The Pudong-style pipa art is one of the young plants growing from a seed of Chinese culture. It carries thousands of years of splendid civilization genes and is a living fossil of traditional art. Traditional arts are deeply imprinted on national culture, have a flesh-and-blood connection with the way of life of the nation, and are deeply seated on the foundation of national culture. The Pudong School Pipa art is rooted in the culture of philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine, food, calligraphy and painting, bow and arrow, martial arts, big bells, festivity and so on.

The Pudong School Pipa art was born in the soil of traditional culture and is inextricably linked with traditional culture in many aspects. From these connections, we can fully feel the broad and profound magical charm of traditional culture, which can help us fully understand the traditional pipa art, let us appreciate the wisdom of the sages, understand that the traditional pipa art is the result of long-term accumulation from generation to generation, and understand the traditional pipa art. Rich and profound artistic connotation.

Pudong School Pipa art and traditional philosophy, the source of traditional philosophy is "Book of Changes". In "Book of Changes", Taiji produces two instruments, two instruments give birth to four images, and four images give rise to gossip. The simple symbol system of Yao and hexagrams covers everything. Like the Pudong School, all fingering skills are unfolded layer by layer, just simple fingertips move flexibly, the left hand has a belt, and the right hand has a lower round and an upper round. The flexible idea of "Book of Changes" is also reflected in the repertoire, combining fixed formulas with infinite changes. From the very beginning, "The Overlord Unarmor" showed its domineering power in a regular, stable and powerful manner. "Chu Ge" is presented neatly and meticulously with free-flowing changes, vividly reproducing the scene of Chu Bawang crying bitterly after being defeated, and vividly depicting Chu Bawang's grief, grief and anger at this time. "Drum horn" and "Jiasheng" alternately push the whole piece to a climax. The sense of urgency in "Book of Changes" is also manifested in the improvement of the Pudong School's fingering skills. Lin Shicheng used his index finger for half a second to wind the four strings, and he quickly pushed and pulled the strings greatly. Integrating the process of parallel stringing into the process of pushing and pulling strings, pushes the stunt of the Pudong School to a new height, becoming the best among the best, and makes the Pudong School maintain the leading position of the pipa art. This kind of kung fu can also easily and intuitively identify counterfeiters.

Pudong School Pipa Art and Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture, the originator and generations of Pudong School Pipa art are all Chinese medicine masters, and they are most closely related to Chinese medicine culture. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the Pudong style pipa is to use the Shixuan acupoint with the left hand to press the strings vigorously, and the right hand to quickly pluck the front end of the four seam acupoints. The earliest extant medical scripture, Huangdi Neijing, has a deep influence on the Pudong School. The Yellow Emperor's Neijing comprehensively and spontaneously discusses the relationship between man and nature. The Pudong School takes its holistic view and requires that each piece be written from the title to the section and the notes. , are regarded as one inseparable, must be worthy of the name, can not exist in name only. There is also the "Huangdi Neijing" that trains medical students to teach according to their aptitude and select people to teach, emphasizing "do not teach unless they are, teach them, and teach them." There are also requirements for people to teach more skills. Doctor Zhang Zhongjing's thought of dialectical treatment directly guides the Pudong School to use appropriate techniques and corresponding changes according to the nature and characteristics of the repertoire, so that the sound effect can be better. Traditional Chinese medicine talks about the principle of "ruler, ministers and assistants". "Chen" is an auxiliary drug, which strengthens the efficacy of the main drug and treats concurrent symptoms. "Zuo" is a medicine that relieves the toxic and side effects of the main medicine. "Shi" is the drug that guides the drug's power to reach the lesion. The Pudong-style pipa also speaks of "the ruler, the minister and the envoy" in each piece. For example, the "lord" in "House of Flying Daggers" is a "scream", and the "scream" is also the result of an ambush. Play this song. "Chen" means "small battles and big battles", and uses drastic changes as a foreshadowing to set off "screams". "Zuo" is "ambush", which is used as a covert, rush and secret to contrast with "scream", which is also one of the key points of the whole song. "Establishment" is the part of the "battalion", and it clearly tells the audience that it is a fierce and cruel war scene. The title of the song "House of Flying Daggers" itself implies the best effect to be produced at the end. Only when the song is played with "the emperor, ministers and envoys" can it achieve a shocking effect and give the audience an excellent listening enjoyment.

