Nursery Rhymes in Northwest Guizhou

Nursery rhymes are mostly simple rhymes sung by children. They are short in length, have smooth rhymes, and are generally passed on by word of mouth. The content of nursery rhymes varies from place to place, with a wide range of subjects, and dialect is the main form of language used in nursery rhymes.

Nursery rhymes are the closest to life, so the ancient Chinese believed that nursery rhymes were a prelude to major social events, and there were also many insurrectionary armies that used nursery rhymes to propagate their claims, create fatalism, and agitate the people. This will not be discussed here.

My hometown is in Bijie, northwest Guizhou, the culture is barbaric, but when I was a child, I also listened to my grandparents taught some nursery rhymes. Most have forgotten, some time ago, look at the circle of friends someone send a nursery rhyme, I remember when I was a child grandmother taught me. Triggered my interest in collecting nursery rhymes in my hometown, and these days I asked someone to collect and organize some of them. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to find the best way to do this, but I'm sure you're going to be able to find the best way to do this.

In the countryside, children sing nursery rhymes, mostly in the fields, adults teach singing nursery rhymes, also mostly in the rest of the time. I still remember the first nursery rhyme is in the summer night, the moon is like water, adults sitting in the yard, the old man with a long dry pipe, long enough to reach out to light the fire, we children like to go to help him to light the fire, and then see him under the silver-white beard, bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar smoke. The summer bugs were chirping, the moon was quiet and serene, and the children, in twos and threes, sang this nursery rhyme:

? The moon is shining brightly, and the soma is growing, and the second sister of the He family went down to the river to wash her clothes, and she washed them white and clean. I sent my brother to the school. The school is full, painting brush; brush leakage, painting stars; stars come out to worship, the yellow dog pulled to the golden belt; golden belt, a pair of geese, crackling flew down the river; there is an egg in the river, take it to my brother for breakfast. Brother does not eat fried eggs, but duck eggs in boiling water. The egg is a good one, and the duck egg is a good one, so I'm grateful to my sister for washing my clothes.

This is a long nursery rhyme, but it is good to sing. There is no melodic change, only the Bijie language chanting out loud just, but the memory, childish voice, in that moonlight, pure and transparent, carefree.

Qianbei nursery rhymes, circulating in Bijie, Dafang, Qianxi, Zijin area, dialect color is very strong, many words, is pronounced in dialect. The content is roughly divided into the following categories.

First, family life.

Qianbei nursery rhymes have a lot of reaction to family life, relatives, and witty and spicy, children's language, adults are only a slight anger, do not rest assured, for example:

Jin Xiu Cai, silver Xiu Cai, mom scolded me not talented. I bit my mom's hand, and she cried tears.

The child sang out in this way, with a strong spirit of rebellion, it is estimated that the mother can do nothing.

Another example:

Playing poop, under the tea tea, tea tea incense, please Niangniang (yinping, that is, aunt), tea tea stink, please Niang uncle, Niang uncle ate down behind the door.

The uncle heard, I guess only a smile, blame the child joke.

Another example:

折耳根，遍坡生，我是娘舅的亲甥。 My maternal uncle shouted at me to eat more, and my aunt drummed her eyes in the half.

Here uncle is a good man, aunt is not good.

Another example:

The mountain fork, the tail is long, make a poop to see my mother; the father is close, the mother wants to, my brother left me with my mother. My father wants me, my mother wants me, and my brother has kept me for three years. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to get out of this one!

This is a bit of the Ming Dynasty book "fast-talking Li Xiulian" flavor.

Another example:

A small bench with crooked feet, open the back door and the peach blossoms bloom; the first sister has money to buy a dai, the second sister has no money to wait for mom. The first one is the one with the most money, and the second one is the one with the most money. The first sister married into the Zhang family. The first is the one that is not a part of the family, and the second is the one that is not a part of the family.

The second sister here is the object of ridicule, and if a child sings it, he or she will usually be chased by the second sister of the family.

Another example:

Crying thin bag, playing wood burning; burning not burning, drag him a few machetes.

This song when we were young, who cried, a group of children will chase after him to sing, sing until he is embarrassed to cry again.

Second, the animal fun.

This category is the children's favorite, the animal is accompanied by the best partner in the age of also mention, anthropomorphize the animal, the children can experience a sense of achievement in shaping the world of autonomy.

