Singing content of pipa music

Dong people call the songs accompanied by pipa "pipa music", which is a treasure of Dong culture. It is said that there are 100 kinds of tunes. In addition to traditional tunes, most of them are lyric songs praising love, and most of the lyrics are improvised according to the tunes. Excellent pipa players can not only accompany songs with pipa, but also play extremely gorgeous and moving doors and intros.

The content of Pipa Long song reflects the struggle history and real life of the Dong people in many ways. Rape myths and legends include "cotton woman incubating eggs" and "creation". The main historical events of Dong Shi family in Syria are "Rise Again" and "Song of the King of Gold and Silver". Niang Mei Ge and Ga Chang Ti Xiu Ji and Yin Mei describe the love between men and women and human feelings. Butterfly lovers, Mei, Mao, England, etc. Newly compiled tracks include Old Trees and New Flowers, Broken Monument and so on. Some accomplished singers (called "Sangga Pipa" in Dong language) have taken root in the people and created many works that reflect real life. For example, in the winter of 1935, the Red Army's Long March passed through Dong villages to do good deeds for poor Dong families, publicize revolutionary principles and spread revolutionary kindling. Longsheng singer Shi risked his life to arrange the Song of the Long March, which was widely sung in Dong villages. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Dong family named the newly arranged pipa "Gamei" Gamei, singing that the Chinese Production Party led the Dong people to the socialist road and live a happy life. From 65438 to 0952, during the regional ethnic autonomy movement in Sanjiang County, the singer Wu wrote and sang Love Song with Poverty, which is a representative "Gamei" song. In terms of performance, male and female singers have also developed the form of playing and singing together. Pipa song art