Before eight o'clock, Chen Xing took photos outside for a while. He didn't go back until it started to rain.
He could hear some sounds from the water stage while standing outside, but it was not purely Pingtan. It felt like it was mainly opera, with Pingtan just interspersed in it.
Fortunately, the small stage in their inn is very authentic. When Chen Xing went back after taking the photo, the space in front was gone. The overall layout was similar to that of a teahouse, except that there were two chairs and a table in the front, with a shamisen on the table.
The person sitting on the chair should be a Pingtan actor. The two gentlemen were a man and a woman, in their thirties and forties. The female gentleman was wearing a light blue cheongsam, which matched well with the night of the water town outside. She was holding a pipa, and her expression was not much, but her eyes were very gentle.
The other one was wearing a simple shirt and jeans, but his hands looked more elegant than others, with big and soft palms.
He didn't look at the scenery, sometimes he closed his eyes to rest, and sometimes he looked at the flowing water outside the window, looking slightly tired. I guess I have performed too much in the past two days, Chen Xing thought to himself.
Chen Xing didn't have such determination as him, so he kept looking outside when the performance hadn't started yet. The ancient towns in Jiangnan are always closely related to water.
The layout here is similar to the place where he ate before. After entering the house, there is an empty wall, facing the water. It is raining, and there are people holding umbrellas on the road opposite walking in the rain. In this ancient town scenery, the atmosphere is full. .
Chen Xing was attracted by the pedestrians opposite for a long time. When he came to his senses, someone came on stage and said that the performance was about to start.
When I looked at the stage again, the gentle middle-aged man was putting on a coat. He didn't just put the gown on casually, but carefully buttoned every button and smoothed the wrinkles with his hands.
All movements are lonely and neat. The host went up and asked, and when he saw that they were all ready, he said to the dozens of viewers in the audience.
"Okay then, now please listen to Pingtan, The Legend of the Green Snake..." Chen Xing thought that there was a mistake on the sign, but he didn't expect that the piece was really called The Legend of the Green Snake, and he didn't know what the story was.
The performance begins. Chen Xing just listened to the beginning, then opened his eyes and said - It's over, it's bad, I don't understand!
But the feeling when they sang was very good. The male voice always made Chen Xing feel like he was humming softly. It was so comfortable that Chen Xing just wanted to relax and lie on the chair and listen to the music. He didn't even want to record it with a camera. .
When the girl sang, Chen Xing was even more excited. The voice is so good! The system says that Chen Xing has a good voice now, but he thinks opera singers have really good voices, and their technical content far exceeds that of pop singers in recent years. They are simply not on the same level. Is this the difference between artists and celebrities?
Chen Xing has been listening to songs, music festivals, and Pingtan for a while. But when listening to a music festival, the emotions are exciting and chaotic. You don’t have to think about it. You don’t have to think about it. You just have to listen. If you encounter something with a better rhythm, just like the people around you, you will jump up and down while listening. good.
But sitting in this theater and listening to Pingtan is a different experience than listening to the music festival before. Listening to Wu Nong's soft words and the sound of rain outside the window.
Chen Xing suddenly remembered a passage from Jia Mu in Dream of Red Mansions. She said - it is better to listen to a play through water. Chen Xing finally understood what it meant today.
There is light rain outside the window, and the singing inside the house is melodious and melodious, harmonious with the scenery on the lake, and natural.
The round notes swayed step by step in the waves, sliding over our lazy nerves, and then fell on the ancient Grand Canal with the fine raindrops.
[Listen to Pingtan in Wuzhen at night. How many people listen to it, and how many people understand it. Is it important? unimportant.
Loneliness itself is a value. This long-lasting piano sound is the background of Wushan Yueshui, and it is also the soul of Wushan Yueshui. Look, the whispers of the couple leaning against the window cannot be softer than the gentle Pingtan. Their murmurs] Chen Xing glanced over there after seeing this sentence. There was indeed a couple with very good looks.
Give rewards as you give them, don’t add unnecessary words! Continue to look at the system, there is another one behind - [Top 100 Most Beautiful Ancient Towns: Wuzhen] [You discovered the beauty of Wuzhen and gained skills: Suzhou Dialect]
"..." You might as well give me 100,000 yuan for this. Why should I learn Suzhou dialect? Come and listen to Pingtan?
