On the morning of September 30, we were honored to welcome Teacher Wu Min-tsui (吳敏翠) to introduce our students to Nanguan (南管), a traditional style of music with deep roots in Lukang.
Teacher Wu plays with Lukang's Juying Society Nanguan Ensemble (聚英社). She also teaches Nanguan through the Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau's heritage programs — including a class at Erlin Prison — and leads Nanguan programs at Lujiang International School and Xishi Elementary School in Fushing Township.
She brought a whole table of instruments: the pipa (琵琶), the sanxian (三弦), the dongxiao flute (洞簫), the pai clappers (拍), the xiangzhan and jiaoluo gongs (響盞、叫鑼), the sikuai (四塊), the aizai (噯仔) and more — and walked students through the basics of Nanguan music theory.
Teacher Wu even brought a deck of Nanguan playing cards published by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, so students could learn about the music — and what makes each instrument special — through a card game.
To finish, everyone learned to read Nanguan's unique gongche notation (工尺譜) — and used it to sing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" together! Two class periods flew by, full of new and surprising experiences.
文化局南管教案推廣活動
今日上午很榮幸邀請到吳敏翠老師（現為鹿港聚英社南管樂團、文化局傳習計畫南管丁班及二林監獄南管班、文化局扎根計畫鹿江國際中小學及福興鄉西勢國小指導老師）到校跟同學分享南管樂器及基本樂理。老師帶來了許多樂器，有琵琶、三弦、洞簫、拍、響盞、叫鑼、四塊、噯仔……許許多多的樂器，還有文化局發行的南管撲克牌，讓同學在桌遊育樂中學習南管知識和理解不同樂器的特性。最後還帶大家用南管特殊的工尺譜一起演唱〈瑪莉有隻小綿羊〉，兩堂課的時間帶給同學許多新奇有趣的體驗。