The Long melody is a sort of ballad which was created by nomadic tribes in North China in the course of stockbreeding(畜牧业xùmùyè) activities and is sung at the time of grazing and during traditional festivals of Mongolian. It is featured by long-drawn-out and leisurely rhythm, extensive artistic conception, magnitude of tones, fewness of lyric, long tinge, and highly decorative rhythm. Long melody with the most distinct feature is coloratura singing style evolving from the singing type of "Noguerra" (Mongolian, means twisted and turned sound or decorative sound). It is the typical music style of the Mongolian ethnic minority.
Category: Chinese customs
Ballad of Liu Sanjie in Guangxi
Ballad of Liu Sanjie (Third Child in the Liu family) is a type of folk song prevalent in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Yizhou is the representative region where this type of ballad is prevailing. Hence it is identified as the hometown of Liu Sanjie.
Banpo Site in China
Geographical Location: Xi'an, Shaanxi Province Period: 4800-4300 BC Excavated from 1954 to 1957
Maogusi Dance in Tujia Ethnic Group
"Maogusi"(毛古斯máogǔsī), which is an old form of dance popular among the Tujia people living the west of Hunan of China. It is performed to remember their ancestors' achievements in cultivation, hunting and halieutics(catch fish).
The Stilt
Also known as "Crutch", Stilt(高跷珩gāoqiāoháng) is a form of folk performing art in China. It is performed by a dancer walking on wooden stilts and is a folk art which perfectly combines laboring with music and dance. It is also known as "Upward Viewing Drama" because the audience need to raise their head to view the performance.
About the Xinglongwa Site
Geographical Location: Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Period: 6,200- 5,400 BC
About Gong-drum Drama
The Gong-drum Drama(锣鼓戏剧luógǔ xìjù) is an age-old local recitative drama prevalent in Linyi, Wanrong and Hejin Counties in Shanxi Province. It is famous for singing without the accompaniment of stringed instruments, but merely gongs and drums. Gong-drum Drama is also known as "Longyan Drama" due to the custom that it is performed to requite deities in the first lunar month in Longyan Temple located in Linyi.
Ancient Songs of the Miao Minority in China
The Ancient Songs of the Miao Minority(苗族古代民歌Miáozú gǔdài mín’gē) is the myth of poetic style that takes creation as its main contents. It is popular in the residence area of Miao, an ethnic group of China. The folk oral literary work is an epic created by the ancestors of the Miao people in their long time of work and production.
Peiligang Site in Henan
Geographical Location: Xinzheng, Henan Province Period: 5,500-4,900 BC Excavated in 1977 Significance: Peiligang Culture is named after the Peiligang Site. The site has provided an important clue for the study of the development of the early Neolithic cultures in the Central Plains, as well as their relationships with the Yangshao Culture of the Central Plains.
Talk about Horse-head Fiddle of the Mongolians
The Horse-head fiddle(马头琴mǎtóuqín) is a bow shaped musical instrument usually used by the Mongolian people(蒙古族Ménggǔzú), one of the ethnic minorities of Chine. The musical instrument is named like this because its head is usually carved like the shape of a horse head. It is also called "Chaoer", "Molinhuer", "huqin (Huqin is a general term for certain two-stringed bowed instruments, such as erhu, jinghu)", "horse tail huqin" and so on. It is popular among the Mongolian people in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang and the northeastern part of China. The horse head fiddle of Mongolian has a long history. It is evolved from Xiqin, a kind of string instrument of the Tang and Song Dynasties. During the reign of Genghis Khan, the musical instrument was popularized among the people.
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