travel starts with photography

Before eight o'clock, Chen Xing took pictures outside for a while, and did not go back until it started to rain.

He could hear some of the sound of the stage on the water standing outside, but it was not pure pingtan, it felt like it was mainly opera, and pingtan was just interspersed in it.

Fortunately, the small stage in their inn is very authentic.

When Chen Xing returned after taking the photo, the front seat was gone. The overall layout was similar to that of a teahouse, except that there were two chairs and a table in the front seat, and a three-stringed lute was placed on the table.

The person sitting on the chair should be a pingtan actor.

There are two gentlemen, a man and a woman, in their thirties and forties. The female gentleman is wearing a water-blue cheongsam, which fits very well with the night of the water town outside. She is holding a pipa, her expression is not much, but her eyes are very gentle.

The other was wearing a plain shirt and jeans, but his hands looked more elegant than others, with big and soft palms.He doesn't look at the scenery, sometimes closes his eyes and rests his mind, sometimes looks at the flowing water outside the window, with a slightly tired expression.

It is estimated that there have been too many performances in the past two days, Chen Xing thought to himself.

Chen Xing didn't have his concentration, so he looked outside frequently before the performance started.

The ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River are always related to water.

The layout here is similar to the place where he ate before. After entering the house, there is a wall that is empty, facing the water, and it happens to be raining. On the opposite road, there are people walking in the rain with umbrellas. Under the scenery of such an ancient town, the mood is full. .

Chen Xing was attracted by the pedestrians opposite for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, someone came to the stage and said that the performance was about to start.

When I looked at the stage again, the gentle middle-aged man was putting a coat on his body. He didn't just put the long gown on his body casually, but carefully buttoned every button and smoothed the folds with his hands.

All movements are lonely and agile.

The host went up to ask and saw that they were all ready, so he said to the dozens of audience members in the audience.

"That's good, now please listen to Pingtan, The Legend of the Green Snake..."

Chen Xing thought it was written wrongly on the sign before, but he didn't expect that this song was really called The Legend of the Green Snake, and he didn't know what the story was about.

The performance begins.

Chen Xing just listened to the beginning, then opened his eyes and said in his heart - it's over, something bad happened, I don't understand!
But the feeling of their singing is very good. The male voice always makes Chen Xing feel that he is humming very softly. It is so comfortable that Chen Xing just wants to relax on the chair and listen to the music, and he doesn’t even want to record with a camera. up.

When the girls 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 that opera singers have really good voices, and their technical content far exceeds that of pop singers in recent years. They are not at the same level. Is this the difference between an artist and a star?

Chen Xing has been listening to music, music festivals, and Pingtan for a while.

But when listening to the music festival, the emotions are excited and chaotic. You don’t need to think, you don’t need to think, just listen to it. good.

But sitting in this theater and listening to Pingtan is a different experience from listening to music festivals before.

Listening to Wu Nong's soft words, listening to the sound of rain outside the window.

Chen Xing suddenly remembered a passage from Jia's mother in the Dream of the Red Chamber. She said that listening to an opera requires water to make it sound better. Chen Xing finally understood what it meant today.

The light rain is pattering outside the window, and the singing inside the house is melodious and melodious, which is in harmony with the scenery on the lake, which is completely natural.

The mellow notes swayed step by step and three times in the waves, slipped over our lazy nerves, and then fell on the ancient Grand Canal with fine raindrops.

[Wuzhen listens to Pingtan at night, how many people listen to it, and how many people can understand it.Is it important?unimportant.Loneliness itself is a kind of value. This long aftertaste sound of the piano is the background of Wushanyueshui and the soul of Wushanyueshui]

【Look, the whispers of the couple by the window cuddling together, no matter how gentle Pingtan is, their whispers cannot be softened】

After Chen Xing saw this sentence, he glanced over there. There was indeed a couple with very good looks.

If you give a reward, give it a reward, don't add unnecessary words!

