Shi Zhanming's Personal Life

For many years, for thousands of years, Taihang Mountain has beautiful scenery, outstanding people, prosperous literature and art, simple folk customs and rich people's feelings, which has precipitated a profound and unique historical and cultural heritage; Created many epic heroes; Many touching myths and legends have been handed down.

A small mountain village called "Hongdu" can't be found on the map deep in Taihang Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains, with sweet streams and fertile grasslands. The people there are simple, hardworking and kind, frank and unrestrained. It is such a hot land that there is a legendary and true story related to "singing". From this remote mountain village, the original ecological folk song "King of Songs", which is famous on both sides of the Yellow River in the new period, emerged. And created a grand dream about singing "mountain shepherd"; It has created a pure, simple, clear, wide range, difficult to simulate and unique national singing method.

He absorbed the thick soil culture nutrition of Taihang Mountain and Fenhe River, and he witnessed a young man's persistent struggle for his dream. The bitterness behind his legendary experience tells us the truth of "Heaven rewards diligence", and his resolute spirit sets a benchmark for us. The author hopes that his story can be popularized and spread, so that more people can understand and pay attention to the original folk art, love and sing the original folk songs, and also hope to inspire and understand more people.

Shi Zhanming's family lived in Hongdu Village, more than 20 kilometers west of Zuoquan County for generations, belonging to Shixia Township of Zuoquan County and buried in the mountains. This village is famous for the famous "Battle of Hongdu" in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. But because it is too remote, few outsiders go. A few years ago, the government planned the construction of new countryside and asked Hongdu village to move out. However, the villagers here, out of deep attachment and reluctance to this hot land, always refused to leave, guarding this mountain and still living a free life of herding sheep and cattle.

When Shi Zhanming was born, his family was very poor. For generations, he lived by herding sheep, and his father was no exception. He is an old shepherd who has been herding sheep and singing all his life. My father is an extremely optimistic person. The word sadness seems to have nothing to do with him in this life. I am looking for happiness in hard work. When the agricultural cooperative was dissolved in the early years, his father drove the unwanted sheep sold in the cooperative home and raised them carefully, beating them into dozens and dozens into more than 100 like hens laying eggs.

My father is a popular folk singer in the local area, and everyone in the village calls him "the boss of folk songs". As soon as he went out, his songs spread everywhere, and his cheerful songs could always be heard in fields, streams and valleys. Even sometimes, when someone asks his father to sing a paragraph or two casually on the village road, he will not hesitate to sing, and more people will join in the fun. After singing for a long time, the sheep gathered around to eat other people's crops, and his father had to carry the food himself to compensate others. My father never complains or cares. At the age of sixty, he still sings with affection.

My mother is hardworking, simple, kind and virtuous. Her family was in a bad situation at that time. All the meals at home are arranged by her mother all the year round. We have to carefully calculate and plan the daily necessities and vinegar. Today, Shi Zhanming still remembers the story about "eggs" when he was a child. One day, he and his brother came home from school and secretly cooked three or four eggs before his mother came back from the field, which solved their problems. But my mother suddenly came back and opened the lid, and the stuffing inside was exposed. Mother looked at the eggs in the pot and then at the two children who were looking at the pot. After a while, she stroked the heads of the two children and said, "My son, these eggs were saved by my mother. I hope to exchange them for oil, salt, vinegar and needles." This will support our family. Now that you have grown up, you must learn to consider things for the whole family. " Mother gave little Shi Zhanming a deep look. At that moment, her helpless and expectant eyes deeply touched the Ga boy who only knew how to play all day. At that moment, he seemed to suddenly grow up and understand a lot. A kind of power deeply rooted in his heart, and he told himself that he must improve the living conditions at home.

The influence of family has a great influence on Shi Zhanming. Every night, he snuggled up in grandpa's body and listened to his suona sound. The ups and downs of the suona sound floated across the mountain village, ringing in the ear, but it was blown farther by the wind, as if there was a force pulling him. Besides, grandma also has a good voice. Shi Zhanming still remembers a song that grandma often sang, called "Take the upper in front of the door, and cry on your toes". This song left a deep impression on him. Grandma will shed tears every time she sings, releasing her inner feelings. Her singing touched his young heart at that time, and he felt that grandma had endless pain and tears in her heart. When Shi Zhanming was very young, he especially wanted to go to the mountains with his father to herd sheep every day, because when he got to the mountains, he could hear his father's folk songs, which were so loud and sonorous, and his bold songs echoed in the valley, which was so exciting.