Such as:

The pig pulls firewood, the dog burns the fire, the cat cooks the rice and laughs at me.

Another example is:

Yulanglang, the mother-in-law; Antzi, the sedan chair; Lampmoth, the bridegroom; Dry toad (pronounced Kemma), the suona; Big praying mantis, the new house; The whole family is very happy.

Another example:

Buzzing, the Li family official asked me to be a matchmaker; the ox packs rouge, the horse packs powder, like a pack of twelve bundles of coarse cloth, asking you Zhangjiajiajia big sister is willing to do.

Another example:

A pair of chickens picked up the rice balls, and picked up the tail long and proper. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night. The flower of the flower waist, white white belly, climbed the climbing rock, climbed the climbing tree.

The use of the thimble technique here makes it easy to memorize and sing.

Third, social life.

This kind of nursery rhyme theme, from the social reality, but the specific no political significance, is the children singing fun.

Such as:

Dot to dot, cow shit, pot; Zhang's family cooking, Li's family moving nest, move in which family a nest fall.

Another example is:

Cargo Lang Lang (read yinping sound), run down to the countryside. The first thing you need to do is to sell your mom's brain, and don't make my dolls cry.

This is the dissatisfaction of the adults in line with the cargo Lang, the children used to sing, running after the cargo Lang, but also make the cargo Lang embarrassed, the cargo Lang, a chase, everyone dispersed in a flurry.

Another example:

Dangdangdang, selling sugar, folded the book, sell the mother-in-law.

They're not the only ones who can't sell the candy.

The candy seller was half dead, and a group of children couldn't get rid of them. The scene is awkward and sweet.

Another example:

A cripple limping across the street ate a pig's grandmother; a cripple limping across the river ate a pig's brain. The lack of teeth, pulling out dog shit. If you get a liter of shit, the two of them will take a share; if you get a bucket of shit, you will take it as sweet wine; if you get a stone, you will take it as a yearly meal; if you get it together, the two of them will play a cage at the head of the door nook.

This is also a mischievous nursery rhyme, making fun of the cripple and the man with missing teeth, with coarse language, and the children experience the thrill of verbal violence, which brings pleasure. The cripple and the one with missing teeth would not come to the door, mostly they would come cursing, but educated families would give their children a stern talking to and forbid them to sing such songs.

Fourth, the parent-child theme.

There are nursery rhymes that are not limited to children, but are also coaxed by adults. The children sang them, imitating the tone of the adults, and got a kind of joy of growing up. But they are still not immune to mischief.

Such as:

The youngest sleeps well, mother went to pound the pestle, pounded half a liter of chaff, and took it to the youngest to stir the noodle soup. The first time I saw this, I was able to get it to work, and I was able to get it to work, and I was able to get it to work.

Another example:

Pushing the mill, pressing the mill, the youngest does not eat vegetable bean sprouts; pushing the mill, pressing the mill, the youngest does not eat vegetable tofu.

Bijie nursery rhymes, there are many, but in writing this article, my memory has been soft like a dream, as if back to the innocence of childhood. Life is like a dream, childhood, there is just happy and fulfilling. Many of life's sorrows and helplessness, only experienced in adulthood. Thanks to my hometown, in my childhood, the people were simple and honest, and the people in the farming culture were simple and gentle. Thank you to my parents, gave me a perfect childhood, gave me a pleasant and joyful home, so that I still love home in the life of suffering, firmly believe that home is the source of happiness.

As Zhang Zhentao said in his article "In Pursuit of the Folk Transcripts of the Peerless Genealogy", "The most glorious history of the spread of folk genealogy has come to an end, and the most desirable thing we can do is to leave the records of agricultural civilization in the most complete state for posterity-which is, naturally, another way of guarding the homeland". This is naturally another way of guarding the homeland." Nursery rhymes are no different! Nursery rhymes are gradually being forgotten, just like the dying of agricultural civilization, the memories and emotions it carries are gradually fading and yellowing, but contains a heavy nostalgia!

Finally, a Bijie nursery rhyme, to pay tribute to our forever lost childhood.

The foot of the foot class, feet on the South Mountain. The south mountain has a seat, gold and silver baby. The gold tripod, the silver tripod, the straw shoe son is subjected to running around. I've found a golden nest. The golden nest and the silver nest are no match for the grass nest of my own family.