According to documents, Mountain Flowing Water was originally a song. Since the Tang Dynasty, Mountain Flowing Water and Mountain Flowing Water have been divided into two independent piano pieces. Among them, the song "Running Water" got more development in modern times, and its music score was first seen in "Magic Secret Spectrum" in Ming Dynasty (written by Zhu Quan at 1425). Running water, played by Mr Guan Pinghu, was recorded in the golden record of American space probe and launched into space on August 22nd, 1977/kloc-0, looking for a new "bosom friend" in the vast universe.
Legend has it that Yu Boya, a pianist in the Spring and Autumn Period, once played the piano on a barren land, but Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter, can understand that this is a description of "ambition in the mountains" and "running water with ambition". Boya was surprised and said, "Well, my son's heart is with me." After the death of the hippo chef, Boya lost her bosom friend, her piano broke and she didn't exercise for life, so there was a song of mountains and flowing water.
Brief Introduction to the Music of "Mountain Flowing Water"
"Mountain Flowing Water" takes "Boya Guqin meets a bosom friend" as the main line, and there are many kinds of Le Shu. There are two kinds of Qin music and Zheng music, both of which have the same name and different styles.
Guqin music During the Warring States Period, there was a story of Qin Le about high mountains and flowing water, so it was also said that "high mountains and flowing water" was written by Boya. The music score was first found in the Secret Music of the Ming Dynasty. The solution of the music scores "Mountain" and "Running Water" is that "Mountain" and "Running Water" are two songs, but there is only one. The first ambition is to care about mountains and rivers, saying that benevolent people are Leshan. The ambition of the future is to care about running water, which means that the wise are happy with water. The Tang dynasty is divided into two songs, regardless of section. The highest mountain is divided into four sections and eight sections of flowing water. For more than two thousand years, two famous guqin songs, "Mountain" and "Running Water", and the story of Boya guqin meeting a bosom friend have been widely circulated among the people.
With the development of Qin's performing arts since Ming and Qing Dynasties, "mountain" and "water" have undergone great changes. The legendary secret score is not segmented, but later the piano score is segmented. Among all kinds of music scores since Ming and Qing Dynasties, Running Water, which was adapted by Zhang Kongshan, a pianist of Sichuan School, was included in Tian Wen Song Score (1876) compiled by Tang Dynasty in Qing Dynasty. The sixth paragraph of the technique of "rolling, brushing, dialing and noting", also known as "seventy-two rolling and brushing water", is widely used because of its vivid image and blending of scenes. According to the research of Qin family, before Tian Wenqin's Song Score was published, there was no sixth paragraph played by Zhang Kongshan in all Qin Scores, and the whole song had only eight paragraphs, which was consistent with the solution of the Magic Secret Manual. However, the biography of Zhang Kongshan was increased to nine paragraphs, and later the Qin family followed suit.
There is also a guzheng song "Mountain Stream and Running Water", the music is quite different from piano music, and it is also based on "Boya Guqin meets a bosom friend". There are many genres of music books. The most widely circulated and influential is the Biography of Zhejiang Wulin School, with elegant melody and meaningful charm, which has the appearance of "majestic mountains and flowing water". Shan Dong School's Mountain Flowing Water is an ensemble composed of four ditties, namely Qin Yun, Bai Feng Cui Zhu, Ye Jing Ling and Shu Yun. It is also called four-stage music and four-stage brocade. The Mountain Flowing Water of Henan School is based on the folk song Old Liu Ban, with a fresh and lively rhythm. Folk artists often play this song when they meet for the first time to show respect and make friends. These three songs have nothing in common with the guqin song "Mountain Flowing Water". They are all different songs with the same name and completely different styles.
The song "Running Water" was recorded on a gold record and launched into space on August 22, 1977/kloc-0, preaching the wisdom and civilization information of the Chinese nation to the advanced creatures in the universe and planets.