In Shi Jia's generation, almost everyone can play and sing. For many years, when there were weddings, funerals and social fires in the village in the first month, it was entirely Shi Jia's family who went to collect folk songs, as well as the singing team, which was praised by outsiders as "Shi Jia Class". In the early days, my grandfather and my fourth uncle were both good at playing suona. My uncle played drums, my aunt played cymbals, married one, and the youngest one came up. Until later, my fourth aunt played double cymbals, and my father sang well. This Shijiazhuang class can really afford everything, or with a few more helpers, there will be no big scenes that can't be handled, and it will also cover some local weddings and funerals, which is especially popular among villagers in Shiliba Township.

When Shi Zhanming was in primary school, the teaching environment and equipment were quite poor, the classroom was simple, there was no notebook to write with, and he could only write with polished slate. Shi Zhanming likes singing since he was a child, so he said he likes herding sheep in the mountains, learning folk songs from his father and playing suona with his grandfather. /kloc-When he was 0/3 years old, his grandfather said to him, "You have learned to play suona, and at least you can have a mouth to eat. When I am old and can't play anymore, you will take over my class and pass on the skills of our ancestors and my wishes. "Although Shi Zhanming didn't receive professional training, it helped him a lot in his later national singing.

It is in this environment that Shi Zhanming was influenced by his grandfather, grandmother, father and mother, and became interested in folk songs. Emotions and sorrows are expressed through writing and singing, to show a beautiful life and rich thoughts and feelings. He began to sing since he was a child, and he felt the happiness brought by original folk songs. He feels that this hot land and relatives have given him the greatest motivation, constantly pushing him to bring this oldest and most primitive art out of the mountains and continue to inherit and innovate; He also understood the true meaning of the sentence "Folk songs are good for poor villages" that Mr. Ching Tien told him. The feeling and effect of singing freely against the mountain, opening your voice and opening your voice are hard to find on that narrow stage. After graduating from junior high school, Shi Zhanming, who loved to blow flute and sing since childhood, did not continue studying. But go up the mountain with my father and follow the sheep every day. He kept shouting, driving thousands of sheep and driving them all over the mountains. He is less than one kilometer from Fiona Fang. His cry is sure to be heard by all the sheep. So this kind of shouting is the most practiced voice. But his mother doesn't want him to be with sheep all his life like his father, and he often nags: "You just want to herd sheep, and you want to be a bachelor!" " "Shi Zhanming just simple and honest smile. Therefore, he often goes out to work. Although he is as thin as his father and not worse than those villagers with big arms and round waist, he still hopes to make a living by his talent for singing.

On the day he left home, relying on his natural good voice, 1994, Shi Zhanming was elected to Zuoquan County Cultural Art Troupe because he could play suona and sing folk songs. In the art troupe, his performances are rare and he is rarely invited to perform. Because he couldn't speak Mandarin, he was too "rustic", and he was out of breath during the performance. After half a year, he was dismissed by the art troupe.

After being dismissed, he had some feelings. He thought that this work experience was not a blow to him, but an encouragement. He is determined to learn the lessons from this resignation and blaze a new trail for his career. He deeply knows that even a small art troupe can't stay. It must be that his own conditions are not good enough and he has no bright spot. So he threw himself into the new environment with the confidence and courage to constantly improve himself, improve himself and develop himself.

Not long after, he was absorbed by the literary team organized by Yongfo Temple Coal Mine and participated in some small performances. This time, Shi Zhanming fully cherished every performance opportunity and adjusted his mental state to the best, which was highly appreciated by the leaders and recognized by his colleagues. This gave Shi Zhanming great encouragement and wanted to develop for a long time, but it didn't last long. Before long, the literary team suddenly cancelled for some reason, so it was taken for granted that Shi Zhanming's works would be gone.

At that time, I thought of my parents who were involved at home. In order to improve the living conditions at home, Shi Zhanming was not discouraged. After leaving the county seat, he went to a small private singing group in Qilidian village, and he took the class to perform art everywhere. From a small mountain village to a big town in Fiona Fang, Shi Zhanming's name gradually spread, not only because of his wonderful suona, but also because of his loud singing voice and, more importantly, his good personality.

Once in a performance, the audience liked his performance and kept him playing. Finally, the boss asked Shi Zhanming to open his voice and sing more 50 yuan. As a result, he sang until midnight and his throat ached, but he persisted and didn't stop. In the end, he earned 2400 yuan, which was not a decimal at that time, but almost a year's salary of sheep. He didn't keep the money for himself, but shared it with several other people who accompanied him and were responsible for playing ball and singing. They were all extremely happy at that time, famous for their bravery, and many literary and art clubs were vying for him.

