Drinking songs are one of the custom songs of Chinese folk songs, which are popular among all ethnic groups in the country. Drinking songs not only reflect the bold character of the nation, but also convey their warm and hospitable folk customs, and also express their pursuit and yearning for a better life. Let me explain to you the drinking and singing culture in Yi culture.
Drinking songs, chanting over wine, using wine as medium and song as form, aim to promote national culture, enhance national self-confidence and pride, and have high cultural and folk value.
Our prefecture is one of the birthplaces of mankind and one of the only two Yi autonomous prefectures in the country. In the long historical evolution, the intelligent and hard-working Yi people have created a distinctive and colorful national culture and art, as well as unique wine-making technology and related wine culture.
"The Han people value tea, the Yi people value wine." The Yi people are hospitable and enjoy wine with great enthusiasm. The wine culture of the Yi people has a long history. The star-studded Yi drinking songs not only express the generous character of the Yi people and convey their hospitality, but also represent their diligent pursuit of a better life. Therefore, the Yi people have a saying: "Only old cows can't dance, and only wood can't sing."
In recent years, with the general improvement of people's living standards, the original cultural forms inherent in the region can no longer meet the growing aesthetic needs of the public, so some Yi singers have begun to be active on urban and rural stages, showing off their talents. , the Yi drinking songs have been sung from farmhouses in the countryside to banquets between guests and friends in the city. Moreover, as a group of Yi singers with profound skills and superb skills returned from winning gold and silver medals in provincial and state-level drinking song competitions, their personal drinking song albums quickly followed up, gradually forming a strong atmosphere for singing drinking songs.
When the sun and moon come together, have a drink with the stars.
When the clouds and rain blend together, drink a glass of wine with the rainbow.
When male and female lovers get together, they drink a glass of wine with heaven and earth.
When guests come to the Yi family, they are offered three glasses of wine.
The name of this song is directly called "Drinking Song". It originates from Wuding Yi Mountain. Its melody is warm and high-pitched, rough and unrestrained, overflowing with enthusiasm and full of melody. It has a rich flavor of life and significant regional cultural characteristics. It is the most widely circulated song among the welcoming tunes.