{"id":6409,"date":"2019-11-16T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/famous-lute-ballads-of-the-dong-ethnics-in-china-pi-pa-ge\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T07:00:52","slug":"famous-lute-ballads-of-the-dong-ethnics-in-china-pi-pa-ge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/famous-lute-ballads-of-the-dong-ethnics-in-china-pi-pa-ge\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Lute Ballads of the Dong Ethnics in China \u7435\u7436\u6b4c"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pipa Ge or <\/span>lute ballad<\/strong>(\u7435\u7436\u6b4cpípág\u0113), one of the kind of folk so<\/em>ngs of <\/span>Dong minority<\/strong>(\u4f97\u65cfDòngzú) in Chine that has been passed down from generation to generation, was listed in the directory of China’s intangible cultural heritages in Year 2006.<\/p>\n

Pipa Ge is prevailing in the region wher the southern dialect of Dong is widely spoken. It falls into two major categories: the lyrical and the narrative, the co<\/em>ntent of which covers a wide range of fields, including Dong’s history, mythology, marriage, love affairs, customs, and social communications. Pipa Ge is diversified in singing forms and contents. Some may sing the song with falsetto, and some others true voice. In most areas, it is a male singer who accompanies himself with the lute or a female singer who is accompanied by a male player; while in some other areas both male and female can accompany him or herself with the lute. Pipa Ge is played in two occasions. When they fall in love, the youths play the lute and sing the lyrical songs, which are usually short and improm<\/em>ptu, generally accompanied by small lutes. The tunes are mild and pleasing. Another situation is that the professio<\/em>nal singers play and sing in public in the drum tower or in the family which is celebrating a happy event. Accompanied by large or medium-sized lutes, the narrative so<\/em>ngs or other instructive or bitter so<\/em>ngs with long lyrics touch people’s mind with deep, soft and mellow melodies. Lyric of Pipa Ge is of literary and scientific im<\/em>portance. It represents the highest level of Dong people’s poetry achievement, and provides im<\/em>portant materials for anthropology(the scientific study of people, society, and culture), ethno<\/em>nymics and folklore(the traditio<\/em>nal stories, customs, and habits of a particular community or nation).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n