Because of her good singing, kindness and loyalty, Shi Zhanming met his wife when she performed in dongxiang county with the group on 1999. Half a year later, straightforward and kind, he married a girl from a foreign village who deeply admired his singing skills and was far away from 100. He entered the house and fulfilled his parents' wishes for many years.

My father was too old to climb the mountain, so the sheep at home were given to my brothers. Shi Zhanming moved around and bought dozens more. He followed his father up the mountain from childhood and soon became an expert shepherd. Throw a stone at a sheep with a sheep shovel, shout confidently, and then whip the sheep with a bang until hundreds of sheep are ordered to obey. In the storm, Shi Zhanming wandered in the ravine day after day. According to his words, "herding sheep means' turning right'. No matter what weather or season, work regularly every day! " Although it is still hard to raise sheep, because the harvest is still a good business in the countryside, countless "elites" in the village have herded sheep, and times have changed. No one laughed at the herdsmen's incompetence as before, and Niang stopped nagging.

After the wedding, Shi Zhanming raised sheep, but he didn't put down his suona. Outside the village, couples often inevitably drag him to the wedding, and the sheep will be temporarily entrusted to the two brothers. But when he came back from a busy day, Zhan Ming felt as happy as his father. He sang freely in the mountains, so that he sang very high in the emotional place. Like throwing a sheep whip, his voice climbed up from the ravine and reached the top of the mountain. He didn't feel embarrassed when he came on stage. Whenever he is around, he always feels that his singing skills are great.

In the long and lonely shepherd life, he often sang to the beautiful mountains and rivers and ethereal nature, creating a tragic, high-pitched and unique folk song singing style. When 2002 came, Shi Zhanming's fate took a turn for the better. His memory of this year is very special.

In April 2002, Shi Zhanming won the second prize in the county singing competition. He was sent to Beijing by the county to participate in the special performance of Zuo Quan Folk Song Xiaohua Opera Concert in Zhongshan Concert Hall, "The Plateau is Like a Song-A Journey to the Roots of Remote Minority Music in China". At that time, he couldn't even speak a word of Mandarin. He was so happy that he held a sheep in his arms, turned several times and turned a few somersaults. He sold some sheep for the trip and broke into Beijing wearing cloth shoes. When he first came to Beijing, he certainly wanted to see Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall of Wan Li and the Great Hall of the People. But he thought of more than 400 sheep raised at home and 100 newborn lambs. When he stood on the stage, he was still thinking about his lamb. So when he started talking, he went out of tune. Although the audience didn't know it, he cried after he stepped down. However, a song "A Basket of Oil on the Mountain" won thunderous applause and cheers. When the applause lasted for a long time and the audience called for another one, he thought he was not singing well, bowed deeply, and then turned to the background without knowing it. It was the host who dragged him out of the background and sang a few more oratorios for the audience before he was able to leave. At this time, Shi Zhanming deeply felt the audience's recognition and love for folk songs.

June 5438+October 2002 10, Zuoquan County held "September 18th" activities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the martyrdom of Zuo Quan, an anti-Japanese general, and the 60th anniversary of the renaming of Liao County as Zuoquan County. The County Cultural Bureau organized a seminar on the development of Zuo Quan folk songs and small flower operas, and organized a folk song performance to express condolences to the music experts who came from Beijing. At first, the county invited a professional singer to sing some folk songs, but the famous musician Ching Tien didn't have any local flavor, so he said that he invited an authentic folk singer to sing. The county said, call Shi Zhanming to sing. Shi Zhanming won the second prize in the folk song competition in April, and Shi Zhanming's singing left a deep impression on many people. When Shi Zhanming's song sounded in front of Ching Tien, Ching Tien was shocked: There are such good folk songs in the world! What a beautiful singing voice! He immediately decided to invite Shi Zhanming to go to Zhejiang with him to participate in the first national original ecological north-south folk song competition.

So Shi Zhanming, strongly recommended by Ching Tien, went out of the mountain village again and participated in the "First Original Ecological North-South Folk Song Competition in China" sponsored by the Ministry of Culture. He is the fifth player, wearing a sheepskin jacket and holding a sheep whip. As soon as he came to the stage, he shook his whip and began to sing. After singing, there was no sound under the stage. After a while, the applause thundered and the whole scene was shocked. Who is this? At that time, the hostess asked Mr. Ching Tien. Teacher Ching Tien said, to tell you the truth, I just took him out of the mountains a few days ago, and he went straight to the finals without going through the preliminary and semi-finals.

