million people", the veteran artists were instantly full of energy. They hung drums on their shoulders, moved vigorously, and beat hammers vigorously, showing great momentum. The audience in the live broadcast room praised and commented, "The village party has a strong New Year flavor", "When I hear the sound of gongs and drums, I want to go home early to celebrate the New Year", "My uncle is full of energy"...
The villagers used soybeans and dustpans to perform "Dustpan Music Ensemble" 》. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yang
One comment was liked by thousands of netizens, "Huangdou never thought in his life that he could still make a musical instrument." The program "Dustpan Music Ensemble" is based on the working scene of farmers using dustpans to clean crops. Through dustpan operation actions such as "shaking", "beating", "sieving", "weighing" and "basing", crops such as soybeans and corns are driven to hit or rub against the dustpan. , and intertwined with suona, gongs and drums to show off their skills, the rhythmic melody "Men Should Be Strong" flows out, making people marvel at the wonder of rural life.
This "Village Evening" is the first event of the "I want to hold a village evening" Douyin live broadcast support plan for rural cultural talents. The plan is guided by the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and jointly launched by the Chinese Cultural Center Association and Douyin Live. , aiming to bring local characteristic art performances to the attention of more netizens through live broadcasts and help cultural inheritance and development.
Villagers are performing the traditional folk show "Lion Climbs the Mountain".Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yang
During the performance, the gongs and drums team led by Zhang Yong and the "Three Barbarians of the Miao" held a "village evening" at the basketball court of Laershan Town, Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province. The band held a mic battle, and there was a music duel between the north and the south. The atmosphere in the online live broadcast room was lively. "The gongs and drums are majestic" and "Miao village nursery rhymes bring me back to my childhood"... Netizens have rewarded and commented, thanking the "village evening" in the two places for bringing happiness and touch.
The villagers are performing the show "Mouse Marriage". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yang
"People who are engaged in traditional culture must not be traditional when inheriting it." Zhang Yong said that online live broadcasts and "village evenings" have allowed rural intangible cultural heritage skills to get rid of geographical restrictions, and have new stages and new Audiences, new energy.
Villagers perform dragon dances to pray for a happy life in the coming Year of the Dragon. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yang
"There are an average of 13 live broadcasts of similar village evenings every day, with an average audience of more than 4,500." The person in charge of Douyin Live Broadcast said that in recent years, many talented anchors like Zhang Yong have spontaneously The hometown is preparing for a "village evening" performance. Data shows that from December 2022 to December 2023, about 5,000 "Village Evening" themed live broadcasts were staged on Douyin, with a cumulative number of viewers reaching 22.97 million. "Village Evening" has become the second most popular TV show after "Village Ba" and "Village Super" Another grand event that showcases rural spiritual and cultural life.
