The Yellow River has provided a big stage for the Chinese people to display their wisdom and talents in creating a 5,000-year-old historical civilization. At the same time, it seems to deliberately test her children who are not afraid of hardships, and often destroys the lives and property on the yellow land with unbridled floods. This has created a history of flood prevention and rescue that is worth singing and crying. In this way, there are tamping, tamping workers, and the ballads that are about to disappear. Tamping is another form of tamping. It is widely used in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in my country. It is mainly used to tamp the foundation when building embankments, dams, and roads. In the 1950s, during the construction of the Chaihe Reservoir and the Baidaohe Reservoir in Luoyang, more than a dozen groups of tamping workers were organized on the construction site to tamping at the same time. They sang while working and competed with each other. The labor scene was very spectacular. With the widespread use of modern machinery, the folk culture of tamping workers' songs is facing the crisis of being lost. "Tamping workers' songs" is a folk song with a strong rhythm that the ancient working people sang during the tamping process. In recent years, with the improvement of mechanization, "beating the stone" has become less known. "The stone workers' songs" have also gradually been lost. In order to save this folk cultural heritage, the Jili District Cultural Center began to collect and organize it in early 2004. Collection and organization of "stone workers' songs" "Hey, hey, hey, hey! Hey! There is a building on a high mountain, and three sisters are competing in combing their hair; the eldest sister combs a coiled dragon beard, and the youngest sister combs a dancing phoenix building; the remaining youngest sister has nothing to lose, so she combs a lion rolling an embroidered ball; the embroidered ball rolls to the East China Sea and blocks the Yellow River from flowing." On August 12, at the entrance of Nanchen Village in Jili District, as the stone stone rose and fell, two large pits (commonly known as "stone flowers") were smashed into the soft land. Eight old stone workers recreated the historical scene of beating the stone 50 years ago. Accompanied by the deep and powerful stone workers' songs, they seemed to have returned to their passionate youth. According to Zhang Wenxia from the Jili District Cultural Center, these old workers were the builders of the Baidaohe Reservoir and the Chaihe Reservoir, and were mainly responsible for the construction of the dam. Decades have passed, and most of the people who built the dam have passed away. Only eight are still alive. If the "Dinggong Haozi" is not collected and sorted out, it is likely to be lost. After many investigations and visits by the Jili District Cultural Center, it was learned that eight elderly people in Nanchen Village, including Zhang Qingheng, Zhang Tongsheng, and Zhang Chengyi, were experts in shouting the dam. After more than a month of recollection, the elderly finally practiced the entire set of "Dinggong Haozi" in late July. The Jili District Cultural Center and the TV station recorded and videotaped the dam, so that this folk cultural heritage could be preserved. On August 12, the reporter met eight elderly people, including Zhang Qingheng, Zhang Shizhong, and Zhang Chengyi, in Nanchen Village. Most of them are over 70 years old, and the youngest is 68 years old. According to Zhang Chengyi, a tamping expert, the most commonly used tamping tools are stone and iron. In 1953, the Baidaohe Reservoir and Chaihe Reservoir were built. In order to make the reservoir dam foundation solid, they had to fill it up layer by layer with soil and use stone tamping tools to compact and level it. They tamped the soil layer by layer until the required height was reached. Zhang Chengyi said, "You young people don't know what 'tamping' is now. In fact, 'tamping' plays the role of a soil roller. It is called 'tamping' or 'ramming' to compact the soft soil." Under the guidance of Zhang Chengyi and others, we saw a stone tamping tool from Zhang Nao's family in Chaihe. This is the only well-preserved stone tamping tool currently. It weighs 43 kilograms. The upper and lower ends have tamping covers with diameters of 33CM and 35CM respectively, and in the middle is a cylinder with a height of 22CM and a diameter of about 28CM. Zhang Chengyi continued to introduce that beating the stone is a great art. When beating, first tie an iron chain to the cylinder in the middle of the stone stone, and hang 8 to 16 "braids" (hemp ropes with hooks on one end) about 3 meters long on the iron chain. Each person holds a braid in his hand. The iron chain cannot be tied too tightly, otherwise it cannot move up and down, and it cannot be too loose, otherwise the stone stone will easily fall off. Zhang Chengyi talked incessantly, and Zhang Qingheng, who was standing aside, became anxious. He was a famous "head of the number" in those days. He couldn't wait to say: "Being good at beating the stone is inseparable from the conductor. According to the rhythm of the tune, it can be fast or slow, but it depends on the ability of the head of the number. The workers' song plays this role, coordinating movements and boosting morale." He introduced that the workers' song is a one-leader-all-in style, and the leader is called the "head of the number". At the beginning of beating the stone, the head of the number sang slowly, and everyone responded slowly, indicating that everyone was in their positions. It was a warm-up exercise before work. Generally, the tune used at this time is the big slide number. Then change the number (change the rhythm) in time, from slow to fast, so that everyone is nervous and the labor intensity is gradually increased. At this time, use the third number of the swing: "One woman is virtuous and counts Meng Jiang, Erlang carries the mountain to chase the sun. Three people cry to live the purple gold tree, and four horses go to Tang Chen Xiaowang. Five tired moons under the prince, guarding the three passes Yang Liulang." Zhang Qingheng sang as he spoke, and several old