Shibaoshan Song Festival

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Shibaoshan Song Festival

Applicant: Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province

Project No.: 1012

Project No.: Ⅹ - 105

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Yunnan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province

Protection unit: Jianchuan County Cultural Center

Shibaoshan Song Festival

Applicant: Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province

Shibaoshan Song Festival is a grand national traditional festival in Bai nationality area, which has been handed down for thousands of years. The Song Festival is held in Shibaoshan, Jianchuan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province from July 27 to August 1 of the lunar calendar. Bai people from Jianchuan, Eryuan, Lijiang, Dali, Lanping and other places gather to play strings and exchange tunes to find a couple. At the same time, they can also burn incense and worship Buddha in various temples to participate in the "azhali" Buddhist ritual, the central master of Bai area and the "ayanbai" Dynasty of stone carving female Yin And other folk activities. The Song Festival is mainly composed of impromptu duets, which integrates the activities of playing strings and singing songs, praying for God and worshiping Buddha, worshiping God and searching for spouse with songs, showing the characteristics of multi-cultural harmonious coexistence.

Shibaoshan ballad club is the cradle of Bai ballads and the base of development and dissemination. It fully demonstrates the creative genius of Bai people and provides precious research materials for anthropology, ethnology, history, archaeology, aesthetics and other disciplines.