Historically, both the Green Temple and the Yellow Temple in Wutai Mountain have their own bands. In addition to chanting and playing in temples every day, there will be bands playing in various dharma meetings. Since then, temple music has spread to the people, and monks and lamas have been invited to recite scriptures and play music for birthdays and funerals. It takes several years or even more than ten years to train a monk who can play musical instruments and chant scriptures, and the monks in the training class are very mobile, which leads to the inability to fully play most of the music. Traveling around the world is a lifestyle that many monks are willing to choose, but it takes lasting endurance and perseverance to inherit the endless Buddhist and musical cultural heritage of Wutai Mountain. At the same time, with the reduction of traditional rituals in Wutai Mountain, the use of Buddhist music is also less useful, and some traditional tracks are gradually lost. 1958, 18 monks from Huang Qing Temple in Wutai Mountain formed a band and went to Taiyuan, the provincial capital, to play temple music and won the prize.
1986, in order to solve the problem of music inheritance, Nanshan Temple, Shuxiang Temple and Bodhisattva Ding in Wutai Mountain set up Buddhist music training classes respectively, which undertook the tasks of excavating and sorting out Buddhist music materials and teaching Buddhist music in Wutai Mountain.
1989 In March, Wutaishan Buddhist Music Orchestra came to Hong Kong for the first time to perform large-scale Buddhist music, which caused a sensation and had a great response.
The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, Wutai Mountain Buddha Music was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
On June 20th, 2003, China Buddhist and Taoist Music Exhibition was performed in Beijing. Wutaishan Buddhist Orchestra and six major Buddhist orchestras, including Beijing Buddhist Orchestra, Jiangsu Gusu County Orchestra, Beijing Baiyunguan Taoist Orchestra, Qinghai Labuleng Temple Buddhist Orchestra and Taiwan Province Foguangshan Bai Fan Ritual Orchestra, gathered in Zhongshan Concert Hall.
Nanshan Temple holds the annual Land and Water Dafa Conference, and is often invited to do various Buddhist activities and performances at home and abroad. When there are large-scale activities in provinces, cities and counties, the government and relevant departments actively recommend them to participate, which creates excellent exhibition opportunities for Buddhist orchestras.
2011March19th, a Buddhist orchestra composed of musicians from Nanshan Temple and Shuxiang Temple, led by Master Hui Guang, performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre with "Charming Sanjin-Shanxi Culture and Art Exhibition Month" and won bursts of applause.
(Wutai Mountain Buddhist Music Heritage Activities and Figures Atlas) 1, Master Huiguang
Master Huiguang was born in 1966, with a common name of Wang Huansheng, at the foot of Xitai Mountain, one of the five tops of Wutai Mountain. Many villagers near and far believe in Buddhism, and the Wangs have done good deeds and accumulated virtue from generation to generation, reverently respecting Buddhism, and there are monks from generation to generation. My parents are also devout Buddhists and have been influenced by Buddhism since childhood.
In his youth, in order to reduce the burden on his family, he went out to work and became a coal worker. In the face of continuous mine collapse accidents, in many rescues, we have another understanding of life and death. To this end, after obtaining the consent of his parents, he resolutely resigned and asked for the Buddha Wutai Mountain. 199 1 year, Master Huiguang came to Nanshan Temple step by step and worshipped monk Wanfu as his teacher. The monk of Tayuan Temple personally gave him an anklet. Take part in Zen Buddhism, observe the precepts, learn the skills of chanting and playing musical instruments.
On June 1 1 day, 2009, Master Hui Guang, as the only representative of the Chinese biography of Buddhist music in Wutai Mountain (Miao Qing), was identified as the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection inheritors.
2. Moran as a model
Moran, 1969 was born in Xigou Village, Wutai County, with a common name of Liang. 1982 Bodhisattva became a monk and studied Huangmiao Buddhism under Tenzin in Lausanne. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/984, Hamel, president of Chengde Buddhist Association, initiated Hu Lin and gave him a monk's ring according to the rules of Yellow Religion, and named him Moran. Member of Shanxi CPPCC, member of Standing Committee of Xinzhou CPPCC, vice president of Shanxi Buddhist Association and executive vice president of Wutaishan Buddhist Association. In 2009, as the only representative of Buddhist music in Wutai Mountain, Tibetan (Huangmiao) music was identified as the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection inheritors.
3. Goodwill Master
Yang Jianguo, a kind mage, was born in 1958 in Gujiazhuang Village, Xingyuan Township, Fan Shi City, Shaanxi Province. I like to meditate and recite Buddha since I was a child, and I am very talented in music. 1983 was hired as a musician by the county yangko troupe. 1986 Became a monk in Sichuan Seda Larong Wuming Buddhist College. In April of the following year, I began to visit Wutai Mountain, secretly practiced in Momoyan, and then went to Gokurakuji. 19 1 Graduated from China Buddhist College. Goodwill Master 1986 began to study the Buddhist music of Wutai Mountain. 1997 studied Buddhism, inherited the cultural heritage of ancient Buddhist music, founded Wutai Mountain Buddhist music training class in Shifosi, Fan Shi, Shanxi, and served as a lecturer. 1998, Gokurakuji, Daixian County, Shanxi Province, founded the Northern Buddhist Temple in Wutai Mountain, China. In September, 2000, China Wutai Mountain Buddhist Music Orchestra was invited to attend the opening ceremony of Buddha, Bodhisattva and Land and Water Dharma held in Guanghua Temple. The wonderful performance of the Buddhist orchestra was praised by monks and nuns. Professor Ching Tien, an expert in Buddhist music and a researcher at the Music Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Art, spoke highly of the performance of Buddhist music. In 2004, he participated in the Buddhist music activities of the Land and Water Law Society of Guanghua Temple in Beijing for the second time. On June 65438+1October 65438+June 2000, the group was invited to attend the opening ceremony of Buddha and Bodhisattva in Tianning Temple, Guashan, Jiaocheng County, and was praised by the vice president of Shanxi Buddhist Association, the abbot of Xuanzhong Temple Gentong, the elders of various mountains and the good believers attending the meeting. On 200 1, the group was invited to attend the opening ceremony of Bishan Temple in Wutai Mountain 100 Buddha statue. 200 1 Invited to perform Buddhist music and music outside the temple in Gulinquan Temple, Ezhou City, Hubei Province. On August 1 day, 2005, at the invitation of jiangmiao, a monk of Bishan Temple in Wutai Mountain, he participated in the Buddhist music performance of the Land and Water Law Society. /kloc-from 0/997 to 2005, six Buddhist music classes were held, distributed in Guangdong, Henan, Zhejiang, Shanxi and other places to carry out Buddhist activities. Good-hearted mages composed music for Confessions of the Earth, and at the same time compiled nearly 100 Buddhist songs, 20 playing scores of sheng, wind and flute, and compiled 1-2 volumes of Buddhist Music Collection of Wutai Mountain in China, Buddhist Music Collection of Wutai Mountain in China and Pure Land Buddhism Collection of Wutai Mountain in China.