Hualong News (Reporter Liang Haonan) Crosstalk, Errenzhuan, Allegro, Storytelling... On March 30, the fifth "Zou Ma Cup" Telling Chinese Stories folk art performance was held in the Western (Chongqing) Science City. There were 25 live performances from 22 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country, involving 22 northern and southern song types, telling the story of China in the new era, spreading the voice of China, and presenting wonderful folk art and cultural performances to the public.
This exhibition is located at the Guanwumiao Theater in Zouma Ancient Town and will last until March 31. It is hosted by the Chinese Folk Artists Association and the Chongqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles. It aims to strengthen the connection between China’s folk art hometowns (famous cities) and folk art bases. Communicate and exchange, prosper grassroots mass folk arts activities, and cultivate and discover outstanding folk arts talents who have taken root at the grassroots all year round.
The scene was crowded with musicians from all over the country. Wonderful horse racing stories, Beijing storytelling, Guangdong Cantonese opera, Hebei drums, etc. attracted bursts of applause. The reporter noticed that the folk art performance projects have strong regional characteristics and various forms, including the familiar cross talk, Errenzhuan, and storytelling, as well as Yao tambourine, Northern Jiangsu Qinshu, Cantonese opera, Hubei storytelling, and other artistic themes that carry local characteristics.
Since "Folk Stories of Zouma Town" was included in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list by the State Council in 2006, Zouma Town has attached great importance to the development and inheritance of folk culture. So far, 316 folk story telling groups have been discovered in Zouma Town. At present, the town has collected more than 13,800 folk tale catalogs, 12,800 stories have been recorded, 650 audio tapes have been recorded, and more than 8.5 million words of various written materials have been recorded.
Zhu Ke, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Mayor of Zouma Town, said that the rich folk literature heritage and vigorous promotion have led to the emergence of "stories told in every household in Zouma Town, men tell them, women tell them, and even children can tell them; folk songs are sung every month and every month, and Taiwanese Singing on the hills, singing on the slopes, singing everywhere” is a grand spectacle of folk literature and art. The "Zou Ma Cup" is held every two years to better innovate and inherit the folk art culture, and also allows the intangible cultural heritage Zouma folk story to be continuously optimized and carried forward through telling again and again.
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is famous for its folk tales and is included in the national intangible heritage protection list.
Zouma is the hometown of stories. The Chengdu-Chongqing Ancient Post Road that flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was historically the only way from Chongqing to Chengdu. road.
Zhong Shouwei, a cadre of the Zouma Town Cultural Service Center, said that the ancient post road in the Ming and Qing Dynasties passed by Zouma, forming the Zouma market. The caravans of merchants and merchants set off from Tongyuan Gate in Chongqing City in the early morning. After just one day's journey, they settled at the horse racecourse in the evening, forming a bustling market with shops, entertainment and rest.
Here, people come and go to exchange customs, strange texts, and various legends from all over the world, and then word of mouth gradually forms the folk tale of Zouma. At the same time, professional storytellers appear to sing the folk tale of Zouma. . Since then, the folk tale of walking horses has spread.
Since the 1980s, the local government has begun recording and collecting folk tales of walking horses, and currently has collected more than 13,800 stories. During this period, it was discovered that two old gentlemen, Wei Xiande and Wei Xianfa, could each tell more than 1,000 stories. They were hailed as China's "Green Brothers" by UNESCO and attracted a lot of attention. In 2006, the folk tale of Zouma was included in the first batch of national intangible heritage protection lists in China.
Nowadays, the Zouma Folk Story, starting from 2014, has been passed down and innovated through the "Zouma Cup Telling Chinese Stories" held every two years. Western Science City Chongqing High-tech Zone has cultural prosperity and cultural tourism development.
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