Buluotuo

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Buluotuo

Applicant: Tianyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Item No.: 2

Project No.: I-2

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Tianyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Protected by: Tianyang Cultural Center

About Buluotuo:

Applicant: Tianyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Buluotuo is a mythical figure in the oral literature of Zhuang ancestors. He is the God of creation, ancestor and morality. Buluotuo is a long poetic creation myth of Zhuang nationality. It mainly describes Buluotuo's great achievements in creating the world and human beings. It has been passed down orally in Tianyang County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region since ancient times. From the Ming Dynasty, when it was sung orally, it was also preserved in the form of ancient Zhuang characters, some of which became the scriptures of Zhuang folk Mo religion.

The content of Buluotuo includes six aspects: Buluotuo's creation of heaven and earth, creation of human beings, creation of all things, creation of earth emperor, creation of writing and calendar, and creation of ethics and morality. It reflects the history of human beings from the age of ignorance to the age of farming, as well as the situation of the tribal society of Zhuang ancestors, in the aspects of history, literature, religion, ancient philology, phonology and musicology It has certain academic value.

The creation myth of Buluotuo's oral poetry has its original characteristics in content. In the long process of oral inheritance, through continuous processing and tempering from generation to generation, its artistry has been improved and improved. It can not only help people understand the history and meet the needs of people's life, but also has the role of enlightenment.

Due to historical and other reasons, Buluotuo is now facing the crisis of being lost. We need to take census, filing, research, publishing and other means to protect Buluotuo by establishing Buluotuo cultural ecological protection village, singing team, study hall and running study classes in relevant schools, so that it can continue to be inherited under the conditions of modern society.