The Folk Culture of Pu 'er

Pu 'er City has a monument to Pu 'er national unity oath; Meng Lian's Fu Xuan Department reflects the history and culture of the Dai people. There are also some popular folk songs and dances, such as "wedding vows" and "new songs sung by Wa people". The original ecological national culture and folk customs are primitive and mysterious, simple and strange; Traditional ethnic festivals such as the Gu Mu Festival of the Wa nationality, the Hulu Festival of the Lahu nationality, the Torch Festival of the Yi nationality and the Water-splashing Festival of the Dai nationality have been passed down for thousands of years and have unique charm, which makes people linger.

The Yi people in Pu 'er area are mainly distributed in Jingdong, Jinggu, Zhenyuan, Ninger, Jiangcheng, Lancang, Mojiang and Pu 'er. Yi folk music can be divided into three categories according to its genre, content and singing form: jumping songs, ditty and folk songs.

Dance song: it is a mass self-entertainment activity that integrates poetry, song and dance. Everyone sang and danced with the melody rhythm of Lusheng and flute music. One person led the singing and everyone sang in chorus. From the content of lyrics, it can be divided into three types: divertimento (arrangement), zaqu (Sanqu) and antithesis (antithesis). Panqu is full of narrative poems, mostly a summary of astronomy, geography and production knowledge, as well as stories and stories from ancient times to the present, such as "Worship the Zodiac" and "Going to War by Father and Son". "Zaqu" is an improvisation, touching the scene and expressing one's feelings directly, often seven or four or five or six sentences. "Duige" has a couple to answer, and men and women answer together. Melody: Lyrics can be divided into narrative songs, folk songs and love songs. Narrative songs are a method used by the Yi people to describe history, events and experiences, such as picking flowers and yellow, Ding Bing tune and pregnant tune. Folk songs reflect customs and habits, national taboos and the contents and procedures of sacrificial activities from different angles, including sending the god of wealth, worshipping the western gods, offering sacrifices and wedding songs. "Love songs" mainly show the love between men and women. The melody is steady and soft, the rhythm is regular and rigorous, the style is diverse, the adaptability is strong, and the singing form is flexible, so it can be sung in the countryside of Shan Ye, weddings, funerals and celebrations. Folk songs: divided into labor folk songs, pastoral songs and roar mountain tunes. Folk songs are mostly sung in the wild, not limited by the environment. They are a kind of self-entertaining tune, expressing the inner thoughts, feelings and life of the singer. The rhythm is free, the tunes are stretched, abandoned, high-pitched and passionate, with a wide range, many decorative sounds and many free sustain sounds. "Labor folk songs" include "transplanting rice seedlings" and "mowing grass songs". "Pastoral" includes "pastoral tune" and "pastoral tune". The Houshan tune includes: tossing Huashan, catching the mountain, chasing girls, crossing the mountain, riverside, dripping, climbing the mountain, Xiahe and so on. There are three kinds of Yi folk instrumental music: wind-blowing music, bowstring music and percussion music. It is also used as an accompaniment for singing, dancing and singing. Wind pipe music: trombone, kouxian, suona, flute, lusheng, lusheng, big hum pipe, trumpet, etc. Lusheng is mostly used to accompany dance music. There are five pipes, seven pipes and nine pipes, and they can play five notes. Trombone has a loud and deep voice and is often played as a "bugle" when seeking a wife. In addition to dancing, trumpet can also play kanban tune, absence tune, welcome tune, farewell tune and welcome tune at the wedding venue; Tribute tunes and other tracks. Bow string music: there are big three-string, small three-string, Qin Yue, four-string, erhu and so on. The three-string playing skills are mostly "rolling" and "plucking", and the tuning methods are mostly four degrees and five degrees. There are many three-string tracks, some happy and some sad. Popular three-string songs are: riverside, 20% off, turning over, straight singing, turning over, loosening the door, going out, riding a horse, stamping three feet, three-foot tune and so on. Percussion instruments: sheepskin drum, wooden fish, green, awn, big gong, etc. Mainly used to master the beat, paragraphs and increase the performance atmosphere. Yi folk dance. Yi dance in Pu 'er area is the most abundant, with about 100 routines. The popular dances in all counties in the region are: Flash Song, Shun Province Song, Small Province Song, Big Province Song, Straight Song, Monkey Mill, Couplet Song, Chicken Survey Song, Sheep Tearing, Horseshoe, Three Stamping, Sheepskin Dance and Three-string Dance. There are cigarette box dance, Seven Girls, Li Du Rogue Music, Yenniki, Four String Dance, Clap Clap Clap, Arquez Dance and Divine Dance popular in Jiangcheng County. Yi dance is characterized by liveliness.

Hulu Festival, called "Apeng Aloni" in Lahu language, is held on October 15th, 16th and 17th of the lunar calendar.

"New Rice Festival" is also called "Taste the New Festival", and the Lahu language is called "Zhaxichang". It is one of the traditional festivals of Lahu nationality.

Pagoda-expanding Festival, commonly known as Lahu Year, is a festival of China New Year, which is divided into big year and small year. Chinese New Year is the year of women, and off-year is the year of men.