运河大鼓响咚咚

CANAL BALLADS WITH DRUMBEATS

“几百年运河古镇甲天下,乾隆爷又给台儿庄取的名——天下第一庄。三百载古运码头今还在……”鼓声咚咚,钢板锵锵,浑厚略带沧桑的嗓音伴随着极具节奏感的鼓点和打板声在大运河畔响起,一人一鼓诉说着运河的悠悠往事,亦表达着未来的梦想和愿望,引得不少游人驻足倾听,久久不愿离去。这种有着鲜明地域文化特色,传唱于鲁南地区的民间艺术,被称作“运河大鼓”,也叫“鲁南大鼓”,至今已经有400多年的历史。

With distinctive regional culture characteristics,a canal drum ballad,also known as Southern Shandong drum ballad,is a form of folk art spreading in Southern Shandong,with a history of more than 400 years.In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties,on the basis of singing with drumbeats,the drum performers of Taierzhuang on both banks of the canal enabled theart form to evolve into present-day canal drum ballads through processing,retouching and improvement.