Xiaohe with children and parents
On this June 1st, musician Xiaohe launched a live broadcast of “Love Every Difference” for more than 12 hours in Shanghai, allowing musicians, artists and a group of “special children” to meet on the cloud, “It turns out that every June 1st, we I will go to the rehabilitation center to spend the festival with my children. This year, because of the epidemic, we have adopted the form of online live broadcast.” Xiaohe said that he has been in Shanghai for three years. After passing the favorite noodle shop next to the alley, I met my love…
He is still looking for “treasures” in Shanghai. “Even if the epidemic has changed the world and affected our lives, some things must not be allowed to disappear!”
caring for children
“This live broadcast is actually what we do every year.ringChildren’s Day, starting in 2016. “Xiaohe said, “This year, I have been in Shanghai, like everyone else, at hometreat2 months. I thought it might be time to stop, but Lao Lang and Zhou Yunpeng gave me encouragement and support. They felt that even if we use live broadcasts this year, we should continue and use music to inspire our children and ourselves. ” Zhou Yunpeng sent a message to Xiaohe: “Even if there are only three or four people, we must do it. “
Starting from May 20, it took almost ten days. Xiaohe not only invited Laolang, Zhou Yunpeng, Mo Xizishi, Wan Xiaoli, Zhang Weiwei and other dozens of musicians, but also invited artists from painting workshops, craftsmen Several artists from the workshop and drama studio completed the live broadcast together with more than a dozen children from Shanghai WABC Barrier Free Art Road (Shanghai Yitu Public Welfare Foundation) and Beijing Qizhi Special Education School. They sing, draw, and do handicrafts with the children… Through the camera, you can see that the children are having fun and smiling brightly. In the end, all the proceeds from this public welfare performance will be donated to the Jimin Qizhi Rehabilitation Center in Shunyi District, Beijing and WABC Barrier Free Art Road.
Xiaohe looks for nursery rhymes in Shanghai
Recalling the original intention of “Echoing the Children’s Day”, Xiaohe said that it originated from a music event, “The event was called ‘Music Portrait’, and our musicians wrote songs for all kinds of ordinary people, and then got to know this group of people. special children and their parents.” Xiaohe said, “In special education schools, we see many parents give almost everything they can, but for theDown syndrome, frankly with little success. I think what children need is not only therapy, but also a comfortable environment where they are treated as equals, rather than isolating them in school. The creation of the environment depends on the efforts of each of us. “
Therefore, this group of musicians accompany the children to sing and play games every year. It was in Beijing at first. In 2020, Xiaohe came to Shanghai with the “Pursuing Songs Project”.ring“Children’s Day” was brought to Shanghai, and together with the volunteers of WABC Barrier-Free Art Road, we continued the care for children.
“It was also in 2020 that I met my wife in Shanghai and got married. She lives in Shanghai. Because of my work relationship, I now run between Beijing and Shanghai. I have time to stay at home with her for a while this year.” Xiaohe He said with a smile, “I hope everyone will pay more attention to children and music.”
find nursery rhymes
Speaking of Shanghai’s “Rhyme Searching Program”, Xiaohe has been going to all parts of the country since 2018 to find those nursery rhymes scattered among the people. In Shanghai, he ran from Zhujiajiao to Jiading, and found it under the Magnolia tree by the small bridge of flowing water, and he gained a lot.
With the help of friends, Xiaohe and his team went to 12 districts, 25 parks in Shanghai, and 7 surrounding towns and 15 villages, and found nearly 116 first-hand documents. Behind each nursery rhyme there is an old man’s story. Time is long, Xiaohe wants to chat with them, and the melody will sound when they recall.
On the way to find the rhymes, they met the 90-year-old grandma Zhang. She was a war correspondent to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. She came to Shanghai in the 1950s. Although her nursery rhymes were not in Shanghainese, they were also sung to her by her mother. Grandma Zhang said that this nursery rhyme is because some adults like to scare children “the red nose and green eyes are going to catch you”. If you accidentally over-scare the child, when the child wakes up in the middle of the night, the adults will sing this soft little song to comfort the child to fall back asleep . There is also Grandpa Xi, a native of Pudong, who likes to sing Pudong folk songs all his life. He said that lullabies should be sung softly and in falsetto.
river and friends
Listening to the old man singing “Baby, Baby”, the smile of childhood appeared on his face, Xiaohe seemed to see that the old people were also in their mother’s arms when they were young, with “stars in the sky” and “birds on the tree” “Naughty little cat” and “Bone-biting little yellow dog” fell asleep together. That is the taste of hometown, the taste of carefree.
After sorting out the collected Shanghai nursery rhymes, Xiaohe will bring those old people who are over 80 years old to the stage of the cultural square together, and let the Shanghai audience in “Saving the Dead Seedlings”, “Pudong Lullaby” and “Four Songs Head Folk Songs”. Feel the feelings in these long-lost Shanghai language nursery rhymes. In addition to putting the nursery rhymes on the stage, he will also sit under the old magnolia tree in the center of the Yongfuhui courtyard in Shanghai, letting young people and old people sit together, accompanied by falling petals and sporadic drizzle, listening to old nursery rhymes and stories , “Seeking rumors is not just to find songs, but to establish a channel between people.”
“Nursery rhymes themselves are a category that can resonate with people of more age groups. All of them grew up as children and have heard songs in the arms of their mothers or grandmothers.” Xiaohe said, “In fact, childhood has never been It disappeared. No matter how old you are, childhood is in your current life and body, right now, we just need to really see it.” Yes, it’s like the old wolf calling Xiaohe “He Xian’er”, fans know him He is the lead singer of the “Beautiful Drugstore” band, and some people label him: “Experimental Musician”, “Contemporary Artist”, “Music”madman“… But he didn’t care about these titles, and was always more used to saying, “I am the third son of Tian Qiaoyun and He Ping. “
Taste the noodle shop
In Shanghai, Xiaohe found like-minded friends and his favorite noodle restaurant.
For example, Shanghai musician Lu Chen, they have known each other very early because of music. Xiaohe has been in Shanghai for the “Songsun Project” in the past two years. As a Shanghai native, Lu Chen has a duty to accompany him as a guide. Lu Chen also has credit for Shanghai’s “rumour-seeking plan”.
Some time ago, many people in Shanghai reposted an old song by Xiao He and Lu Chen on the Internet. It was an old song written by the top floor circus band in 2010. characteristic road. In recent years, Shanghai has changed rapidly and changed a lot. The crayfish on Shouning Road and the clothing store on Xiangyang Road in the lyrics have now become memories. These roads grew up with Shanghai people and witnessed the development of the city. Xiaohe and Lu Chen sang this song again to tell everyone that the memories of the past have not disappeared, but are presented in a new way.
small river at work
Last year, when this song was included in an outdoor music documentary program “China is So Beautiful”, Xiaohe and Lu Chen visited the Shanghai-style vegetable market and alleys together, “There are many special places to live in Shanghai, such as Shunchang. Some alleys on the road are different from the metropolis in the impression, so if you want to know a city, you must walk here and communicate with people.” Xiaohe said.
“I like to eat Shanghai noodles the most, such as Weixiangzhai on Yandang Road, a cash-only halal noodle restaurant on Ji’an Road, Laodi noodle restaurant on South Shaanxi Road,EikichiAh Da’s special noodle restaurant on the road…” Xiaohe said, “I wrote down all these delicious Shanghai noodle restaurants in my notebook. “The good taste of Shanghai lingers in his heart for a long time. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wu Xiang)
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