Can you travel around the world if you can speak Mandarin in China? Need another dialect? Chen Xing himself has a good talent for languages. He has not spent much time in Xijiang and he can speak some simple Xijiang dialect. I think it won't take Chen Xing long to learn Suzhou dialect by himself.
He wanted to complain, but suddenly he understood the songs sung by the two actors. His complicated thoughts were cleared away in an instant, and he was temporarily forgotten, and he listened to the opera seriously again.
In the past, Chen Xing never imagined that traditional opera could attract him. Is this a life of entering old age early?
Probably not. The more you read, the more you understand the traditional Chinese culture, and the more you understand the meaning of opera in cultural inheritance.
As a result, I was able to calm down and listen to opera without even realizing it. This has nothing to do with age. It's a pity that the few minutes that belong to Qing She Zhuan have already been sung.
We are singing the third verse now. According to the host, the name is Chaitou Feng.
"The world is thin, people are evil, the rain brings dusk and the flowers fall easily..." Who can still remember the reaction of the elders in the family when they listened to the play?
Lean back on the couch. Close your eyes. If there happens to be an armrest, then your hand must be placed on the armrest and your index finger will tap slowly to the rhythm of the opera.
If you happen to be able to sing, you will definitely sing along softly, but generally you will not make any sound. Just listen.
Because this is when your ears enjoy it the most. Chen Xing is like this now.
"Red crisp hands, yellow vine wine, the city is full of spring scenery and willows on the palace walls. The east wind is bad, joy is thin, I am full of melancholy, I have been away for a few years...wrong~" This wrong sound can be sung thousands of times.
Another song ends. The host came on stage, took the microphone and asked: "Do you understand? You don't understand, right? It's okay if you don't understand. This is normal. Every place has its own characteristics, right. So in Pingtan Among them, what we listen to is the sound and the rhyme. If you happen to like the performances of Teacher Zhou and Teacher Lu, then please give these two teachers a round of applause." The people in the audience immediately applauded.
I'll go check around later to see if the two teachers have accounts on Bizhan, or if they can add a WeChat account or something... Chen Xing listened to Pingtan today, as if he was tired of listening to Mandarin songs and was exposed to Cantonese songs for the first time.
A new continent was discovered. It is said that few ancient melodies have been handed down, and many singing methods of Song lyrics are almost lost.
Pingtan perfectly restores Chen Xing's inner imagination of the ancient pop music scene, as if Chen Xing was really born in that era.
There were no other forms of entertainment, so Chen Xing felt that he probably only had two pursuits. One is to be Xu Xiake and travel all over China; the other is to be a young master and listen to music every day.
Well, that's what he pursued. However, if you consider that there is no such system in ancient times, then listening to music on Goulan should be ranked first, and traveling should be ranked second... As for the ten years of hard work, fame and wealth, what is the use?
Just like what he is thinking now, when a person dies, he cannot take away any rights or money.
It is better to live wonderfully and comfortably for the rest of your life. Chen Xing didn't listen much to what the host said. Compared to the two gentlemen's wonderful Pingtan performances, his announcement was just like that of a wedding company.
But Chen Xing suddenly heard something thanking everyone for watching, and Chen Xing was shocked... Was the performance only for half an hour?
The two teachers had already exited, and what followed was a storytelling performance. Storytelling... Chen Xing felt that what he said was good.
His dubbing in his videos is liked by many people abroad. The recent African documentary was also dubbed by Chen Xing. Currently, Ford is looking for broadcast channels everywhere. Chen Xing understands the cadence of his voice, emotions and so on.
I liked the performances of the two teachers very much, so I got up and followed them towards where they exited.
Liyuan Inn has no backstage. Except for some private rooms, it is a place where tourists can go. Even the male teacher changed his coat directly on site.
So as soon as Chen Xing passed by, he saw them holding umbrellas and about to walk out. Chen Xing quickly shouted: "Teachers, wait." They looked back and saw a handsome young man running towards them. The two looked at each other and stopped.
