On YouTube channel, 5W1H - a talkshow (live chat) recently posted with the topic: "Thanh Loc and untold stories" has provided the audience with a lot of useful information related to values. culture and art of the nation.
In particular, in part 2 with the content "Love for the Fatherland is love grown up" (posted on July 20), Outstanding Artist Thanh Loc shared many stories about two visits to the grave of musician Cao Cao. Van Lau in Bac Lieu.
Panorama of Southern Don ca tai tu art memorial area and musician Cao Van Lau. Photo: HT
Touched by "Cao Van Lau Museum"
Talking with journalist Vu Kim Hanh (host of the program), about honoring cultural and artistic values, including cai luong, Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc spent more than 15 minutes talking about two visits. Tomb of musician Cao Van Lau in Bac Lieu.
… Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc said, quite a long time ago, when performing the play "Da Co Hoai Lang" (DCHL), when he was still at the 5B Vo Van Tan Theater, on the occasion of his trip to Bac Lieu, he wanted to go to burn incense to worship music. Doctor Cao Van Lau. When he reached the grave, he felt sad because the way there was full of grass, lack of rigor and care. Then about 2 months ago, when making a movie in Ca Mau, having a few meals, Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc went to Bac Lieu and wanted to go and burn incense for Uncle Sau Lau. "When I was directed to the grave site, oh my god, it was a very large museum, bigger than I expected, I was surprised!", Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc shared with journalist Kim Hanh .
Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc said that he was overwhelmed and touched because it was a memorial and gratitude park for Southern amateur music, including a huge statue of musician Cao Van Lau along with a floating zither. his voice. “Besides the grave of Uncle Sau and his wife, there is also a very large space for wax figures of musicians, and then images of writers and artists from the time of Southern amateur music until the formation of cai luong, such as Mr. Nam Nghia, Mr. Nam Chau, Ms. Kim Cuc, and a series of artists such as Ms. Thanh Nga, Mr. Thanh Duoc, Huu Phuoc, Phuong Lien, Ngoc Giau "...
While lighting incense, Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc also listened to Meritorious Artist Ngoc Doi sing the DCHL song on the speaker system. He said he had tears in his eyes, "crying not simply because of the old song, but because the musician's grave was so spacious and so neat. It is also a memorial area for Southern amateur music. The first thing I saw was that to be honest, the people of Bac Lieu live so cutely, knowing that "when drinking water, remember the source". A teacher who glorifies both the ancient music of Vietnam in particular and the South in general has such a spacious place of worship, I have to thank the local authorities because they have the right vision. ink about the world of artists and writers".
Distinguished artist Thanh Loc (right) shares his second anniversary of Bac Lieu visiting musician Cao Van Lau's grave in talkshow 5W1H on YouTube channel. Source: YouTube
Happy when reform is respected
Listening carefully to the DCHL version played at this memorial, Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc also shared an interesting story. When the guides explained that this was the standard version of the traditional music (identified by the Southern Don Ca Tai Tu artists along with the late Professor-Dr. Tran Van Khe), Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc expressed his great interest in the version. The standard does not appear the word "í a" compared to the previous "versions"! Because he himself, right from the moment he came into contact with this song to perform the play DCHL, he refused to stick to the "í a" at the end of the sentence. According to him, Southern folk music cannot have the word "í a"! This is a way of singing of Northern folk songs. "Maybe give the swallow a double half eh or eh?… sounds very smooth, the love of the South is very smooth! But the wife is waiting for her husband to come back yes what can't be yes yes,” noted Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc…
Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc also shared with the audience that: "When I commented on some errors in the material of the operas, the guides took out their notebooks to write them down and said they would send the relevant authorities to check again to change them. . Therefore, I hope that artists and writers, when having the opportunity to come to Bac Lieu, visit "Cao Van Lau Museum" to with their understanding, add valuable materials to Bac Lieu".
“I have to say thank you. I see that cai luong is respected, appreciated and has a really, almost absolute position in the hearts of the people of Bac Lieu.” Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc, before moving on to other content, shared with such affection for Bac Lieu when he built "Cao Van Lau Museum" - his name for the Don Ca Tai Tu Art Memorial. Southern Vietnam and musician Cao Van Lau!
Cam Thuy
(Recorded from talkshow 5W1H "Artist Thanh Loc and Untold Stories" on YouTube channel)