workers were infected by the emotions and continued: "Seventh Lang died under the banana tree, and the eight immortals counted Lao Zhang. Bury the mother alive in front of Jiuli Mountain, and ambush the King of Chu from all sides." The surroundings were unconsciously surrounded by people who listened to the number. Zhang Qingheng continued proudly that when the work reached a climax, the board number should be used, and it was the most exciting to sing. Sometimes when everyone is working hard, you can also add flower numbers to the board number. Flower numbers are improvisations. Sing people when you see people and sing things when you see things. Some are to encourage everyone, some are to praise others, and some are to kindly ridicule other backward groups. "Wang Jinghua is really fierce. She pulls the carts very fast. She can pull dozens of carts in an hour. She is famous and has made great achievements." Zhang Qingheng missed the model on the construction site back then and sang a few lines. Finally, there is the Maodanhao, which is a tune called when repairing unqualified places before finishing work. It has the fastest rhythm. The ending is the most interesting. No matter what is sung when hitting the stone, at the end, you have to shout: "If there is a stone, don't hit it down!" With a "pop", the stone stone fell steadily to the ground, and more than a dozen stone workers stopped hitting the stone at the same time. The passionate years of the old stone workers At the entrance of Nanchen Village, the only eight remaining old stone workers gathered under the loofah rack, shaking the cattail leaf fans and recalling the scene of building a dam on the beach of the Yellow River. The good guys back then are now gray-haired. Although a hero does not mention his past bravery, this group of labor heroes are happy to talk about the glorious years of the past. Zhang Qingheng was the head of the number back then. He is now 72 years old, but he still looks ruddy and energetic. Zhang Qingheng said that the construction of Baidaohe Reservoir took more than a year. More than 2,000 people were mobilized, with male laborers digging the soil and women using wheelbarrows to transport soil. Zhang Qingheng showed a proud expression: "However, digging the soil is not something that anyone can do. First of all, you have to select young and strong people around 20 years old. Only those who are willing to work hard can be selected to learn to dig the soil." He patted another old man next to him and said, "Qing Jiong and I were the first to be selected. We are strong and have plenty of strength. Soon, we performed well and became the leaders to command everyone. More than 2,000 people worked collectively, scrambling and competing to see who could do more and better. That scene, that enthusiasm, hey! I have never seen it again in my life." "Yes, "Zhang Qingjiong went on to say, "Brother Qingheng, do you remember the 16 brothers in our group? We were as close as a family. The three leaders worked and shouted at the same time. If you were tired, I would shout. If I was hoarse, another one would take over. You didn't even have time to go back when your son was born, so you asked someone to send a message home saying that you would give your son a nickname '硪'" "That's right, that's right. At that time, we really risked our lives, and we were willing and happy. I have kept the small red flag that our group won for decades and I was reluctant to throw it away. Dozens of stone 硪 were placed together, and the leader gave an order. Everyone was busy. The shouts were getting louder and louder. Our group was often a role model to be learned from." Zhang Shizhong, the youngest at the time, was only 19 years old. "If you hit the stone quickly and well, you will get a red flag on the stone. Everyone feels honored. The first place winner can even get a red flag. Often, in the end, the labor competition turned into a shouting competition. The atmosphere was heated and almost crazy. Some elderly people also brought their children to watch the stone beating. The more people watched, the more energetic we were." Zhang Chengyi said with emotion: "Hands that don't stop, mouths that don't rest, are the characteristics of stone beating workers. In order to study the complete set of stone beating, I really spent a lot of time thinking about it, such as making slopes facing the water, corners, and fan shapes, thinking that I could use them for a lifetime. Who knew that things would change so fast. "How could it not be fast? In the early 1950s, food was scarce, and only the workers could eat 2.4 jin of dry noodles and 9 steamed buns in one meal. Do you remember a young man from the neighboring village who finally became a worker, saw the white flour steamed buns, and ate 12 in one meal. He was so full that he felt uncomfortable. We threw him into the water to let him move around to feel better, but he was a 'landlubber' and almost drowned." Zhang Qingheng laughed after he finished speaking. As the sun set, the shadows of several old men were stretched out long. They were still talking about the scenes of making holes in the past. Finally, they were so childish that they had to rehearse. "One, two, three, four, five, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. The sky and the earth are divided into up and down, and the sun and the moon are the same in ancient and modern times." The simple lyrics and the deep and powerful tune rang out at the entrance of Nanchen Village. The stone bowl was raised high and fell heavily. The old workers were immersed in their passionate youth. The workers' songs are actually a collective spiritual force. Finally, the old workers took us to the nearby Yellow River beach. They looked at the place where they had shed their sweat with complicated expressions. All the past events have been silent, leaving only a plate of cold stone bowls and a few soul-stirring workers' songs. A plate of cold stone bowls burned the youth of a generation. In their eyes, the stone bowl is not only a simple labor tool, but also a historical witness, witnessing their passionate youth; the workers' songs are not only a folk song, it represents a kind of power, a spirit, and a passion.