"Do you have anything to do with us?" Chen Xing said, "I'm sorry to bother the two teachers. Today is my first time listening to Suzhou Pingtan. I like it very much. I am also amazed by the teachers' performance. Can I leave a few words?" I may want to ask you some questions in the future." The middle-aged man smiled gently and said, "Thank you for liking Pingtan, but if you want to get to know us or simply learn Pingtan, you can contact us on WeChat Follow our WeChat public account, Pingxinshe." Is it so modern?
And a public account? But Chen Xing still wanted a contact information, and he didn’t just want WeChat as a fan. He also wanted to take more pictures of this culture.
After thinking about it, he said: "I am a photographer, my name is Chen Xing. My information can be found on the Internet. I want to let more people know about our traditional culture through photography..." Chen Xing's voice As soon as I left, my sister, who was in her thirties, smiled and said, "I just want my contact information. If Teacher Zhou doesn't give it to you, I will give it to you. If you don't mind me being old, just add me on WeChat."
"It's okay, my sister is pretty." Chen Xing scanned the QR code and added him as a friend.
"My surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Shi'an. You can call me Sister An. This teacher's name is Zhou Bojun."
"Hello." Teacher Zhou said with a smile. Lu Shi'an looked at the time and said, "We have to go. There is a car waiting for us outside the scenic area. Chen Xing, your name is Chen Xing, right?"
"That's right, teacher."
"If you want to find us, you can search for Pingxin Tea House in Suzhou. We are located in the Pingjiang Ancient City Scenic Area in Suzhou."
"Okay, teachers, let's go slowly." Chen Xing stayed at the door of the inn and watched them walk out of the scenic area with umbrellas. Although it was raining heavily now, there was no accumulation of water on the road, otherwise Chen Xing would be really wet. I was worried that Sister An’s beautiful cheongsam would get wet from the water on the ground.
In the distance, Lu Shian was also chatting with Zhou Bojun about Chen Xing.
"I thought he was just a young man who suddenly fell in love with Pingtan." Zhou Bojun said, taking out his mobile phone to search for Chen Xing as he walked.
Lu Shi'an was walking with the hem of his cheongsam, and after hearing this he said: "That's good. Few young people nowadays like traditional folk arts. If you still have the courage to come to us and ask for our contact information, maybe you really want to learn it. , I think he seems to understand the Suzhou accent." When Zhou Bojun came out, he took off his coat and put it in his bag. Modern clothes are also convenient for holding a mobile phone.
"Found it," he said. There are many entries, and there are photos of Chen Xing on the webpage, which don't look as handsome as he does in real life.
Zhou Bojun clicked into the encyclopedia. Chan Story Award.
He has shot new product photos for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Gucci, Burberry and other brands. His "snow" series is permanently collected by the Paris Art Association... If Chen Xing often pays attention to his own entries, he may be confused as to why he writes lyrics. Tiao people are so familiar with themselves.
But it was clearly written very recently. Because Chen Xing only collaborated with Burberry for the first time before returning to China, the entry had already been announced.
The pictures on the encyclopedia are also much more handsome than before. The previous entry was written by a fan. The photo on the encyclopedia was from when Chen Xing won the award in Nice. The current one is Chen Xing’s artistic photo, which was taken for him by his classmates in the high-end photography class in Paris. A total of Not many.
"Hiss...this young man!"
"What's wrong?" Lu Shi'an asked curiously. Zhou Bojun quickly gave her the phone. I didn't think so when I looked at him. I saw that he was a handsome young man with extraordinary temperament. But I didn't expect that this young man was so good in the photography industry.
And its fame is mainly abroad. At least the entry doesn't say that Chen Xing has cooperated with any domestic institution.
Lu Shi'an read the encyclopedia, then went out to read other web news, and asked a little worriedly: "Then you said that he just said he wanted to help us promote Pingtan, is it true? It's free?" He has to pay for it? If so, they won't be able to get much money out of it.
Going out for a performance like this, I ran a dozen shows in Tongxiang in two days as if in a hurry, so I could earn a little more. However, working at the Pingtan Teahouse in Suzhou to get paid would not make much money every month.
"Let's see if he will contact us again." Zhou Bojun said. As an ordinary folk artist, playing the piano and singing is just his daily job, a job that makes money to support his family.
But as a practitioner in a traditional industry, why don’t you want Pingtan to become truly popular?
