Dragon Boat Song
Song category: Tujia folk song ? Singing form: duet, chorus
Song genre: lamp song ? Collected and adapted by: Zhou Xueqing, Huang Yewei
The first month is the New Year (which ee yo oi) ? The first month of the year is New Year's Eve (which is the first year of the year). The bird of prey is calling out to me, and the bird of prey is calling out to me, and the bird of prey is calling out to me.
They're not the only ones who have a good time, but they're the ones who have a good time. I will push you
Helmsman, where do you pull the rudder? Please get on the boat
Which one of you is ZUO? Who's going to push me?
Or should I push you? Who's going to push me
Or should I push you?
Expanded:
The world's finest folk song, "Longboat Tune", was organized and adapted from the Lichuan lantern song, "Planting Melon Tune".
Lichuan lantern song is the folk singing form of Lichuan Tujia people in festivals, using colorful dragon boat as props. It originated in the early Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 300 years.
The end of the Qing Dynasty, the lamp song in Lichuan is increasingly prosperous, lanterns have "before the eight out", "after the eight out" and "miscellaneous lamps" and so on a variety of. The song was sung in the area of Baiyang, Moudao and Wangying in Lichuan City, Enshi Prefecture, in the southwestern part of Hubei Province, which is known as the hometown of Longboat Song.
The history of playing lamps in the Tujia area is very long. Tongzhi version of the "additional revision of Shi Nanfu Zhi" records: "after the last nine, the township has a dragon lamp play, mixed with lions, elephants, Lin, fish, competing to drive out the epidemic." Qing Tongzhi "Lichuan County Records" recorded: "on the ninth night, dragon lanterns, lion lamps Suo room to drive away the epidemic, the lamps and flowers burst competing with each other, to the Lantern Festival stop." .
Tujia region early play lights, in fact, the Tujia region of a Nuo activities, sorcerers with dragon lanterns, lion lights, fried firecrackers, Hao Hao, along the way to preside over the rituals, playing ghosts to drive away the epidemic.
Love of song and dance of the Tujia people, favorite while watching the lights, while singing and dancing. After the reclassification, the Tujia people play the custom of the light has not changed, the first month of playing lights, a variety of types, there are dragon lanterns, lion lamps, colorful dragon boat, mussel lamps, dragon lamps, lanterns, lamps and songs from the great rise.
Tongzhi version of "Xianfeng County Records" recorded: "after the last nine, the township has dragon lantern play, mixed with paper lion play, and papier-maché dragon boat, car and other plays, dancing along the door, singing." At present, Lichuan traditional lamp song is still retained under nearly a hundred, "Dragon Boat Tune" is by the Lichuan lamp song "planting melon tune" finishing adapted from.