Midu folk song

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Midu folk song

Applicant: Midu County, Yunnan Province

Project No.: 1075

Project No.: Ⅱ - 145

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Yunnan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Midu County, Yunnan Province

Protection unit: Midu County Cultural Center

Introduction to Midu folk song:

Applicant: Midu County, Yunnan Province

Midu folk songs refer to the folk songs of Han nationality and minority nationality which are popular in Midu County of Yunnan Province.

The "nine chapters of folk songs" recorded in Dian system in the early years of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty strongly proves the long history of Midu folk songs. Since the 1950s, with the wide spread of a number of traditional folk songs and adapted folk songs at home and abroad, such as "river flowing", "ten elder sisters", "Embroidered Purse", "Midu folk song", Midu folk song, as a music name, has gradually had a wide influence throughout the country and become a well-known folk song category in China.

Midu folk songs are rich in content and various in forms, which truly reflect the people's production, life, thoughts and feelings. They can be divided into Han folk songs and minority folk songs according to ethnic classification, and they can be divided into folk songs, ditty, dance songs, folk songs and other types according to musical genre. The tunes are extremely rich and the melody is graceful and melodious. The representative tunes include xiaohetangshui, Midu folk song, gengzi tune, MIDI tune, Mizhi tune, Yangfang tune, Guoshan tune, etc.; the minor tunes include zhuamadiao, xiuhebao, xiuxiangbao, etc.; the dance songs include shidajie and various Dage tunes; the folk songs include yingqindiao, songqindiao, and kuobidiao The song of the way, the song of sacrifice and so on.

Midu folk songs are inherited by teachers, families and self-study. With the development of society and the death of the older generation of folk singers, the inheritance of Midu folk songs has appeared a fault, facing a great survival crisis. Therefore, the county Party committee and government of Midu County have put forward the cultural development idea of "building a famous county of lantern culture with the help of the brand of" xiaohetangshui ". They have built the" xiaohetangshui "artistic conception area and duel field, edited and published the local teaching materials for primary and secondary schools of" Midu lantern folk songs ", issued the original DVD of" Midu folk songs anthology "and" Midu trip "VCD, and held folk song duel competition and other activities The sustainable development of Du folk songs has created a good social environment.