Real version of Sewing Machine Band？ Yao Chen feels the charm of ＂hometown of guitar＂
Special feature of 1905 film network Last year, on the National Day, Dapeng filmed the feelings and charm of guitar music with a "Sewing Machine Band". In the film, the passionate performance of the band members in the "Big Guitar Square" has infected countless audiences.
The movie ended, and the big guitar square in Sewing Machine Band no longer exists. However, in Guizhou, thousands of kilometers away from the northeast, a county named Zheng ‘an is staging its own inspirational story of poverty alleviation with the help of handfuls of small guitars.
Zheng ‘an, located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain in northern Guizhou, is a national key poverty alleviation and development county under the jurisdiction of Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.
Walking in this small town surrounded by mountains, you will find that street lamps on both sides of the road, fountains in convenience parks and humanistic sculptures everywhere are full of exquisite "guitar" elements, which have been closely linked with the cultural life of Zhengan people.
What kind of "fate" is this? On September 27th, we just arrived in Zheng ‘an to participate in the "Fight Against Poverty — — Team Yao Chen, an actor in the fourth stop of the "Starlight Action" charity event, listened to the introduction of the relevant person in charge of the local county government at the poverty alleviation research and planning meeting.
Everything starts with a decision made by the county five years ago. In 2013, Zheng ‘an County seized the opportunity of industrial transfer in coastal areas and introduced the guitar manufacturing enterprises originally located in Guangzhou into its own home, making the guitar manufacturing industry gradually become an important starting point for local industries to help the poor.
Now, after several years of development, Zhengan has built the world’s largest guitar production base, and 26 enterprises have successively entered the guitar industrial park, with an annual output value of over 1.5 billion. In addition to the advanced cloud data center and modern production workshop covering an area of more than 600,000 square meters, the guitar culture theme park here will also help Zhengan to truly realize the industrial upgrading from industrial production to manufacturing, culture and tourism.
Talking about the local cultural development, Cheng Xiaoqiu, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guizhou Zheng ‘an Economic Development Zone, specially introduced the guitar cultural square which is popular in the local area.
The design of the square coincides with the big guitar square in Sewing Machine Band, which is also dominated by several giant guitar symbols. Every evening, the local people like to relax there, overlooking the night scene of the square, and the lights also outline the shape of the guitar on the ground, which is full of design.
Hearing this, Yao Chen, who usually likes music, showed great interest. As soon as they left, the group set off directly from the planning meeting site and went to this guitar culture square, which can be called the absolute "bright spot" in Zheng ‘an County.
Although it rained in the sky, there were still many people gathered in the square. Everyone was scattered around the guitar playing groups, feeling the music and enjoying the comfort of the night in the small town.
The first group of performers Yao Chen met was the local children’s guitar band "Orange Band", the oldest of whom was only 18 years old. Taking the opportunity of learning guitar playing, several teenagers got together and formed this band "The sparrow is small but complete".
Usually, they often perform for their classmates at school. Chen Qin, a guitarist, told us that every time she heard her classmates sing along with her piano, she would feel very happy.
Further on, Yao Chen was suddenly attracted by an absolute "budding guitarist". On the bench, a little girl with a double ponytail is seriously playing a "little guitar" that is very commensurate with her. The immature children’s voice hit everyone present at once.
The little girl is 5 years old and has been studying guitar playing for more than a month with her parents who love music. Seeing Yao Chen, she shyly took out a gift for "Little Potato", and Yao Chen happily took it and opened it on the spot. It turned out to be the "Little Guitar" played by the little girl — — Ukulele Yao Chen not only gladly satisfied the little girl’s wish to take a group photo, but also sent her an invitation: "Welcome to Beijing, ok?"
In addition to children who like guitar and love music, there are more players from all walks of life in this guitar culture square, expressing their feelings for Zheng ‘an through their guitars. Li Xu and Zheng Song, poverty alleviation cadres, and two local teachers have formed a special "poverty alleviation cadre band".
Li Xu has a personal experience in his own poverty alleviation work for Zheng ‘an’s efforts to develop through guitar manufacturing, a pillar industry in the past five years. The continuous construction and growth of guitar production bases has helped more young laborers in counties to find jobs at home, which has greatly promoted the progress of local poverty alleviation.
Along with it, there are also local cultural industries. Li Xu saw that more and more people began to learn and play the guitar with the continuous integration of guitar into local people’s lives. There are more and more guitar playing educational institutions in the county. "Many children go to school, which can not only cultivate interest, but also make a group of talents in the future."
Due to the busy daily work, the band of poverty alleviation cadres seldom get together to perform, but Zheng Song always puts a guitar in his dormitory and plays a song when he is free, which is the best way to relax.
I felt a round of Zheng ‘an people’s enthusiasm for guitar at close range in the square, which made Yao Chen more curious about this instrument. At the planning meeting, Yao Chen and the research team decided on tomorrow’s itinerary. At that time, she will go to the guitar production base to experience the whole process of a piano from material processing to product delivery.