Inheriting and carrying forward the Chinese Guqin culture, the “64-Hexagram Guqin” appears in Sijing Ancient Town, Songjiang
On May 20, the opening ceremony of the "Centennial Qin Yuan and Sijing Sijing"-Songfeng Tingyin 64 Guqin Exhibition National Tour and the Sijing Ancient Town Famous Guqin Concert were held at the Community Cultural Activity Center of Sijing Town, Songjiang District, polishing the The cultural business card of Sijing Ancient Town New Town creates Sijing’s “original Shanghai boutique cultural brand”.
The event innovatively combines a musical stage play with a guqin concert, telling a touching story about the century-old Sijing qin relationship, and presenting a new era guqin music cultural feast with unique Jiangnan characteristics.
The ancient town of Sijing is one of the birthplaces of Shanghai’s “root culture”, with a long history and numerous celebrities. Sun Daoming, Tao Zongyi, Ma Xiangbo, Shi Liangcai, etc. are all famous in the history of art in Jiangnan. It is reported that a hundred years ago, Shi Liangcai, the founder of Shenbao, and his wife Shen Qiushui were good friends with Wu Lansun and Wu Jinyang, the founders of Wumen Qin School. At that time, the society was in turmoil and the guqin industry was facing a continuity crisis. In order to protect and inherit the art of guqin, Shi Liangcai and his wife joined hands with Cai Yuanpei, Zhou Qingyun and other well-known figures in society at the time to organize the "Morning Wind Luqin Club". Feeling the charm of guqin culture, Shi Liangcai and his wife collected old wood destroyed by war in and around Sijing, cut 64 guqins according to the hexagrams of the "Book of Changes", and displayed them on the second floor of the Shenbao Hall. out. Later, due to the turmoil of the current situation, the 64-Hexagram Guqin was lost in the war.
As one of the ancient town cultural brand construction projects, Sijing Town built the Songfeng Tingyin Guqin Culture and Art Museum based on the Jiang family residence, a cultural heritage building next to Shi Liangcai’s former residence. Inspired by the story of Shi Liangcai and his wife Shen Qiushui's relationship with the Sijing guqin, the Songfeng Tingyin Guqin Culture and Art Museum took advantage of the renovation of the Sijing ancient town, followed the example of its predecessors in collecting old wood, and spent 3 years rebuilding the 64-hexagram guqin, and invited The calligrapher and seal engraver wrote the inscription on the seal to continue the story of the centuries-old relationship between Sijing and Qin.
Sijing is an important part of the construction of humanistic Songjiang. The ancient town of Sijing is full of the simplicity and elegance of the Jiangnan water town. Ancient people used to describe the beautiful scenery of the ancient town as "nine peaks and green mountains, Sishui sailing". It enjoys the reputation of "China's famous historical and cultural towns and villages", "Shanghai's historical and cultural areas" and "Shanghai's hometown of folk culture and art".
Sun Changcheng, mayor of Sijing Town, said that the protection and renewal of the ancient town has pressed the "accelerator button" amidst everyone's expectations and entered the "fast lane". The new Sijing Ancient Town brand IP of "culturally vibrant ancient town, quiet and charming water town" has become increasingly prominent. . This Guqin exhibition and Sijing Town famous Guqin concert aim to inherit and promote the Chinese Guqin art and continue the century-old relationship between Guqin culture and the ancient town of Sijing.
It is reported that in the next stage, Sijing Ancient Town will take this opportunity to gradually build a Guqin cultural exchange base in Sijing Ancient Town and launch the Guqin cultural brand of Sijing Ancient Town. "In the future, we will successively organize 64-hexagram guqin tours in some provinces and cities across the country to spread guqin culture and convey the sound of Sijing." said Ruan Jinghe, the person in charge of Songfeng Tingyin Guqin Culture and Art Museum.
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