Yi folk songs (Yi wine songs)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Yi folk songs (Yi wine songs)

Applicant: Wuding County, Yunnan Province

Item No.: 612

Project No.: Ⅱ - 113

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Yunnan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Wuding County, Yunnan Province

Protection unit: Wuding Cultural Center

Introduction to Yi folk songs (Yi wine songs)

Applicant: Wuding County, Yunnan Province

Yi people mainly live in southern China, distributed in Yunnan Province, Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Generally speaking, Yi folk songs can be divided into narrative songs, folk songs, love songs, dance songs and children's songs. These folk songs are rich in tunes, including solo singing, duet singing, duet singing, chorus singing and so on. Sometimes in the same folk song, there are several singing forms, and their artistic expression is unique.

The wine song of Yi nationality is an ancient folk song art of Wuding Yi nationality, which has a long history and tradition. It is mainly popular in Wuding County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

The wine songs of the Yi people in Wuding can be divided into "Nuoyi", "Daoga", "Qichu nuyiba", "Mingao", "Qichu", "Zaochu", "Nanga" and "Suo wenqie Dachu". Among them, "nuyi" means to listen to the songs spread in ancient times, and its content is relatively old, with history and biography as the theme; "Daoga" means to sing a minor tune in clear and easy to understand language, and its content is mostly aphorism "Qichu nuyi Ba" means to combine "jiadiao" and "nuyi", that is, to organically unify the GongDiao and ShangDiao; "Mingao" in "Mingao" means to sing lyrics, which are mostly narrative poems, just like seeing; "Qichu" means "jiadiao", which has more than 140 tunes and the lyrics are not fixed; "Zao" means to sing lyrics "Chu" is the melody of praise, which mainly expresses congratulations, praise and compliments; "Nanga" is a form of duel singing, sometimes singing in unison; "Suo Wen Qie Da Chu" is a VIP toast tune, which has many tunes and specific lyrics, such as "toast song" and "welcome tune". Generally speaking, Yi people don't use any instruments to accompany their wine songs. Sacrificial wine songs are accompanied by leaves, sheepskin drums and faling bells. On solemn occasions, they are accompanied by instruments such as Yueqin, dassanxian, tuba and ground tube. The style is rough, warm and unrestrained.

The wine song of Yi nationality is an important means for the close communication among all branches of Yi nationality. It carries the contents of social life, historical legends, customs and customs, ethics and so on. The language is vivid and has a high degree of generalization. It fully reflects the national wisdom and artistic ability of Yi people and provides important literature for the study of ancient Yi music, customs and social life. At present, as the life customs of Yi people are getting closer to Han people, the traditional culture and art form of wine song is facing the danger of extinction, so it should be protected immediately.