Carve a path

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: carved Road

Applicant: Shibing County, Guizhou Province

Item No.: 5

Project No.: I-5

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Guizhou Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Shibing County, Guizhou Province

Protection unit: Shibing County Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center

A brief introduction to carving Road:

Applicant: Shibing County, Guizhou Province

Miao people's "carving road" is also called "carving wood", which is translated into "Miao people's wedding song" in Chinese. It is mainly spread in a hillside depression of Feiyun Grand Canyon in yangliutang Town, Shibing County, Guizhou Province. "Carved road" is the only symbol of carved wood to record events among Miao people living in China. It is the earliest record object of Miao nationality and the oldest writing tool of this branch.

According to the records of Zhenyuan Prefecture written by Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the Miao people "have no words, and they use bamboo to carve several inches, which is called" carved wood. ". Marriage is "aunt's daughter as uncle and daughter-in-law.". If you have no son, you must give it to your uncle again, which is called nephew's money. Otherwise, you can't marry or recruit young people to come and go with you all your life. ". There is also a record of Miao people's "carving wood to show faith, still keeping the ancient style" in Guizhou Zhi Lue. The song of Miao people's marriage was born in a historical period after the transition from the matriarchal clan to the paternal clan of Miao people. Although it has the content of national migration and totem worship, it is different from the myths of ancient songs and words that reflect the creation of the world, the creation of heaven and earth, and the origin of human beings. It mainly reflects the marital status under the system of Uncle power, which is called "the oldest living fossil of Miao marriage" by ethnologists and folklorists. It has a very important value in the study of the development history of Miao nationality.

"Carve road" is the longest, largest and most popular wine song among the Miao ancient songs, with more than 10000 lines of lyrics. It is the creation, accumulation and evolution of the Miao people in the long period of production and life practice, which absorbed the essence of the outstanding folk songs of other nationalities, and formed the unique characteristics and styles of the Miao nationality's poetry. The description of environment, language, action, psychology and personality of characters in ancient songs are vivid and vivid.

Carved road is a Miao marriage narrative poem with strong national flavor, and it is also a large-scale and long history ancient book of Miao nationality. It not only has made great achievements in literature and art, but also has important value in the study of Miao nationality's origin and migration, totem worship, mathematical knowledge, linguistics and other aspects.