Geographical Location: Lintong County, Shaanxi Province Period: 4600-4400 BC Excavated from 1972 to 1979
Tag: Culture
Talk about Long Melody Ballad of the Mongolians
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.
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
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
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.
Famous Lute Ballads of the Dong Ethnics in China
The Pipa Ge or lute ballad(琵琶歌pípágē), one of the kind of folk songs of Dong minority(侗族Dòngzú) 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.
About the Sites of Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan
Geographical Location: Wannian County, Jiangxi Province Period: 12,000- 9,000 BC Excavated in 1962
The Niuheliang Site
Geographical Location: On the border of Lingyuan and Jianping counties, Northeast China's Liaoning Province
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