Maonan feitao

Name of Chinese national intangible cultural heritage: feitao of Maonan Nationality

Applicant: Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Item No.: 465

Project No.: Ⅹ - 17

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Protection unit: intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance center of Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County

A brief introduction to Maonan fat cover

Applicant: Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

"Feitao" is the general name of Maonan people's activities such as vowing, which prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At the beginning, it was Maonan people's ritual of offering sacrifices to all natural things with the help of Nuo. In the process of inheritance, it integrated Maonan people's oral literature, folk songs, drama, dance, music, percussion music and other artistic elements into a rich folk activity. Its songs, dances, music, plays and other art forms bear the good wishes of Maonan people to pray for the nation's endless growth and prosperity in the coming year. It is not only the historical witness of Maonan's development, but also the precious heritage of Maonan's traditional culture.

There are many kinds and rich contents of feitao of Maonan Nationality. Its main forms include Nuo song, Nuo dance, Nuo opera, Nuo music, Nuo story (oral legend) and Nuo mask carving.

The formation, development and evolution of Maonan feitao have important reference value for understanding Maonan history. Its Nuo culture is expressed in song, dance, music, drama and other forms, which shows the integration and evolution of Maonan culture and Han culture.

Due to the social development and the change of people's values, Maonan fattao is in an endangered state. It is urgent to take effective measures to protect it, so that it can play its due role in maintaining the uniqueness of national culture and maintaining cultural diversity.