Luoqiluoyeyuzhasizhayi
01 · Historical Records
The Lokiloye and Zasizayi are an oral narrative long poem of the Biyue branch of the Hani, current in the Hani-concentrated areas of southern Yunnan; the whole poem has ten chapters and nearly two thousand lines and is transmitted from generation to generation in the form of chanting.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
The narrative long poem Lokiloye and Zasizayi is an oral narrative long poem of the Biyue branch of the Hani, current in the Hani-concentrated areas of southern Yunnan, mainly in the villages of the Biyue branch of the Hani in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County and Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County of Pu'er city and in Honghe prefecture and Yuxi city. Lokiloye and Zasizayi are the two young people of the poem, the man the embodiment of heroic wisdom and the woman the representative of beauty and purity. The ending, especially after the failure of the rent resistance, in which the protagonists, cut into pieces and minced, still revive, are nailed with copper nails beneath the cliff and, having bled for seven days and nights, still do not yield, displays to the full the special love of the Hani people for heroes and fully embodies the strong national character of the Hani. The poem is transmitted in the form of chanting; in the chanting of generation after generation its content was continually enriched, making it an excellent oral literary work of the Hani.
The Opening Song
One of the ten chapters of the poem.
Antiphonal Singing in the Seedling Field
One of the ten chapters of the poem.
Leading the Rent Resistance
One of the ten chapters of the poem, reflecting the Hani rent-resistance struggle.
The Undying Soul
One of the ten chapters of the poem, embodying the strong national character of the Hani.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
The whole poem is divided into the ten chapters of the opening song, Zasizayi, Lokiloye, Meeting at the Market, Antiphonal Singing in the Seedling Field, Calling at the Door to Seek Marriage, Setting Up a Home, Leading the Rent Resistance, The Undying Soul and the closing song, nearly two thousand lines in all.
04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
The work touches Hani production and life, love and marriage, life and death, primitive worship, folk custom and spiritual belief, with relatively high research value for anthropology, ethnology and folklore; the story is winding and beautiful, tragic yet heroic, poem and event enhancing each other, with careful rhyme and rich poetic feeling, and also has very high literary value.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Zhang Guifen 04-1506
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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