Tianma's story
One day, Xiao Suhe came out to eat grass and had a strange dream on the hillside-he saw a beautiful girl falling from the sky and said to him, "I know you want a lovely horse." I'm telling you, there is a white horse by the north lake, kind man. Go and take it home! " Then I saw a white light and the girl disappeared without a trace. Sue woke up with a "ah" and rubbed her eyes. The sun is shining. Remembering what he had just heard in his dream, he stood up and looked north. Sure enough, a little white horse stood by the lake, and Su He ran to it happily.
From then on, Su He had an inseparable partner. Su He tamed the little white horse by careful feeding and taught it to walk and run. Soon, the little white horse grew into a well-developed strong horse, with four hooves like the wind and running.
One day, while grazing by the lake, Su He accidentally stepped on a spring in the swamp and sank deeper and deeper. The white horse saw it, hissed and ran to the master, grabbed the master's sleeve and dragged it out. Su He was rescued by the neck of the white horse. One night, a wild wolf rushed into the sheepfold. Su He quickly swung a stick at the wolf, and the wolf ran at Su He with bared teeth. At this time, the white horse broke free from the reins with a long hiss, raised its front hoof and grabbed at the wolf, only to hear "ouch", and the head of the evil wolf blossomed. Su He was grateful and ran to hold the white horse's head lovingly, not knowing what to say.
One day, Su He was grazing in the wild, and several knights came from far away, panting and said, "Little brother, can you help us?" The prince ordered us to capture a sika deer alive. If you can't catch it, you will be punished if you go back! "
Sue and heard about their situation. Without saying anything, they got on the white horse and headed for the mountains. It didn't take long to catch up with sika deer and trap it with a horse pole.
Su He handed the sika deer to the soldiers and said, "Soldiers, according to your request, I caught the sika deer for you. But I have a request. When you go back, don't say that I am chasing this deer on a white horse! " However, the news that "there are white horses on the grassland that can catch up with birds and beasts" still spreads like wildfire. Hearing this, Wang Ye drooled and showed a greedy smile.
As soon as the spring began, there was a news circulating on the grassland that a "Nada Curtain" conference would be held in Wang Fu's residence, and the winners of all competitions would be rewarded. Besides, it is said that the monarch's daughter should choose the best rider as her son-in-law. Su He went to the competition in high spirits.
Sue and Bai really won the first prize. But when your daughter saw that the leader was a poor shepherd boy, she left in frustration. The treacherous and vicious prince was exposed. He said to Su He, who came to receive the prize, "Give you a sheep and leave your white horse at home." Su He refused to accept it. The servant grabbed him, punched and kicked him, then tied him up with flowers and led Su He's white horse back to the palace.
When the prince got the white horse and the treasure, he chose a good day to celebrate with wine. Rich local officials came to congratulate. The prince was so proud that he ordered his servant to bring a white horse. He wants to show off in front of everyone. But as soon as the monarch got on the horse, the white horse suddenly jumped forward and stumbled backwards. With a scream, the monarch fell headlong and his mouth fell on the mud. The white horse flew away like lightning.
Wang Mi guards rushed out, rode on the fast horse, held a bow and arrow, and struggled to catch up. But the white horse is like an arrow from the string, and the soldiers can't catch up. So they drew their bows and arrows and shot at the white horse, but the white horse still ran very fast and soon disappeared. The soldiers in Wang Fu had to come back to report to the prince in frustration: "The white horse escaped with several arrows in his body, and he must have died on the road ..." The prince had to give up.
One night, a Malone pierced the silent night sky. Sue hurried out to have a look. The white horse ran back. Su Ya was surprised and happy. By moonlight, a closer look showed that the white horse was dying from multiple arrows ... Su Ya's heart ached. The white horse died in front of its master because of an arrow wound. Sue touched the white horse and burst into tears.
After losing her white horse, Su He was listless and heartbroken all day. One day, he saw the white horse again in his dream. It said, "Master, don't cry. You can make a piano with my skin, bones, mane and tail, and let me stay by your side forever ... "
So Su He made a piano according to what the white horse said, and carved a horse's head at the top of the piano according to the appearance of the white horse, named it "Ma Touqin", and he will always carry it with him.
Whenever I think of Su He, a white horse, I play Ma Touqin, and the piano resounds through the sky like a million Ma Benteng.
Ma Touqin: Mongolian stringed instrument, named after the horse head engraved on its head. It has a long history, originated in the Western Qin Dynasty, and was widely spread among Mongolians at the beginning of13rd century. In the early Yuan Dynasty, Italian traveler Kyle Poirot (1254 ~ 1324) arrived in Shangdu (now northwest of Duolun County, Inner Mongolia) on May 1275. Returning to China in the 17th year of Yuan Dynasty brought Ma Touqin to Europe, which greatly promoted the development of western stringed instruments. Ma Touqin's solo instruments can also be used in instrumental ensembles, accompanied by rap, folk songs and dances, or played in national bands.
The solid wood structure of the piano body consists of a resonance box, a piano stem, a piano head, a chord, strings and a bow. The total length is about 100cm, which is similar to a pendant. Refers to the plate-type stringed instrument, and the effective use range of strings is from Yamaguchi to Pockmarked. Its most prominent feature is that there are skins on both sides of the piano box, which is different from ordinary stringed instruments. Its strings are composed of 40 ponytails (inner strings) and 60 ponytails (outer strings), and its playing method is also different from other stringed instruments. The ponytail of the bow is not sandwiched between the inner and outer strings, but rubbed outside the two strings. Therefore, it has a unique timbre. It is particularly broad, deep and bold, and full of grassland flavor.