Pudong School Pipa art and food culture, among the thousands of years of Chinese food culture, chopsticks have the greatest influence on the world. This unique tableware is used by one-third of the world's people. How to hold chopsticks is the first survival skill that every child of our nation learns as a child. Two thin sticks are very simple, but they can be picked and stirred. Eighteen kinds of cooking skills are very handy. Only five chopsticks are needed. Finger operation. The Pudong School Pipa also taught how to play the violin with only the fingertips of both hands, and basically did not swing the wrist. It was emphasized that plucking with the fingertips is a "small door", which is the basic point, and more wrist swings are a "big door". "Small Door" is the artistic realm pursued by court musicians and literati in the past dynasties, and "Big Door" is a quick way for folk musicians and even beggars to make a living. Because the fingerings of the Pudong style songs are all "small doors", since the "Cultural Revolution", those who play "big doors" have to delete or revise the Pudong style songs, otherwise they can't play the Pudong style songs at all. This is not a superficial art form issue, but a deep level of skill. The "small door" that has been ignored and covered up for decades is actually an important symbol of the traditional faction.

Pudong School Pipa art and calligraphy and painting culture, the first is the method of holding the pen, the thumb and index finger hold the pen, the middle finger hooks the pen, the ring finger is against the pen, and the little finger is against the ring finger. The five fingers should be strong, and the palm should be empty. It is required that "the finger is solid and the palm is empty". All changes in the brush for painting and calligraphy are based on the correct method of holding the pen and the basic skills of using the pen. The Pudong School pipa art also strictly regulates the fingering requirements. The right hand completely relies on the fingertips to pass the strings quickly and forcefully. The second is the use of ink skills. The most basic point of using ink is to combine shades and shades, and the shades are natural. The thick ink is strong and strong, and it penetrates the back of the paper; the light ink is quiet and high, and it is like a fairy. If the force is round, it will be smooth, and the potential disease will be astringent. Books are expensive, and books win with rhyme. Pudong School is famous for its rich and delicate fingering. Only the left-hand "press" has three levels of "play", "press" and "print". And wait. Different combinations and different changes make the repertoire of the Pudong School clear, tactfully moving, climaxing one after another, and having a three-dimensional sense of space. The Pudong School also emphasizes contrast and pays attention to the smooth transition. The sound is loud but not dry, and the sound is subtle but not muddy. Fast and clear, slow and uninterrupted. There are Wendan in Wuqu, and there is Wudan in Wenqu. Just in the middle with a round, soft and full of backbone. "Xiao and Drum in the Sunset" is ups and downs, with small climaxes appearing one after another, and the big scenes are fascinating. The pipa art of the Pudong School is colorless but has the splendor of painting; although it is invisible, it has the grandeur of calligraphy. It has added a heavy page to the history of pipa art and has become a rare treasure in traditional culture.

Pudong School Pipa art and bow and arrow culture, bow and arrow was a hunting tool tens of thousands of years ago, and later became an important ancient warfare weapon with its long range, fast firing rate and good accuracy. In ancient archery, the bow was completely drawn with the fingers and the arrow was pinched to position it, restricting the movement of the wrist, and the strength and fine adjustment of the fingers determined the level of archery. Pudong style Pipa's requirements for finger strength and speed also reflect kung fu, and flicking and swiping also limits wrist swings. In archery, the body is upright, steady and calm, the movement is stretched, and the force is also the same in the Pudong school pipa. When the Pudong school is playing, it is not allowed to shake your head or dance, the purpose is to not interfere with the audience's auditory experience, and to impress people with the beautiful sound of the piano. The Pudong School Pipa art embodies the fundamental characteristic of "masculine beauty" of the bow and arrow culture. Therefore, the Pudong School insists on being steady and never pretentious in its inheritance. Aiming at the only goal of "sound" and focusing on the fundamental meaning of "expressiveness". Grasp one key point after another, break through one difficulty point after another, and enhance the appeal with real sound effects, which is a typical "strength school" style.

Pudong School Pipa art and martial arts culture, whether martial arts are fitness functions or fighting functions, only focus on practical effects. The Pudong-style pipa also does not have the embroidered legs, not only the movements are not fancy, but also small and fast. Like martial arts, it is both extremely simple and unpredictable. It is as simple as pressing the sound and vibrating the strings with the left hand, and flicking and swiping with the right hand. You only need to move your fingers, but you can't swing your wrist, let alone swing your arm. As high as half a second, you can play the four strings and their series in parallel. There is a saying in martial arts that "practice the breath inside, and train the muscles, bones and skin outside", the Pudong School can't shake it. The basic level to be achieved in training the muscles, bones and skin is: the fingers of the left hand can simultaneously press four strings to produce a real sound, the fingers of the left hand can knead several strings at the same time, the single finger of the left hand can pull out the interval of a pure fourth or more, and the fingers of the right hand can turn four strings in turn. The strings make a clear and loud sound, and the fingers of the right hand can pass the strings forcefully and quickly without noise, and only move the fingers when swiping. At this time, I have just started, otherwise, there is still a long way to go before the threshold of Pudong School Pipa art, so I can only take a step. Only after entering the gate of the Pudong School can you begin to learn the "codes" expressed in metaphors and cryptic expressions, because, first, all traditional kung fu are the same, and "clear codes" such as musical scores cannot record detailed changing techniques. The second is that if you don’t go for it, you can’t learn well, you can’t learn well, and you even get ridiculed. The reason why the Pudong School Pipa art can "lead countless heroes to compete and bow down" is that the Pudong School has created an unprecedented pipa artistic momentum with its strong and authentic tradition, and has become a shining pearl in the national culture.

