Ancient songs of Youyang

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Youyang ancient song

Applicant: Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing

Project No.: 1068

Project No.: I-124

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Chongqing

Type: new item

Applicant: Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing

Protection unit: Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County Cultural Center

Introduction to Youyang ancient songs:

Applicant: Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing

The ancient songs of Youyang are the poems recited by the exorcists in the activities of ancestor worship, praying for high yield and exorcism. They are spread in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County of Chongqing, which is located at the junction of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou. They are the product of the continuation and evolution of the ancient culture of the south in Wuling mountain area. The style of ancient songs is treacherous, which can be traced back to the witch songs of ancient times. It is a collection of natural knowledge and social knowledge accumulated by the working people for a long time.

The content of Youyang's ancient songs can be divided into God and life, and its representative works are: the custom poem "hiding in the shadow", "Gong meeting soldiers"; the hymn "the east mountain is the king of Qi", "come in a hurry, go in a hurry"; the code poem "four seasons of the year", etc. Word of mouth, fixed diction, less improvisation, preserved a lot of original information and artistic factors. There are two types of rhyme in the poems, one is the free style of rhyme in two sentences and the other is the metrical style of rhyme in two sentences and one is the rhyme in four sentences and one is the rhyme in four sentences.

It is an ancient and magnificent treasure house of folk literature to spread cosmic knowledge system and group survival skills through folk activities. It plays a great role in promoting the spread of regional culture and traditional culture, and has an important impact on the literature of later writers.

The ancient songs of Youyang reflect the ancestors' concepts of nature worship, ancestor worship and ghost worship, which are mixed with Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and other elements. They have a long history, wide influence and high academic research value.