Continue to look at the system, and there will be——

【Top 100 Most Beautiful Ancient Towns: Wuzhen】

[You discovered the beauty of Wuzhen and acquired the skill: Suzhou dialect]

"..."

You might as well give me 10 yuan for this. What am I learning Suzhou dialect to listen to Pingtan?If you can speak Mandarin in China, you can travel the world, right?Need another dialect?

Chen Xing's own language talent is not bad. He didn't have much time in Xijiang, and he can speak some simple Xijiang dialects. It would not take long for Chen Xing 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 instantly emptied, and he temporarily forgot about it, and he listened to the opera seriously again.

In the past, Chen Xing never imagined that traditional operas would attract him. Could it be that he entered the life of old age in advance?

It should not be.

The more you study, the more you understand Chinese traditional culture, the more you can understand the meaning of opera in cultural inheritance.Therefore, without knowing it, I can calm down and listen to opera, which has nothing to do with age.

It's just a pity that the few minutes belonging to the Green Snake Turn have already been sung.

Now it's the third verse, and the host said it's called Chaitoufeng.

"The love of the world is thin, the love of human beings is evil, and the flowers are easy to fall when it rains..."

Who can remember the reaction of the elders in the family when they listened to the opera?
Lean back on the couch.

Close your eyes.

If there is an armrest, the hand must be placed on the armrest, and the index finger is tapped slowly with 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 a sound.

Just listen.

Because this is the time when the ears enjoy the most.

Chen Xing is like this now.

"Red crispy hands, yellow vine wine, and willows in the palace walls full of spring. The east wind is evil, the joy is thin, the heart is full of melancholy, and I have been away for a few years...wrong~"

This sound is wrong, and it is sung thousands of times.

Another song ends.

The host came to the stage, took the microphone and asked:

"Do you understand? Can't you understand? It's right if you don't understand. It's Yun, if you happen to like Teacher Zhou and Teacher Lu's performance, then please give the two teachers a round of applause?"

The audience immediately applauded.

I'll go to inquire later to see if the two teachers have an account on Biz.com, or if they can add a WeChat or something... Chen Xing listened to Pingtan today, as if he was tired of listening to Mandarin songs and came into contact with Cantonese songs for the first time.

A new continent has been discovered.

It is said that very few ancient melodies have been handed down, and many singing methods of Song Ci are almost lost.

Pingtan perfectly restored Chen Xing's imagination of the ancient pop music world, if Chen Xing was really born in that era.There is no other way of entertainment, so Chen Xing thinks that he only has two pursuits.

One is to be Xu Xiake and travel all over China, and the other is to become a son-in-law 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 in Goulan should be ranked first, and traveling should be ranked second... As for the ten-year cold window of fame and wealth, what is the use of that?

Just like what he thinks now, when a person dies like a lamp goes out, he can't take any rights or money with him.

It's better to live wonderfully and comfortably for a lifetime.

Chen Xing didn't listen to the host's words very much. Compared with the wonderful Pingtan performances of the two gentlemen, his announcement was almost the same as that of a wedding company.But Chen Xing suddenly heard something, thank you for watching, Chen Xing was surprised...was the performance only half an hour?
The two teachers have already quitted, and what follows is a storytelling performance.

Storytelling... Chen Xing felt that he spoke well.

His dubbing in his video is loved by many people abroad. The recently produced African documentary is also dubbed by Chen Xing. Currently, Ford is looking for broadcast channels everywhere. Chen Xing understands the cadence and emotions of his voice very well.

I liked the performance of those two teachers very much, so I got up and followed them to the place where they exited.

The Liyuan Inn has no backstage, except for some private rooms, where tourists can go. Even the male teacher changed his coat directly on the spot.So as soon as Chen Xing passed by, he saw them holding umbrellas and about to go out.

Chen Xing quickly shouted: "Teachers, wait."

They glanced back and found a handsome young man trotting towards them. They looked at each other and stopped.

"Do you have anything to do with us?"