Pudong School Pipa art and bell culture, China is the country with the most bells in the world. From ancient dynasties to all levels of government, bells are inseparable, and bells are a symbol of administration. For religion, bells are solemn and mysterious. For the common people's family, the bell not only represents wealth but also power. The far-reaching influence of the big bell shows the degree of cultural heritage accumulation. The bells are powerful, crisp and melodious, deep and loud, and the lingering sound is always the reference object of the Pudong school pipa. The soul of the bells lies in the delay of the reverberation, and the transmission efficiency of the sound depends on the natural frequency of the sound. The Pudong School Pipa has always pursued this transmission efficiency. Only if each note can produce a strong long-term reverberation is a pass line of the Pudong School. The length of the reverberation is one of the Kung Fu standards of the Pudong School. Otherwise, it can only be called "string sound", not "qin sound". For the sake of "qin sound", generations of the Pudong School have devoted their whole lives to the improvement of the piano body and the exploration of fingering skills. The most dazzling page. The Pudong School also has one thing in common with the big clock. All the big clocks are hung with only one fulcrum for the big clock to fully vibrate. When the Pudong School plays, the pipa is placed on the left leg to minimize the support. This is a prominent external feature of the Pudong School, and it is still the case today.

Pudong School Pipa art and festive culture, festive culture includes marriage and childbirth, birthdays, house building and relocation, opening celebrations, funerals and worship, etc. First of all, firecrackers should be set off in these activities. The Pudong School Pipa Art has explored this quite a bit, requiring many fragments in some repertoires to be played like firecrackers as much as possible. There are systematic standards and practice methods for the speed and strength of long-tone fingerings such as rolling fingers, ring fingers, and rocking fingers. They can not only produce powerful sounds like big and small firecrackers, but also produce the smallest sounds with the greatest force, but the graininess is not the same. consistent. Second, these activities are either joy or sorrow, through which people experience joy or sorrow. The purpose of the Pudong School is to express the emotions of joy, anger, sadness and music in the form of pipa art, so that the artistic performance should be close to reality, and should not be indifferent. superb situation. The purpose of the Pudong school pipa art is: to create a phonological and artistic conception of infinite reverie for the audience, to invite the audience to the "live" sound of the song, to take the audience into the "time tunnel" and to shuttle through the notes, so that the audience's mood is deeply rendered by the timbre , so that the audience's mood fluctuates with the interval, and the audience's heartstrings are strongly plucked by the music.

The connection between Pudong School Pipa art and traditional culture is far more than eight aspects. The Pudong School also advocates the Confucian concept of "harmony but difference", requiring that the same piece can be played in different styles after mastering the basic skills. It is also closely related to literature, and faithfully reflects the description of poems such as "noisy big strings are like torrential rain, small strings are like whispers, noisy and choppy miscellaneous playing, big beads and small beads fall on a jade plate" and so on. Another example is the performance of "Hai Qing Na Swan" with extremely high technical requirements. For a hundred years, only the Pudong School has been able to make the audience realize that "although there are five halls in the hall, the whole hall is full of geese."

Today, the Pudong School of Pipa art is the crystallization of the successors of the past generations. Without their outstanding contributions, the Pudong School would not have a complete system, nor a good reputation. It is precisely because of this that the descendants of the past dynasties have become the champions of the pipa arenas in Shanghai. Only the originator Ju Shilin was praised as "the first hand in Jiangnan" by his peers. Only the third-generation descendant, Chen Zijing, was ordered by the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty, and he was awarded the official belt of the third grade, and bestowed "the first pipa in the world". Only the sixth-generation descendant Lin Shicheng was the first to teach Pipa at the Central Conservatory of Music.

The connotation of traditional culture is the foundation of traditional art, and it is not traditional art without the connotation of traditional culture. We firmly believe that the flower of authentic national music will bloom on the land of the motherland, so that the fruit of excellent traditional art can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The Pudong School Pipa Art, nourished by the rich and colorful national culture, is an evergreen tree that will forever exist in the modern music scene where a hundred flowers bloom.