Zheng, drums, pipa, erhu, gongs, cymbals, flutes and flutes all played together. On the evening of June 12, the 2024 Sanxiang Township primary and secondary folk music performance was held at the Zhongshan Culture and Art Center (Grand Theater), with performances from the Sanxian

The zither, drum, pipa, erhu, gongs, cymbals, flutes and flutes all played together. On the evening of June 12, the 2024 Sanxiang Town Primary and Secondary School Folk Music Performance was held at the Zhongshan Cultural and Art Center (Grand Theater), with performances from the Sanxiang Folk Orchestra and six traditional The teachers and students of the Folk Music School presented a stunning folk music performance to more than 1,300 audiences.

The 2024 folk music performance in primary and secondary schools in Sanxiang Town.

Performance activities were directed by many big names

The 2024 Sanxiang Town primary and secondary school folk music performance was performed by the Sanxiang Folk Orchestra and the Sanxiang Town primary and secondary schools as the main body. It is divided into three chapters: "Fragrant Hill Youth", "Across Time and Space" and "Riding a New Journey". The repertoire performed was rich and varied, including "General's Order" and other ancient songs that have been passed down for thousands of years, as well as the classic "Pinghu Autumn Moon" composed by Mr. Lu Wencheng, a native of Zhongshan. "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" incorporates Cantonese opera singing and children's chorus, "Childhood Fantasia" incorporates dance elements, and commissioned and adapted pieces such as "Dare to Ask Where the Way Is" and "Ode to Joy" combine traditional music with modern elements to form a a unique playing style.

The 2024 folk music performance in primary and secondary schools in Sanxiang Town.

"Practicing the erhu not only improves my skills, but also inherits and promotes the excellent traditional Chinese culture." Li (pseudonym), who plays the erhu, and his friends played "Dare to Ask for the Road" "Where", "Childhood Fantasia" and other repertoire, he said, "I am very honored and very happy to be on stage to perform for everyone. I also hope that our performance can let everyone see the level of Zhongshan folk music."

The melodiousness of the guzheng, the melody of the erhu Deep feelings, the crispness of the bamboo flute... various traditional musical instruments are intertwined into wonderful musical pictures. As the largest lineup in the history of Sanxiang Town and authoritatively guided by many industry figures from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, this performance received warm applause from more than 1,300 viewers.

All primary and secondary schools in Sanxiang Town offer folk music courses

It is understood that Sanxiang Town has written a splendid chapter of high-quality development with a new cultural mission, established the Sanxiang Folk Orchestra, created a group of folk music schools, and vigorously promoted folk music towns in the Greater Bay Area construction. Sanxiang Folk Orchestra brings together a group of performers who love national music and have superb skills, as well as experienced older generation artists to inherit Xiangshan culture and sing a new voice of the times.

Primary and secondary schools in Sanxiang Town take "folk music into campus" as the starting point, with teenagers as the main body, and offer 100% folk music courses. More than 30,000 students have received professional guidance from folk music teachers, and they have won more than 1,000 awards in folk music competitions at all levels in the province and city. people.

Zhou Chenglong, a national first-class composer and former deputy director of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, said that under the influence of Xiangshan culture, Sanxiang Town seized the opportunity and found the right direction to build a folk music town in the Greater Bay Area, which not only allows primary and secondary school students to experience folk music The cultural connotation and artistic beauty also allow more people to understand, appreciate and inherit folk music.

"I look forward to the brand of Sanxiang folk music becoming brighter and brighter, going further and further, and contributing 'Sanxiang wisdom' to the development of art education in the province or the country." National first-level performer, former percussionist of Shanghai Chinese Orchestra Chief Chen Huanting is a native of Sanxiang. He said that he will strongly support Sanxiang Town in building a folk music town in the Greater Bay Area and contribute to the development of cultural undertakings in his hometown.