What is the representative music of the Dai people and what are its characteristics?

Mostly young people sing solo or duet between men and women in fields, mountains and forests. Some express love, praise hometown, and sing about a happy life, and some are improvised songs. There are mainly two types of folk songs in Dehong area: "Shouta" and "Shoutongmao". ① The shouting songs in Mangshi, Yingjiang and other places are divided into Chengzi folk songs (called "Shingmale Meng" in Dai language, which means folk songs popular in towns), and Bazi folk songs (called "Shingmale sister" in Dai language, which means Folk songs popular in rural areas). The former is softer and the latter is brighter. The styles of Shouta popular in various places are relatively similar. The basic characteristics of the music are: the tunes are more lyrical and often use progressions and small jumps. Gong, Shang, Yu, Zheng and other modes are more common. Sometimes there is mode alternation or downward direction within the structure. Detachment and modulation. The old folk songs popular in various places (called "Shoutama Bantao" in Dai language) and the rap folk songs popular in Zhefang area (called "Danhouma" in Dai language) can both be classified into the shouting category, but the styles are slightly different. The following example is a folk song from Chengzi, Mangshi, Dehong: ②Shouting Tongmao, it is a folk song spread in Ruili area. The music is hearty and enthusiastic, using many modes, and the rhythm is free. The tune has a descending jump of seventh degree and a continuous upward jump and upward glide at the end. , quite distinctive. When men and women sing love songs due to each other, it is called "Shouting Biyang Shuang", which means a love song. Ruili is also popular in the folk songs of the Dai area of ??Myanmar, such as "Shouting Dailiang" and "Shouting Lengdang". The music is unique. The following example is Dehong Ruili's "Shing Biyang Shuang": Dai folk songs in Xishuangbanna have basically the same tune as love songs, with distinct beats, clear accents, and bright music. The melody is mainly progressive and small jumps, with seven-octave jumps in between. Most of them are in palace mode, but emphasize Zheng and Jiao sounds.

The folk songs in the Jinping area are called "Himao Sao" in Dai language. They are sung by young men and women at night, accompanied by dingqin. The tunes are mostly palace tunes, but they end with Zhengyin. In addition, Yuanjiang, Jinggu and other places have folk songs with different styles.