Tibetan folk song (MadamI folk song)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Tibetan folk songs (MadamI folk songs)

Applicant: Jiulong County, Sichuan Province

Project No.: 614

Project No.: Ⅱ - 115

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Sichuan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Jiulong County, Sichuan Province

Protection unit: Jiulong County Cultural Center

Introduction to Tibetan folk song (MadamI folk song)

Applicant: Jiulong County, Sichuan Province

Tibetan folk songs are the main form of folk music in Tibetan areas, which can be divided into folk songs (pastoral songs), labor songs, love songs, custom songs and chanting sutras. Folk song is called "La Lu" in Weizang area, "Lu" in Kangba area, and "Le" in Anduo area. It is a kind of free singing song in the mountains. Labor songs are called "Le harmony" in Tibetan. There are many kinds of labor songs, and there are specific songs in almost all kinds of labor. Love songs include love songs and tea songs, while custom songs include wine songs, guessing love songs, wedding songs, arrow songs and farewell songs. Chanting tune, also known as "six character Zhenyan song", is a kind of song sung by Buddhist believers when they worship god Buddha in temples.

Xifanmadami folk song is a kind of Tibetan folk song with unique characteristics. It is produced and spread in zier Township, kuido Township, Yandai Township and other places in dahezi District, Jiulong County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Xifan is a branch of Tibetan nationality, only a few of which exist in Jiulong County, Mianning County and Muli County of Sichuan Province. MadamI folk song was formed and developed in the long-term production and labor of Xifan people, which has a history of thousands of years.

MadamI folk songs were originally lyric songs, and then gradually developed into labor songs, funeral songs, wedding songs and so on. Lyric folk songs express feelings and express deep love and good expectations for hometown; labor songs are mainly used to reduce the fatigue of work and regulate emotions. They are often sung in production and labor, with men and women separately singing in unison, and the scene is very warm; funeral songs have certain etiquette, and after the death of the elderly or other elders in the village, those who go to mourn often sing funeral songs to express their mourning; marriage songs Yige is sung during the wedding ceremony. When the woman sends off the bride and the man receives the bride, both sides invite several respected old women in the village to sit in line and sing to each other, bringing the festive and lively atmosphere of the wedding ceremony to a climax. There are six kinds of MadamI folk songs found now, including wedding songs such as garhong, somiawu and mirazhuo, and funeral songs such as cuohuochi, cuoga and Shiga.

Each of the four lines in the western MadamI folk songs is mainly lyrical, with the beginning and end of the line "Ma Da Mi AI", and the combination of lead singing and solo singing. Most of its music is in three sections, with deep melody. Because of the great fluctuation of the mode, it is difficult for other national singers to imitate.

MadamI folk songs carry the local customs and living habits of Xifan Tibetan area, vividly reflect the spirit of Xifan people, and have high research value of folklore and ethnology. At present, the relatively closed farming production and life style in Xifan Tibetan area is changing rapidly, and the survival of MadamI folk song is facing crisis, which needs urgent rescue and protection.