Mo Huamei
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Mo Huamei, Female, Zhuang, from Mashan, Guangxi, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Polyphonic Folk Songs (Ⅱ-30). The tradition is documented in Mashan, Guangxi. Within the regional tradition and school record of Polyphonic Folk Songs in Mashan, Guangxi: The Zhuang three-part folk song originates in Jiafang township and other places in Mashan county, Nanning city, Guangxi, and is called by the local people “huanha”, meaning “part-singing” mountain song; at present it is concentrated mainly in the townships of Guzhai and Lidang, in Zhenxu township, Xiyan town and Tanghong township of Shanglin county, in Beigeng township, Suiyi township and Gupeng town of Xincheng county, in Longwan township and Jingsheng township of Du'an county, and in Gongchuan township and Gonghe township of Dahua county. As early as the last years of the Tang the Zhuang three-part folk song began to spread in the east of Mashan county, and by the middle of the Ming it had reached a degree of unprecedented flourishing.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Mo Huamei is anchored in the documented technical standards of Polyphonic Folk Songs in Mashan, Guangxi. Within the documented technical tradition of Polyphonic Folk Songs in Mashan, Guangxi: Multi-part folk song refers to folk songs whose texture and structure take a multi-part form; China's multi-part folk songs are concentrated chiefly among the dozen or so minority nationalities of the Zhuang, Dong, Bouyei, Gaoshan, Maonan, Qiang, Miao and Yi, most of them adopting the two-part form and a small number being three-part and four-part art. The Zhuang three-part folk song commonly sings the tunes Manhuan, Buliehuan, Jiafanghuan and Jiehuan; its structure has three parts, the first and second parts having independent tunes and the third part setting off the harmony; all three parts bring out and enrich the main melody and are mutually harmonious, gentle in tone and unified in style. It generally has relatively fixed song-books, such as Dahong Huan, Denghuan Huan and The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars, but there is also content improvised from daily life. The lyrics are generally in five-character four-line form or in the five-three-five-six-character form, with strict waist-and-foot rhyme. It is sung mainly in activities of life and production, intercourse and entertainment, courtship, marriage and mourning and the entertaining of gods, among which the folk songs used in weddings, funerals and rites of entertaining the gods appear especially solemn. Representative works include Huanyana, The Orphan's Huan and The Filial Son's Huan. The Zhuang three-part folk song is an important representative of China's folk multi-part song: it fully reflects the chief characteristics of Zhuang society and is a distinctive form of expression of Zhuang culture. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Dahong Huan": One of the relatively fixed song-books generally sung in the Zhuang three-part folk song. "Denghuan Huan": One of the relatively fixed song-books of the Zhuang three-part folk song. "Huanyana": One of the representative works of the Zhuang three-part folk song.
Dahong Huan
One of the relatively fixed song-books generally sung in the Zhuang three-part folk song.
Denghuan Huan
One of the relatively fixed song-books of the Zhuang three-part folk song.
Huanyana
One of the representative works of the Zhuang three-part folk song.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Mo Huamei was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Polyphonic Folk Songs, with Mashan, Guangxi as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Polyphonic Folk Songs in Mashan, Guangxi: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2008 (batch 2), with Mashan, Guangxi as its declared area, and Mashan County Cultural Center as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
As early as the last years of the Tang the Zhuang three-part folk song began to spread in the east of Mashan county, and by the middle of the Ming it had reached a degree of unprecedented flourishing.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Che Ge | Honghehanizuyizuzizhi, Yunnan | 02-0258 | Other regional school |
| Chen Xiniang | Honghehanizuyizuzizhi, Yunnan | 02-0259 | Other regional school |
| Manglai | Xilinhaote, Inner Mongolia | 03-0829 | Other regional school |
| Wen Guiyuan | Mashan, Guangxi | 03-0830 | Same declared area |
| Lang Jiamu | Songpan, Sichuan | 03-0831 | Other regional school |
| Suyilatu | Abagaqi, Inner Mongolia | 05-2052 | Other regional school |
| Fang Shaobao | Taijiang, Guizhou | 05-2053 | Other regional school |
| Mo Huamei | Mashan, Guangxi | — | This page |
| Ou Yumei | Fuchuanyaozuzizhi, Guangxi | — | Other regional school |
| Jiancheya | Songpan, Sichuan | — | Other regional school |
| Zeyingjun | Heishui, Sichuan | — | Other regional school |
| Yang Kaiyuan | Jianhe, Guizhou | — | Other regional school |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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