A Study Of The Aesthetic Characteristics Of Zheng Music "Yunling Music And Painting"

The Guzheng music works Yunlingyinhua(Yunling Mountain),which were composed by Wang Zhongshan in 1990s,naturally shows an everlasting beauty from the name of the works.It combines emotion with the scenery with intense image colors,where the music and picture can be integrated.The charm can be felt just from the title.In terms of the creative conception,the composer integrated elements of tradition,ethnic groups,and modem elements with a broad vision and grand layout.As he used the advanced finger techniques such as rapid fingering,rotating fingers with two hands,finger shake and so on to illustrate both abstract and figurative scenes with delicate changes,the works created different atmosphere of silence or joy,lingering or bold.Yunlingyinhua is another great piece of works by Wang Zhongshan after the works Mingshan,and is also an inventive works of wisdom as a result of his years' exploration in art creating.It breaks the traditional way and absorbs new elements,which creates a brand new sound effect with different musical techniques throughout the works,and it naturally forms diversified layers at the aesthetic level.This article aims to analyze the aesthetic elements and composing methods existed in the works from the traditional,national,and modern perspectives through the analysis of the works and its cultural explanation of the creative background.This article analyzes the overall works from an aesthetic perspective,and can inspire the re-creation of the performers and guide the listeners to appreciate this works in a correct manner.The article consists of five parts.The prolegomena explains the reason to choose this topic,research value,literature review,research target and its content,and also points out the key problems of the research and the guiding ideology and methods to solve these problems.The introduction part first briefly introduces the composer,and analyzes the historical background when the works were created.The first chapter focuses on the aesthetic essence of Chinese traditional culture,and reveals the traditional beauty contained in the works from the aesthetic characteristics of nature and the classical image beauty.The second chapter further clarifies the aesthetic content of national culture given by the composer from the perspective of nationality through the analysis of how the ethnic beauty of sound is reflected by the ethnic elements.The third chapter analyzes the modern aesthetic purport in this works from the meaning of the title and the creative techniques,and makes a comprehensive conclusion in the end.