Chinese people have the habit of labeling their cities, such as imperial capital, magic capital, smog capital, gourmet capital, hot spring capital, Internet celebrity capital, romantic capital... Various famous cities and capitals emerge in endlessly, some of which are honors, Some are characteristics, some are ridicules. Faced with these popular labels, everyone is easy to accept and spread, and it has become a common practice among cities.
Among the many city labels, China's Accordion Capital is not well-known, and more than 90% of the people around it don't know which city it specifically refers to. In fact, it refers to the intersection of western Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. Tacheng, Tacheng is the place farthest from the ocean in the world, and the nearest coastline in each direction is more than 2,400 kilometers away. Eastern and Western cultures blend here, and the accordion has a deep cultural soil and social foundation here. For the local people As far as the accordion is concerned, the accordion is the most familiar and intimate. There are accordion players and lovers of many nationalities living here. During major festivals and gatherings of friends, all nationalities use the accordion as a bond to sing and dance to their heart's content. The accordion has become a It is an indispensable musical instrument for cultural activities.
As the accordion capital of China, Tacheng has the largest accordion museum in Xinjiang and even in China (maybe the largest in the world). In this museum, we must also mention an old man who regards the accordion as his life——Dao Wuran, he is also A crazy and obsessed accordion collector, he has collected 1,200 accordions of various types from all over the world with all he has. He has become a legend in the Tacheng art circle and has been featured on CCTV and other major news media many times.
Daowuran, whose full name is Daowuran Duishanhan, is 48 years old this year. He graduated from Tacheng Normal School in 1991 and later served as a music teacher in Tacheng No. 6 Middle School. According to his introduction, he was born in Yekesu, Tacheng City A herdsman family in the pasture, the family is not very good, it can even be said to be a relatively poor ordinary herdsman family. When I was young, apart from cattle, sheep, horses and family members, there were basically no other new things around me. Until he was in elementary school, his parents sent him to the gate of the school. It was also from then on that he knew that there were music lessons in the world, and such wonderful music, which made him fascinated.
As for his connection with the accordion, it started when his neighbor's son got married when he was 9 years old. On that day, a guest brought an accordion to the wedding banquet. During the banquet, with the cheerful sound of the piano, Dao Wuran was deeply attracted immediately. Taking advantage of the rest of the guests, Dao Wuran sneaked up to him, and touched and touched gently. The kind of surprise and excitement at that time still makes his heart surge when he thinks about it now. But after the wedding, he watched the accordion disappear from my sight, and cried all night in disappointment. I don't know why I was so sad at the time. His father saw it, but his poor family made him helpless, and there was nothing he could do about his crying son.
Since then, although he really wanted an accordion of his own, he didn't dare to mention it considering the conditions at home. But one day two years later, when he woke up from his sleep, he saw an accordion beside his bed. 32 Beth's big red "Bai Le" brand accordion, it turned out that his father had always kept it in his heart, and sold him his favorite bay red horse to buy. You must know that in the ranch, every family is far apart. However, the bay red horse was his father's usual means of transportation. He bathed it every day and fed it the best fodder, but he sold it for his hobby, which moved him very much and kept it firmly in his heart.
Seeing his beloved accordion, he hugged his father and wept with excitement. Because of his hobby, his father lost his beloved bay red horse, and his accordion became the most expensive thing in the house. From there, he started his accordion career. The road to study is very difficult, there is no teacher, and there are no teaching materials. Relying on simple memory, I slowly learn some of the simplest songs by myself. Later, I heard from a teacher that Tacheng Normal School enrolls a music class every three years, so I asked His father and teacher asked him to go to the first grade of junior high school again, so that he could apply for the music class of the normal school. Huangtian paid off, and he was successfully admitted to the music class of the normal school in Tacheng area. And after three years of professional study in it.
After graduating, he successfully became a music teacher. During his teaching, he came into contact with more and more accordions. Not only did he love accordion playing, but he also gradually fell in love with accordion repair and collection. He even buried a wish in his heart that he would definitely We should give our all and collect many, many accordions from various countries and ages. In 1992, the Baktu port in Tacheng was opened, and businessmen from all over the world flocked to Tacheng. He also began to ask people to help him buy accordions, although the salary was very low, and accordions were very expensive. But after his unremitting efforts and overcoming many barriers such as language, he went to the villages of Russia, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian and European countries to collect accordions. Sometimes he could collect dozens of accordions a day. Carrying and carrying, in some taxis, when people see so many accordions, they don’t want to play them. 100 units, has accumulated more than 1200 units till now.
Daowuran said that in the collection process, there are many unforgettable stories. In 2014, he went to Pabladar, Kazakhstan, intending to acquire 22 German-made accordions collected by a 92-year-old Russian man during World War II. The old man is also a collector. When Daowuran explained his intentions, he flatly refused at first. But when the old man knew that there was a city called Tacheng in China that planned to build an accordion museum, he reluctantly gave up and agreed to sell it. At the moment when he was about to take the accordion away, the old man burst into tears and touched them one by one, as if saying goodbye to his own child... Like him, the old man had already integrated the accordion into his bones and blood.
Although the collection process was very hard, and his wife and children didn't understand, he was obsessed and crazy, and even enjoyed the sense of accomplishment of receiving his favorite accordion. Later, there were more and more accordions, and the experience became more and more rich. In just over 20 years, I collected 1,200 very precious accordions for myself, and contributed a lot to the construction of the accordion museum in Tacheng. When saying goodbye, the old man Dao Wuran said affectionately, "I love the accordion, and I love my collection even more."
