Bouyei Pange
01 · Historical Records
The Bouyei pan songs germinated along with the formation of the Bouyei and were gradually enriched with the multiplication and development of the Bouyei, touching such content as labour, current affairs, ritual, love, living environment and historical legend, and are the crystallisation of the collective wisdom of the Bouyei people.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
The Bouyei pan songs are the crystallisation of the collective wisdom of the Bouyei people; they germinated along with the formation of the Bouyei and were gradually enriched with the Bouyei's multiplication and development. The pan songs have content in many aspects such as labour, current affairs, ritual, love, living environment and historical legend, and have two forms of performance, indoor and outdoor, their tunes divided into the love-song tune, the ritual-teaching tune, the wedding tune and the funeral tune.
The Love-Song Tune
One of the tunes of the Bouyei pan songs.
The Ritual-Teaching Tune
One of the tunes of the Bouyei pan songs.
The Wedding Tune
One of the tunes of the Bouyei pan songs.
The Funeral Tune
One of the tunes of the Bouyei pan songs.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
The Bouyei pan songs are the traditional folk songs of the Bouyei, current in the Bouyei villages of the Beipan river basin in Guizhou, the most representative being those of the Yangchang Bouyei, Bai and Miao township in Pan county of Liupanshui city.
04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
The Bouyei pan songs touch many fields such as politics, economy, culture, society, ethics and primitive religion and vividly describe the distinctive psychological traits and emotional tendencies of the Bouyei; they are an important vehicle of Bouyei history and culture and may be said to be an unlettered encyclopaedia of the Bouyei, with precious cultural, historical and research value. Under the strong impact of modernisation and the influence of economic globalisation the transmitters of the Bouyei pan songs are ever fewer and those who sing them in the Bouyei language rarer still, so that this traditional folk song of a minority people is on the verge of dying out and urgently needs protection.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Wu Tinggui 04-1498
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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