Brief introduction of Naxi folk songs?

Naxi folk songs belong to short folk songs, including traditional ancient songs and improvisational songs, which are divided into production songs, folk so

Brief introduction of Naxi folk songs?

Naxi folk songs belong to short folk songs, including traditional ancient songs and improvisational songs, which are divided into production songs, folk songs, folk songs, love songs, happy songs, bitter songs, wedding songs, elegies, hunting songs, pastoral songs and children's songs. Let's follow my footsteps to understand Naxi folk songs!

An overview of Naxi folk songs

The folk music forms of Naxi nationality mainly include Naxi ancient music, Dongba sacrificial music, folk songs and other instrumental music. Folk songs are vocal carriers that come into being before all forms of music, and they play a very important role in the development of other folk music and professional music. Many folk instrumental music in China are directly transplanted or adapted from folk songs. In Naxi culture, folk songs also play a very important role, especially the Dongba sacrificial music of Naxi nationality, and a considerable part of the tunes come from Naxi folk songs. Therefore, it can be said that Naxi folk songs are one of the music forms that are closest to the life and feelings of Naxi people.

Naxi people mainly live in Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, and the rest are distributed in Weixi, Zhongdian, Ninglang, Deqin, Yanbian, Yanyuan, Muli and Zhikang counties in Sichuan Province. Naxi nationality was originally a branch of the ancient Qiang nationality in northwest China, and migrated to Lijiang in the 3rd century. As early as 1000 years ago, Naxi people created the precious cultural heritage of this nation-Dongba hieroglyphs and Dongba scriptures written in this language. Dongba hieroglyphics, called "Sen Gill" in Naxi language, have been praised as "Ancient Encyclopedia of Naxi Nationality" by Chinese and foreign scholars. 1957 designed the Latin alphabet.

Song classification of Naxi folk songs

Naxi ballads are mainly divided into two categories: traditional harmony and improvisation.

The traditional key is also called major, and the Naxi language is called Benji or Benji. Naxi folk long poems all belong to traditional tunes. Impromptu tune, also called minor, has no fixed lyrics and is flexible and diverse, which reflects the broad social life of Naxi people from different angles. Naxi people have been used to expressing their feelings and expressing their good wishes with folk songs for generations, and their tone is generally low and sad, like crying, but the eastern region is more unrestrained and rough under the influence of Tibetan folk songs. During the revolutionary war years, there appeared impassioned folk songs praising the revolutionary army, such as "Complaining Song", "Anti-Three Essays Song" and "He Long Knocking on the Stone Drum". After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), there appeared a new folk song praising China and the new socialist life.

Artistic analysis of Naxi folk songs

Naxi traditional folk songs are very similar to a national "audio history book", which records the social features of Naxi people's production, life and customs in different historical periods and embodies the personality characteristics of the creators. Naxi people not only created their own music culture in different social development processes, but also introduced, preserved and developed the music cultures of other nationalities and regions. Some people praised Lijiang as a "living music museum". Naxi ancestors sang from the heart, bearing cultural character and rich aesthetic capacity, no less than the brilliant orchestra and giant symphony that condensed the crystallization of the industrial revolution.

With the continuous evolution of the historical process, the social development of Naxi nationality has experienced three forms of social development: slavery, feudal landlord system and feudal landlord system, and is moving towards socialist modernization. Since 1990s, tourism has developed rapidly in the Naxi nationality area of Lijiang, which has become an important bridge for the modernization of Naxi nationality. Tourism and modernization have brought the Naxi people's economic take-off, information flow and cultural exchange ... making this once "forgotten corner" a world-famous tourist attraction and a paradise on earth. Any culture is in the process of constant change. Today, the economic and social basis on which Naxi traditional culture depends has changed. The degree of social change is different, so is the degree of cultural change. The inheritance of traditional folk songs in the old city of Lijiang, the Sanyuan Village of Guifeng on the edge of the old city, and the Pa Village in Tacheng village of Yulong county, which has not experienced tourism development, just illustrate this point.

Through the comparison of the above table, we can easily see that under the influence of social and cultural changes, the cultural functions and inheritance methods of Naxi traditional folk songs have the following characteristics: First, the higher the degree of modernization, the less the cultural functions of traditional folk songs, the more prominent the entertainment aesthetic functions; The narrower the scope of inheritance, it is almost limited to professional practitioners; The simpler, more professional and more standardized the inheritance model is. Secondly, the cultural function of traditional folk songs directly affects and determines the inheritance mode of traditional folk songs. Such as life etiquette, religious function, communication and expression, etc. are all prerequisites for natural inheritance. If a traditional folk song no longer has these functions in the community, it will naturally not appear in these specific life occasions, and it is impossible for local people to learn through simple listening and imitation. Because these cultural functions emphasize the participation of the parties more than the aesthetic function of entertainment, participation has certain cultural significance for the parties. The aesthetic function of entertainment is easier to realize through appreciation without the participation of the parties. For example, when watching Naxi folk singers sing in Dongba Palace, even if the audience doesn't sing, they can enjoy the beauty. Another example is watching the local Naxi people "jump" in Sifang Street. First of all, the "dance" in Old Town of Lijiang, including Sanyuan Village, has changed from singing and dancing to dancing with accompaniment. Even if tourists join in, they just follow the imitated dance steps, so traditional folk songs can't be passed down naturally. Thirdly, the cultural function of traditional folk songs affects the object and scope of inheritance, especially the function of life etiquette, religion and communication and expression, which are prerequisites for natural inheritance, so it also greatly affects the object and scope of inheritance. The deeper the cultural function plays in the community, the more basic and extensive the inheritance objects are; The more cultural functions, the more opportunities for inheritance and the wider the scope of inheritance. ?