After a reporter sought verification regarding the origin of the “zidi shu”, the official responded seriously. In recent years, there has been support for non-heritage forms of quyi, and the “zidi shu” has dramatically resurfaced. The quyi channel’s invitation to Qi Shejiang must have been based on multiple considerations; his qualifications are certainly beyond dispute.
—Qi Shejiang is not only a bearer of the non-heritage project but also the sole inheritor of this “zidi shu”. Who else would represent?
The media turned mercilessly. Just yesterday they were supporting Lin Yang, and today they are drafting headlines: 【At first, when Qi Shejiang sang this part, people said he was off-key; now they realize this is non-heritage culture!】
They dug up footage of Qi Shejiang and Xia Yiwei singing “He Bi Xiang”, analyzing why Qi Shejiang later sang the big drum with such flavor, while in this part, he was said to sound strange.
The audience became disillusioned, 【…so that’s how it is! What he originally sang wasn’t a big drum at all, but a “zidi shu”! The official science popularization stated that the big drum absorbed a lot of content from the “zidi shu”!】 【I got goosebumps; so he wasn’t singing an off-key big drum, but he was singing the “original version”??】
Look, there were professional string players at the time who stated that Qi Shejiang’s singing couldn’t be identified by genre, but his technique was mature; there’s no way he was off-key. At that time, nobody knew about this “zidi shu”!
The public heatedly discussed this, not expecting that Qi Shejiang had such a dramatically rich inheritance! The official public material only briefly mentioned that “zidi shu” passed through various channels and returned from abroad to be restored. Quyi channel staff also timely revealed that they would produce a special program detailing the story, also to promote non-heritage inheritance, inviting everyone to watch.
Upon reflection, there’s another interesting point: Qi Shejiang has already joined the Qu Art Association as an inheritor of “zidi shu”, but on the crosstalk end, there’s still a group of people refusing to acknowledge him, leading to a lack of consensus, with neither official nor grassroots organizations willing to accept him.
Such a situation is indeed quite “interesting”.