Chen Xing said:

"Sorry to bother the two teachers. Today is the first time I listen to Suzhou Pingtan. I like it very much. The performances of the teachers also amaze me. Can I leave the contact information of the two teachers, I may want to ask 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 about Pingtan, you can follow our WeChat official account, Pingtan on WeChat."

Is it so modern?And the official 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 for a while, he said, "I am a photographer named Chen Xing. My information can be found on the Internet. I want to let more people know about our traditional culture through photography..."

As soon as Chen Xing finished speaking, his sister in her thirties smiled and said, "I just want a contact information. If Mr. Zhou doesn't give it to you, I will give it to you. If you don't think I'm old, just add me on WeChat." .”

"It's nothing, my sister looks good."

Chen Xing scanned the QR code and added as a friend.

"My surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Shi'an. You can call me Sister An. This teacher is called 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 spot. Chen Xing, is your name Chen Xing?"

"Right teacher."

"If you want to find us, you can search for Pingxin Teahouse in Suzhou. We are in the Pingjiang Ancient City Scenic Area in Suzhou."

"Okay, two teachers, go slowly."

Chen Xing stopped at the entrance of the inn and watched them walk out of the scenic spot under an umbrella. Although it was raining heavily now, there was no water on the road. Otherwise, Chen Xing was really worried that Sister An's beautiful cheongsam would be hit by the water on the ground wet.

In the distance, Lu Shi'an was also chatting with Zhou Bojun about Chen Xing.

"I thought it 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 the cheongsam, and said:

"That's pretty good. Few young people nowadays like traditional folk art. They still have the courage to come to us for contact information. Maybe they really want to learn it. I think he can understand Suzhou music too. look."

When Zhou Bojun came out, he took off his coat and put it in his bag. It is convenient to carry a mobile phone in modern clothes.

"Found it," he said.

There are a lot of entries, and there are photos of Chen Xing on the webpage, he doesn't look as handsome as he is in reality.

Zhou Bojun clicked on the encyclopedia.

Chen Xing (Chen Xing), born in Tiancheng, Sichuan Province in 2002, is an international fashion photographer and visual artist. He studied at EnsAD in Paris. He started to get in touch with photography in 2021. First French Winter Photo Festival Story Prize.Taking photos of new products for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Gucci, Burberry and other brands. His work "Snow" (Snow Mountain) series is permanently collected by the Paris Art Association...

If Chen Xing often pays attention to his own entries, he probably wonders why the person who wrote the entries is so familiar with him.

But it's clearly written very recently.

Because Chen Xing cooperated with Burberry for the first time before returning to China, it was already announced in the entry.

The pictures on the encyclopedia are also much more handsome than before.

The previous entries were written by fans, and the photos on the encyclopedia were from when Chen Xing won the award in Nice. Now, the photos are from Chen Xing’s artistic photos, which were taken by his classmates from the high-end photography class in Paris. Not many.

"Hiss... this young man!"

"What's wrong?" Lu Shi'an asked curiously.

Zhou Bojun quickly handed her the phone.

When I looked at it, I didn't think so, I could see that it was a young man with a handsome appearance and extraordinary temperament, but I didn't expect this young man to be so powerful in the photography industry.And the reputation is mainly abroad.

At least the entry did not say that Chen Xing had cooperated with any domestic organization.

After reading the encyclopedia, Lu Shi'an swiped out to read other web news, and asked a little worried: "Then you said, is it true what he said just now that he wants to help us promote Pingtan? It's free?"

If they want to pay, they can't come up with any money.

I came out to perform such a trip, and ran more than a dozen shows in Tongxiang in two days as if I was in a hurry, so I could earn a little more, but I didn’t get much salary every month for working at the Pingtan Teahouse in Suzhou.

"Let's see if he will contact us again." Zhou Bojun said.

As an ordinary folk art worker, playing the piano and singing is just his daily job, a job to make money and support his family.But as a practitioner in a traditional industry, why don't you want Pingtan to become really popular?