Cover News Reporters Xu Yuyang Zhao Yi
If Chengdu is a city where music and life resonate, Yulin is like the beating heart in the context of music. Music flows in the streets and alleys of Yulin, running through every moment of fireworks life, connecting the ancient and the modern, blending the tradition and the trend. Yulin is not only a geographical name, but also a spiritual symbol of Chengdu’s music life.
On the evening of June 19th, on Yulin Road in Chengdu, the wind was just right and the heat was subsided. In the song "Across the Ocean to See You", the 2024 Yulin Road Folk Music Season arrived as scheduled. This event was jointly initiated by the Sichuan Provincial Music Industry Association-Folk Song Committee, music industry representatives, musicians, singers, folk song creators, and Yulin community residents.
Press conference site
html More than 520,000 people registered online
Use music to pick up light, interest and talent
Luo Bingwen, the general director of this folk music season, introduced at the press conference that night that the "2024 Yulin Road Folk Music", which started in April, "Music Season" is organized around three sections: "I sing folk songs in Yulin", "I write folk songs in Yulin" and "I listen to folk songs in Yulin". So far, more than 20,000 people have registered online for "I Sing Folk Songs in Yulin", more than 100 music lovers have submitted their own music works, and more than 150 music lovers have appeared on the Yulin·Folk Ballads Station. , sing your own folk story. As the event progresses, it is expected that more than 1,000 musicians will appear on the dual stages of folk songs.
According to reports, this year’s new album will be launched on more than 130 global music or streaming media platforms. The entire folk song season event is expected to receive more than 120 million online views and attention, and is expected to indirectly drive 7 million regional tourist flows.
In addition, outstanding musicians will also go to Chongqing, Xi'an, Shenzhen, and Lijiang for exchange performances, and will also perform on the same stage with music groups from 28 international sister cities of Chengdu in 19 countries on five continents.
Luo Bingwen said that this year’s Yulin Road folk music season has the overall theme of “picking up light”: “picking up light”, looking for the past and future; “picking up interest”, looking for interesting souls; “picking up talent”, looking for “partners” of the same frequency ". Luo Bingwen told reporters that he hopes that this blend of life and music will allow everyone who comes here to discover the unique charm of music in Yulin, and meet their musical soul mates in Yulin and in folk songs.
A non-disturbing "sound ultrasound" site
The Folk Partner Assistance Program is launched
Yulin Road is a holy place for folk songs, and it is also an ordinary residential area in Chengdu. Whether music can be introduced into fireworks and streets while ensuring that it does not affect residents is a topic that many people are concerned about. Luo Bingwen told reporters that this year's stage draws on the characteristics of "village ba" and "village super" to creatively create an urban "sound super" scene with an immersive sense of encirclement. The overall design of the stage was undertaken by a well-known foreign team. There are no speakers on the stage and the overall volume can be reduced by 50%. After testing, it will not affect the community and surrounding residents.
With this premise, in Yulin, which is full of tree shades, music will not be limited to the stage or high-rise buildings, but will become a part of daily life. "Go downstairs to listen to folk songs, go downstairs to live life" has become the theme of this music season One of the highlights.
What is expected is that the "Folk Partner Assistance Plan for My Folk Singing in Yulin" was announced at the press conference. Singers Li Xiaodong, Wei Xueman and others served as folk assistance officers. They not only discovered high-quality musicians, but also provided services such as the "Singing Tour Plan" Performance platforms and opportunities such as "Folk Night Stage Performance" also provide signing opportunities for outstanding musicians to help them realize their copyrights and complete the transformation from "writing folk songs" and "singing folk songs" to "listening to folk songs" that more people can hear. The whole process of music production.
Singer Wei Xueman
Liu Yiwei explained "comfort" and "Bashi" on the spot
This is the life philosophy of Sichuan people
Surprisingly, singer Hu Defu also came to the event and sang his masterpieces "Pacific Wind" and "Hurry", The soulful singing infected the audience present. Hu Defu enjoys high prestige in the folk music world and held his first solo concert as early as 1973.
“I was really surprised by the music atmosphere here. In Yulin, I can feel people’s love and respect for music. Whether they are singers on the streets or those who listen quietly, they are all full of passion for music. "This atmosphere is very inspiring for us musicians." At the scene, Hu Defu previewed the "I Listen to Folk Songs in Yulin" project. According to reports, the project plans to hold three folk live performances and two folk night concerts. Not only can you see the big names in folk music gathered on the same stage, but you can also see leading folk artists and folk amateurs performing on the same stage.
It is reported that the annual folk album of the 2024 Yulin Road Folk Music Season is named "Light Picking Up in Folk Songs", with a total of 8 original songs. As a synchronized event of the 2024 Yulin Road Folk Music Season, the "Joyful Chengdu" Chengdu Music Square Midsummer Music Festival and "Music 365" activities are also underway.
It is worth mentioning that the host of the press conference was Liu Yiwei, a native of Chengdu. He was humorous and explained his unique understanding of the two most famous Sichuan words in Chengdu, "easy" and "ba Shi".
Host Liu Yiwei
"'An' means ease and comfort. Sichuan people know how to be comfortable best. I think 'Yi' also means 'wing'. Although we know how to enjoy it, we can soar into the sky with wings.'Ba' , in Sichuan dialect, means "close to each other", and "Shi" means that even if we are very close, we should pay attention to the appropriate distance. "Comfort" and "Bashi" are the life philosophy of Sichuan people. I think it is also very relevant to the theme of our music season. Compliant. "
(image by organizer)
