Bouyei Pan Song

Guizhou
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The Buyi Pan Song is a traditional folk song of the Buyi people. It is a folk literature work created and sung in the original Buyi language. The Buyi Pan Song is spread in the Buyi villages in the Beipanjiang River Basin of Guizhou Province, especially in Yangchang Buyi, Bai and Miao Township, Pan County, Liupanshui City. The Buyi Pan Song sprouted with the formation of the Buyi people. It was formed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, spanning the historical process of human society after the formation of the Buyi people. The Buyi Pan Song has been spread in the Buyi villages in the Beipanjiang River Basin since ancient times, and has a long history of inheritance. Since the Buyi people do not have their own writing, they can only use songs to carry civilization and pass on culture. Pan Song is one of the important tools for the Buyi people to record history, express emotions, educate children, judge society, and reproduce life. The lyrics of the Buyi Pan Song record that the Buyi people have lived in the North and South Panjiang River basins for a long time. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Luoyue people were subjects of the Zangke State, and many living customs and cultural characteristics of the ancient Luoyue people are still preserved. The Buyi ethnic group was called "Pu Yue" before the Qin Dynasty, "Pu Liao" during the Han and Six Dynasties, "Man" and "Fan" during the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and "Zhongjia" from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the end of the Republic of China. In 1953, the country identified the ethnic groups and unified "Buyi" as the ethnic name according to the wishes of the ethnic group. The Buyi Pan Song mainly includes ancient songs, wine songs, love songs, sacrificial songs, etiquette songs, etc. The content involves many aspects such as labor, current affairs, rituals, love, living environment, historical legends, etc., and is sung in various tunes on occasions such as weddings and funerals, welcoming and seeing off, production labor, leisure and entertainment, and love. It also involves politics, economy, culture, society, ethics, religion and many other fields, and vividly describes the unique psychological characteristics and emotional tendencies of the Buyi people. It is an important carrier for the Buyi people to record their national history and culture. On June 7, 2008, the "Buyi Pan Song" submitted by Pan County, Guizhou Province was approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

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