THE TRANSFORMATION OF GUZHENG ART TRADITION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CHINESE WORKERS AND PEASANTS DURING 1949-1959

Abstract

In 1949, with the establishment of the People's Republic of China and a series of changes in artistic orientation, cultural policies, music concepts, etc., the guzheng, which originated more than 2500 years ago, experienced an unprecedented development boom. In the mid-20th century, under the integration and regulation of the governmenta group of folk guzheng musicians were recruited to higher professional music schools across the country to teach, promoting the modernization of guzheng art and achieving the transformation from "traditional guzheng" to "modern guzheng". The Guzheng has been fully incorporated into the field of professional education, establishing a training paradigm for specialized Guzheng performers and laying the foundation for contemporary Guzheng professional education nationwide with modern disciplinary concepts. Therefore, a detailed analysis of the historical fact of "folk qin players entering universities" in the mid-20th century and a theoretical interpretation of its historical significance, as well as a summary of its cultural positioning and its gains and losses in the relationship between ancient and modern times and between China and the West, are historical lessons for the development of contemporary guzheng.

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