About Ansai Waist Drum

1. Appreciation of "Ansai Waist Drum"

This is a hymn of life and strength.

In the article, Ansai waist drum is not simply a carrier or a symbol of human life force; it itself is the condensed product of human life force, the most complete and complete expression . In this way, the author naturally has to devote all his enthusiasm and penpower to singing and praising it. It is difficult to complete one song and two eulogies, so there are three songs and three eulogies.

In the author's writing, it is almost impossible to distinguish between form and content, and between object and subject. The two have truly been seamlessly unified.

No long, cumbersome, dull and weak sentence patterns, but short sentences that are concise, powerful, crisp and resounding; there are no long and complicated paragraphs, one or two sentences can start and end on their own.

Extensive use of parallelism, and strive to have diverse forms of parallelism: there are not only parallelisms within sentences, but also more parallelisms between sentences and paragraphs, and they can also be connected and interleaved. each other out.

Not only does it directly describe the majestic energy released by this waist drum, but it also multi-facetedly exaggerates its unique effects from human feelings, human associations, and the resonance of the surrounding environment such as mountains and earth.

From beginning to end, we use progressive and dynamic descriptions instead of static descriptions, and make the movements of the human body and the sound of the waist drum interact with each other in the tense tense and merge into one. From the perspective of art, It forms a whole that represents the source of life and the source of strength.

——All these formal pursuits create a fast-beating rhythm, a scorching atmosphere, and an overwhelming momentum in the article, which is exactly in line with the person the author wants to praise. The life forces complement each other.

Ansai waist drum belongs to the Loess Plateau. Only the people living on this land can create such wonders, and can use them to release their inherent great power. The author is from Shaanxi. From his description, we can see his infinite fascination and love for the Loess Plateau and Ansai waist drum. Only in this way can he write heartily and beautifully.

This article is similar to Qiao Liang's "Plateau, My Chinese Color". If Qiao Liang's works are an overall grasp of the character of the Chinese nation, then Liu Chengzhang's "Ansai Waist Drum" is an objectification and concreteness of it. Readers can read the two works together and compare them with each other, and they will have a deeper understanding of the true nature of our national character and the expression of its vitality.

(Jinmei, selected from "Chinese Prose Appreciation Library? Contemporary Volume", Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, 1993 edition)

2. Appreciation of "Ansai Waist Drum"

< p>Musical instruments are often used to create momentum, enhance the atmosphere, and express emotions. They are classified into "Western" and "ethnic" due to differences in regions and ethnic groups, and are also classified into different structures and "playing" methods. Wind instruments, string instruments, percussion instruments, etc. are called different names, and the effects of playing them are of course very different.

Ansai waist drum is a "unique skill" of the Loess Plateau. Its rough, powerful and dynamic style is integrated and inseparable from the local natural environment, geographical features, folk customs and sentiments. Another point is also quite meaningful: it is a combination of human and drum. No other musical instrument can require the combination of human and musical instrument to reach such a high level. The human performance and the "performance" of the musical instrument are completely integrated, and the two complement each other and complement each other. Therefore, a successful performance is one in which people use the power of the drums, and the drums use the power of people. It is hearty and hearty, and the essence, energy, and spirit are all unhindered and connected in one continuous line.

The prose "Ansai Waist Drum" captures this characteristic of "Ansai Waist Drum" and puts the description of people and drums in the same position.

In the beginning, people were quiet, as quiet as simple sorghum plants. The movement of the leaves in the wind brings out their tranquility. The same goes for the drum, which "sluggishly" "seems to have never sounded". The hundreds of drummers on the Loess Plateau with sorghum as the background were destined to give an extraordinary performance!

Suddenly it broke out and exploded. The author uses metaphorical parallelism to create this "magnificent", "bold" and "fiery" formation: "showers", "whirlwinds", "random frogs", "sparks" and "fighting tigers". Waist drum changes people's feelings and triggers people's associations, and the highest state of all this is "breaking away" - "bound", "breaking through" - "fetters", "breaking away" - "blocking" .

Real poetry needs to be sung repeatedly. This is the tradition since the "Book of Songs".

Repetition and parallelism are necessary means to create rhythm, exaggerate the atmosphere, and express emotions. It should be reminded that "repetition" is not "repetition", nor is it the simple appearance of the same word, sentence, or paragraph more than twice. In "Ansai Waist Drum", every occurrence of the sentence "What a good Ansai Waist Drum" has a new feeling, new connotation and new scene.

"What an Ansai Waist Drum" determines the basic pitch, color, atmosphere and main spiritual direction for the whole article. No matter how the upper and lower parts sway, flourish and the words are soaring, it will never go wrong. Too far, this is one of the conventions of composition, and it is also the fundamental reason why the article is "this" rather than "that". The "spiritual connotation" of this article is also here: "There is no room for restraint, no room for fetters, and no room for blockage. It is such a force that breaks free, breaks through, and knocks away!" These two closely connected paragraphs are flowing in The unchanging soul in all actions, scenes, and chapters, every subsequent exclamation and discussion never leaves it.

Please pay attention to the following places: "The rumbling heroic passion..." and "The occurrence and resolution of labor pains..." express the view that after the reform and opening up, the motherland has entered a new era. The excitement and pride; "Except for the Loess Plateau, where can there be such a thick layer of soil!" It can be understood as a metaphor for the thousands of years of brilliant and glorious history of the Chinese nation, and it is the solid foundation for the nation to base itself on its homeland and create greater glory. The premise and foundation; the four short paragraphs led by "the more you beat, the harder it gets" and the appearance of short sentences in the short paragraphs play a role in deepening the theme, warming up the feelings, and enhancing the intensity.

The beginning is quiet, and the ending is quiet like "another planet". This arrangement of sudden explosion and sudden stop is obviously very ingenious. Its direct effect is that the main part becomes more fiery, lively and powerful because of the silence at the beginning and end.

The connotation expressed by "Ansai Waist Drum" is extremely rich, but "poetry has endless explanations" and different people can have different understandings. Just feel it, this rhythm, momentum, color, this vitality of life, this pure pleasure of reading.