Miao folk songs

Hunan
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Wuling area, located at the junction of east and west China, is a fertile land for folk art. It is a relatively closed place, but the songs here are so beautiful. Tujia and Miao folk songs, with their tragic and heroic, generous and low, free and unrestrained melodies, have become the pride of southeastern Chongqing over thousands of years of history. Miao folk songs can be divided into several categories according to their content, such as traveling songs (love songs), wine songs, bitter songs, anti-songs, funeral songs, labor songs, current affairs songs, children's songs, riddle songs, etc., with different tunes. Flying songs are a special form of folk song singing popular in southeastern Guizhou. Generally, they are sung loudly in the mountains. Their tunes are high-pitched, heroic and unrestrained, and the aftertaste shakes the mountain ridges. They are very distinctive. Their contents include love songs, current affairs songs, etc., and the singing forms include solo, duet, chorus, etc. Various folk song forms have traditional lyrics and improvised singing content. Gabaifu song is a kind of rap literature popular in the southeastern Guizhou region. It is a fusion of folk poetry and legends. The singer sometimes narrates and sometimes sings. The content is mostly real people and real events reflecting civil disputes and social phenomena. Pan Ge is an ancient way for young Miao men and women to express their wishes and show their talents to each other. The "Pan Ge" of the Miao people in Zhaotong is very interesting. When a young man takes a fancy to a young woman, he will take two companions of the same age to the girl's home and explain his intention to her elders. If the girl's parents answer: "There is no one yet, but we are of the same class," they will allow Pan Ge. The Pan Ge singing party is arranged by the woman's elders. The male and female companions who participate in the duet act as advisors and find partners for themselves. In Pan Ge, the man usually sings first. Both sides show their talents through duet. If the man loses, the woman will splash the man with water. Splashing water is not malicious in the Miao family, but a kind of baptism of kindness. If the couple can answer each other fluently and sing in harmony, they can sing until they are engaged. But if the woman loses, she can continue to sing until they are engaged. On the day of engagement, the woman's parents should prepare wedding wine for the man in time, and offer it to the villagers who attend the singing party one by one. Finally, they will use a pair of cow and sheep horns as cups to offer to the couple who are about to get married. Then they will play the reed pipe and dance, and congratulate the couple all night long. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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