Singer Hoa Minzy's MV Bac Bling (Bac Ninh) has been widely spread over the past few days across social networking platforms. After more than 4 days of release, the MV Bac Bling (Bac Ninh) has reached more than 16 million views on the YouTube platform, climbing straight to the top 1 position of popular music.
Bac Bling (Bac Ninh) by Hoa Minzy is praised for its beautiful appearance, elaborate script and highlights the quintessential beauty in culture, specialties and landscapes of Bac Ninh. In which, Quan Ho folk song was built as a highlight of the MV.
Right from the first "rap verses" of Xuan Hinh, Tuan cry has continuously mentioned Quan Ho, "the sports hat I wait in the communal house yard", "Tam long sung luong, ta banh ngo cau quan ho", "Mong den nhu dem trang trang trang chieu Lim"... Quan Ho culture, Quan Ho space is also set up to have a purpose next to the phoenix-eshaped betel, costumes that you immediately invest in... Many famous Quan Ho phrases are interwoven in Bac Bling's lyrics (Bac Ninh) such as: People don't come back, eat a piece of betel - eat it to red your lips, ever let your fate be revealed...
However, the way the brothers and sisters are staged in modern "three-man, seven-man" dancing costumes in the communal house yard has created some controversy. The MV Bac Bling brought a completely new image of her first wife, especially in the scene where she performed modern choreography in the courtyard (when combining Xuan Hinh rap).
The choreography performance of the women received mixed opinions, including some praising the novelty, and others saying that it was a variation of cultural heritage.
Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk song was recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. For a long time, the story of cultural heritage conservation has always been in the midst of many multifaceted perspectives. Accordingly, preserving the heritage intact is considered very difficult when life and times are constantly changing.
Just like Quan Ho, Prof. Dr. Bui Quang Thanh - Member of the Scientific Council of the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts - shared: "Previously, the whole team of Quan Ho singers performed very differently now, they sing in exchange, sing well, sing back and forth between the "all" Quan Hoans in a narrow space without musical instruments.
Later, Quan Ho was performed by artisans and artists in many different settings, in the square, on large stages, where sound import was needed, Quan Ho had to have more musical instruments, with the support of loudspeakers, loudspeakers...".
To see, the flow in the life of heritage like Bac Ninh Quan Ho folk song also has to face the constant changes of the times.
Each generation will have a different perception and approach to heritage. Previously, recording Remix versions of a personal channel named Tran Manh Cuong also received multi-dimensional opinions.
Right under the remix of Sitting on the Boat posted on YouTube, there were thousands of comments both praise and criticism. Some people criticize the remix version of Ngoi as the only boat, and many people praise the need to renew the old Quan Ho songs, so that young people listen to Quan Ho more, from the remix version they will find the real originals.
When discussing the cultural industry, in many seminars and workshops, experts discussed the story of generation differences, when today's Gen Z recognizes and approaches history and traditional culture completely differently from the "Our generation" or the 7X and 8X generations. Changes and shifts in cultural life and heritage life are inevitable.
The most important thing is that through each generation, no matter how different they are, or approach them, they must still preserve the soul, the quintessence in the beauty of heritage, of traditional culture imbued with national identity.
