What are the Qiang songs?

"Happy Qiang Village", "Shalang", "Xiyalasha", "Salang Sister", "Clear and Bright Smack Wine", "Qiang Song and Dance Shouting at the Sun", "Qiang Song and Dance Araysha", "Qiang Song and Dance Jahongte", "Qiang Song-Naji Naru", "Good Scenery Forever Remains in Qiang Family", "Qiang Village on the Clouds", "Flower Naji", "Sheepshead Flower Coming Out of the Sun", "My Little Sister", Girl on the Clouds", "Alayi", "Nagule", "Qiang Flute".

Expanded Information

Since ancient times, the Qiang people have lived in the high mountains, living by water and grass, the Qiang culture has a long history, there is no written text, and most of them are passed down by word of mouth, the Qiang people are hard-working and kind-hearted, and they are good at singing and dancing, and their embroidery is unique. The folk music of the Qiang is mainly folk songs and songs and dances. This issue of Qiang culture will bring you the classic Qiang songs.

Songs are generally:

Shan Songs: these songs are mostly improvised, with a wider range, a high pitch and freer tunes, thus making the melody more special and mainly sung solo.

Wine Songs: The Qiang people can't live without smacking wine at weddings, funerals, celebrations, festivals, and invitations to guests. The songs are sung in unison, in pairs and in solo.

Love songs: mainly sung in pairs and solo, with a complete phrase structure, focused musical images, and rich in picaresque lyrics, they are easy to catch on. The love song begins with "Naji Nana, Nayusi, Yusi Jana, Jana Masha", which translates as "Naji Nana's song should be sung, if you don't sing Naji Nana's song, you are not your own people and you will forget your own ancestors", and then extends the content after the four lines are sung.

Labor song: the earliest song in the history of the Qiang people, the lyrics, more than "cough, le, yo, ta clothes, oh, Luo" and other liner notes.

Customs and ceremonies: every year on the fifth day of the fifth month, is the Qiang specific singing festival, the Qiang language is called Val O foot. After sacrificing mountains, they walk from village to village and sing from house to house. This kind of ceremonial songs, playing in the wedding and funeral can be expressed. Shamans in the invitation to God, exorcism, invocation, burial and other activities in the formation of the ritual songs, simple tunes, similar to rap.