18 181On the night of February 23rd, in Auburn village on the Salza River, a mouse boldly sneaked into the organ building of the old church of Saint Nicholas in the village. This hungry little thing ran around and bit everywhere, and finally made a "far-reaching event", from which a popular Christmas hymn was born. The next morning, a middle-aged man in a black dress and coat walked into the church and went straight to the organ and sat down. This man named Franz gruber is 3 1 year-old, with black hair, a high nose and a pair of emotional eyes. Although he is unknown, he is respected by the villagers in this remote area. Because he is a primary school teacher in the village and an organist at St Nicholas's Church. He sat down, stepped on the pedal and pressed the button. However, the organ only made a few faint whimpers. When gruber was about to bend down to find out, his good friend Joseph Moore came. Moore is a priest and musician. The official pastor of Auburn village church has not been sent, and Moore has been temporarily sent to take over this position. When gruber saw him struggling, he was shocked and asked, "God bless us! What is it, Joseph? " The young acting priest raised his hands and made a desperate expression, signaling his friends to get up and go with him. Moore led gruber to the back of the organ keyboard in the building, pointed to a big hole in the blown leather bellows and said, "I found this hole this morning. It must have been bitten by a mouse. Now when I get off the stage, there is no sound! " Gruber carefully examined the hole in the bellows. It's incredible to go to mass on Christmas Eve without playing the organ! He couldn't help shouting, "damn it! It's terrible now. What should we do? " "Yes," Father Moore said shyly, "I wrote a short poem that can be used as a lyric poem." Then he said seriously, "This is not that kind of song." Gruber couldn't help laughing when he saw his friend so excited. Because as we all know, what Moore really likes is "that kind of" songs-that is, the so-called vulgar folk songs sung by Guzheng when the peasant woman and the boatman are happily drinking. This kind of thing often causes the dissatisfaction of those stubborn and old-fashioned devout believers and makes the respectable elders frown. Gruber picked up a poem written by Moore and read the first few paragraphs. Suddenly, he felt as if there was a strange aura running through his spine. This is really not that kind of song. It seems to have caught his heart and told him gently, simply and touching. He has never been so deeply moved. The music of these poems faintly sounded in his ears. Moore said almost apologetically, "I just thought, since our organ is broken, can you give this thing to our guitar and maybe set up a small children's choir to sing, … what do you think?" Gruber said, "OK, OK, OK! Maybe we can do this. Give it to me, I'll take it back and see if I can write it. " Gruber walked slowly back to Anxi Village through the snow on the ground. He immersed himself in his own musical ideas all the way. "Christmas Eve, holy night, in the dark, radiant. Like Beethoven, who was deaf, he heard all the melodies in his heart: according to the virgin and the baby, he was kind and innocent, enjoying a godsend sleep, enjoying a godsend sleep. " The music he is going to write for the children's choir has been echoing in his mind. He returned to his humble house, sat by his clavichord, faced the cross hanging on the wall, and finally wrote a complete song. That afternoon, twelve boys and girls gathered in Moore's study. They wear neat and beautiful wool socks, coats and aprons. They stood side by side under the holly wreath, becoming more and more lively.
The rehearsal began, and gruber and Moore played the guitar and smiled at each other with satisfaction from time to time. At first, everyone was unfamiliar with the songs, and playing and singing were a little rough. The third part was not suitable either, but it was quickly changed. Well, this song is finally finished. On Christmas Eve, hundreds of candles lit in the church shone brightly on the bright golden plates and communion cups, giving those stiff Gothic statues of the Virgin a vibrant and gentle demeanor. The church is decorated with pine trees, evergreen trees and sacred berries everywhere. All the believers crowded on the long hard bench. Men wear bloated wool coats, and women wear eye-catching aprons and colorful shawls. When Moore and gruber walked to the altar with twelve boys and girls carrying guitars, the surprised crowd suddenly became a sensation. Gruber nodded slightly to his band, and the strings sounded. Then, Father Moore's tenor and Mr. gruber's bass resounded through the ancient church in harmony. Thus, the long-standing Christmas carol was sung for the first time. But I forgot it the next day. No one who attended Christmas Mass at that time expected that this song would be popular all over the world. Later, it was only by chance that this masterpiece was saved from drowning. The following spring, an organ repairman named Carl Morak came here from Chileta. He casually asked in small talk: Since the organ is broken, how can you do Christmas Mass? Only then did gruber mention this piece of music. He said: "It is not worthy of attention. I even forgot where I put it. " At the back of the church, there is a small cupboard full of dusty documents. Gruber found music here. The organ repairman looked at the score, moved his lips slightly and hummed a tune from his broad chest. "Interesting," he said softly. "Can I take it back?" Gruber burst out laughing. "Line, line, you take it. Besides, after you fix the piano, this thing is even more useless. " After Morakot left, gruber forgot about it. However, Christmas Eve echoed in the lovely Mount Kiletta, and it began its journey to spread to the world. As folk music, this song spread from Austria to Germany. It crossed the national border and spread to all parts of the world with German immigrants. But not long ago, Moore and gruber were recognized as the creators of this song. They had nothing at that time and died as poor as when they were born. However, gruber's ancient guitar is still singing for him. It has become a family heirloom, handed down from generation to generation by the gruber family. Now, every Christmas Eve, people will take this guitar to Auburn Village. Christians from all over the world sang this lovely Christmas hymn again.
The origin of Christmas Eve:
Christmas Eve is also called Christmas Eve. That night, the whole family will gather in the living room, sing Christmas songs around the Christmas tree, exchange gifts, share the joys and sorrows of life in the past year, and express their inner blessings and love. On this night, I will see a group of lovely little boys or girls, playing guitars with poems in their hands, singing poems one after another, bringing good news. How on earth did the Jiayin team come from this festival?
On the night of Jesus' birth, a shepherd was guarding his flock in the wilderness when he suddenly heard a voice from the sky telling them the good news of Jesus' birth. According to the Bible, Jesus came to be the king of the world, so angels spread the news to more people through these shepherds.
Later, people followed the example of angels and spread the news of the birth of Jesus everywhere on Christmas Eve. Until today, good news has become an indispensable program for Christmas.
Usually, the good news team consists of about twenty young people, plus a little girl dressed as an angel and Santa Claus. On Christmas Eve, after about nine o'clock, a family began to hear good news. Whenever the good news team goes to a family, they will sing some familiar Christmas songs first, then the little girl will read the Bible to let the family know that tonight is the birthday of Jesus, then everyone will pray together and sing a poem or two, and then the generous Santa Claus will send Christmas presents to the small hall of that family, and the whole good news process will be completed.
The whole good news activity will last until about four o'clock the next morning.