Shi Zhanming thought, "I came to sing, not to compete", so I sang easily. He won the title of "Top Ten Folk Kings" with his unique and pure "Wild Way" voice. Soon, Ching Tien also invited Shi Zhanming to give a lecture to the students of the Central Conservatory of Music. He thinks this is a real China folk song! The real China voice! He wants his students to feel the sounds of nature from the countryside!

Shi Zhanming, who doesn't even know the notation, walked into the highest concert hall in China with a sheep whip. This is something that he has never thought of for generations. In this music hall, he didn't have any musical ideas, but he conquered everyone in this hall with his singing. He and his songs, like a tornado blowing from Shan Ye, swept through every heart and corner of this temple. Make these students excited, excited and enthusiastic. Shi Zhanming suddenly became their idol.

In June, 2002, Shi Zhanming won the first prize of coloratura in the first Shaanxi Peasant Singer Competition held in Taiyuan, the provincial capital.

In 2002, although the scenery of this year hardly brought any benefits to Shi Zhanming's small family, it was a crucial year for shepherd Shi Zhanming's singing career to suddenly change.

Subsequently, in 2003, the Central National Orchestra invited Shi Zhanming, a folk artist from Shaanxi, to participate in the "Spring Festival Folk Concert with Beautiful Mountains and Rivers" held in the Great Hall of the People, together with northern Shaanxi Xintianyou, Tibetan folk songs and Mongolian long-tune artists, as the "Yellow River of Singing". Shi Zhanming once again caused a sensation with a song "Playing Zizyphus jujuba". The capital media widely publicized his deeds with the title of "The King of Pastoral Boasts in the Great Hall of the People".

On August 1 1, 2004, the original ecological concert of Peach Blossom, Red Apricot and Baihua Shanxi was successfully held in Beijing Zhongshan Park Concert Hall. Shaanxi singers such as Shi Zhanming and Liu Gaiyu gave a wonderful performance to the audience in Beijing.

Since 2005, he has participated in many performances organized by China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, and was specially invited as a "visiting professor" by China Conservatory of Music.

In 2006, he was recommended by Professor Ching Tien, deputy director of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Center of the Ministry of Culture, doctoral supervisor and researcher of the Chinese Academy of Art, and was officially recruited as an original folk song soloist by the Cultural and Art Troupe of the Political Department of the Second Artillery Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Since then, his performances have continued and his honors have continued. Invited to participate in CCTV's famous literature and art column 16 times, a special interview with China, a folk song. At this point, he created another legend about singing on Taihang Mountain.

In 20 14, Shi Zhanming, as a dream catcher, boarded the stage of "20 14 Farmers' Network Spring Festival Evening" and "20 14 Farmers' Lantern Festival" and conquered every audience with his original voice. From a "shepherd" in a mountain village to the king of the North and South folk songs in China today, from an ordinary folk singer to a famous folk singer today, and from Zuo Quan to Beijing, when it comes to this legendary experience, apart from Shi Zhanming's own efforts, he said that he is also very grateful to several "noble people" who helped his singing and performance career to mature and improve.

Teacher Ching Tien is one of the most grateful people, because he found him inadvertently during the investigation, which made him walk out of the mountains and let his singing really penetrate into the hearts of the people all over the country. In addition, Mr. Ching Tien gave him careful guidance and meticulous care in professional singing skills and career development. He said that he still has many shortcomings and deficiencies. He must sing well, constantly learn new knowledge, master new skills, constantly learn more knowledge, improve himself and improve himself, so as to live up to Ching Tien's trust and cultivation.

Teacher Guo Shoubao is the vice chairman of Zuo Quan Photographers Association and the chairman of Henglong Coal Industry in Zuoquan County. In the process of editing, shooting, making and publishing Shi Zhanming's work album, he gave great help and support. In Lao Guo's view, he helped Shi Zhanming, not for himself, but to make this local art pass down in his hometown forever, so that more people can learn and appreciate it. He felt honored, so he helped Shi Zhanming as always. Besides, he also mentioned the famous writer Liu Hongqing, Shi and Wang Lin from Zuo Quan Cultural Bureau, who gave him great support and help in his performance and life. Therefore, Shi Zhanming said that he will not live up to the expectations of his hometown folks, and will definitely go on the road of singing career step by step, win glory for his hometown, perform for the people of the whole country and sing every song well.