and the layered low-medium and high-pitched male chorus seem to have brought the venue of the 2024 China Internet Media Forum to the meandering Ruili River, with green bamboos on the riverside, beautiful scenery on both sides, and golden sunlight filling the river. Picturesque.
This song "Towards the Clouds" performed by the multi-voice male vocals of the Mengbanaxi Orchestra of the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture depicts the beauty of the south of colorful clouds with singing, and also makes people feel that there is a kind of life called Yunnan. "Poetry and Distance".
As a local band in Yunnan, the beautiful natural scenery, colorful national culture, and the exotic customs on the China-Myanmar border are rich soil that nourishes the Mengbanasi Band.
"The materials and inspirations we create all come from our lives. We live in a province with ethnic minorities, so the elements of ethnic minorities are naturally integrated into our works," said Liu Yongjiang, a member of the orchestra.
Bawu, Hulusi, Tuliang...
These ethnic minority instrumental music
are common elements in the works of Mengba Naxi Orchestra
Integrate modern music with Yunnan ethnic minority elements
Perform harmonious and rich harmonies
Mengba The Naxi Orchestra's work
is refreshing and memorable
"During the creation process, we will also try to use modern harmonies to interpret classic ethnic minority songs, such as "Phoenix Bamboo in the Moonlight" and "Golden "When the Wind Blows", "Jingpo Girl" and so on, Liu Yongjiang said.
"My motherland and I cannot be separated for a moment. No matter where I go, a hymn flows out..." In 2022, this classic song became popular all over the country again. The song "I" performed by the Mengba Naxi Band "My Motherland" has been blasted. This is a confession from Colorful Yunnan.
Previously, the Mengba Naxi Orchestra became popular on the Internet with the song "Light Rain in March", and later recorded works such as "See Smoke Again", "Story of Time", "Legend" and "Hemerocallis", all of which were very popular.
Using music to tell the story of Yunnan
Mengbanasi, in Dai language, means "magical and beautiful place, paradise". It can refer to a specific place, or it can be used to describe the beauty and uniqueness of a place.
Mengbanasi Orchestra is a vocal group that mainly promotes the main melody, promotes hometown, and provides public welfare. Its members are Yang Wu, a national second-level actor from Dehong Prefecture National Culture Work Troupe, vocal actors Zhang Zhiqiang and He Mingjun, and first-level actors from Dehong Media Group. Announcer Liu Yongjiang and music teacher Yang Zhao from Mangshi No. 1 Middle School in Dehong Prefecture are jointly composed.
Since its establishment on January 1, 2022, the Mengba Naxi Orchestra has recorded and released "Light Rain in March", "Orchid Grass", "Phoenix Bamboo in the Moonlight", "Clouds in Hometown", "Beauty of the Same Heart", "Ah" There are more than 40 musical works such as "Wa People Sing a New Song", "Dehong Coffee Story" and "The Return of the Hornbill", more than 120 mission performances have been completed, and 14 original works have been created.
The Mengbanasi Ensemble’s singing style has national cultural characteristics, its timbre is unique and full of tension, its artistic processing is delicate and full, and its harmonies are rich in levels. It is deeply welcomed and loved by all walks of life, and fully demonstrates to the society Dehong Prefecture’s reputation as a “song and dance The local cultural characteristics of "Hometown" are one of the few successful examples in China in recent years that use the choral art form to empower local tourism and showcase national cultural style. The orchestra was hired by the Dehong Prefecture Cultural Tourism Bureau as the "Dehong Prefecture Cultural Tourism Promotional Image Ambassador"; by the Dehong Prefecture Court as the "Dehong Court Rule of Law Promotional Image Ambassador"; and by the Dehong Prefecture Political and Legal Commission as the "Dehong Prefecture Legal Promotion Ambassador" Anti-drug propaganda ambassador”.
"Yunnan is our root and our foundation. Our creation must be centered around Yunnan." Speaking of the band's future development, Liu Yongjiang is full of expectations.
"Modern people's lives are fast-paced, but many netizens say they are willing to listen to our works after get off work," Liu Yongjiang said. “Perhaps it is the soothing, romantic and comfortable feeling conveyed in the work that makes everyone slow down and calm down.”
Harmonious and beautiful harmonies
Pure and natural melody
It is the music that grows from the land of Yunnan
It is also the music that is entrusted
People's yearning for a life called Yunnan
At the end of the article, everyone is invited to listen to Meng Banasi Orchestra version of "My Motherland and Me"
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