【51Talk-用英语介绍非遗文化】侗族大歌.pdfVIP

人类非物质文化遗产代表作：侗族大歌

GrandsongoftheDongethnicgroup

Chinaisorganizedby56ethnicgroups.Among56ethnicgroups,Dongethnic

group,asmallgroupwhichlivesinGuizhouProvince,isremarkedbyitsmusic.

中国是由56个民族组成的，在56个民族中，侗族是生活在中国贵州省的一个小民族，因

为她的音乐而闻名。

ApopularsayingamongtheDongpeopleinGuizhouProvinceinsouthernChina

hasitthatRicenourishesthebodyandsongsnourishthesoul.TheDong

peoplehaveneverhadanautographofitsown,anddidnothaveawritingsystem

until1958.BeforethattheDongCulture,thehistoryandstorieswereallrecorded

andhandeddownbymeansofsongs.Forthisreason,theDongculture,though

havingexperiencedupsanddownsinhistory,hasbeenwellpreservedandis

graduallydrawingattentionfromtheworld.

“饭养身，歌养心”是侗家人常说的一句话。侗族从来没有自己的手写稿，直到1958年才

有文字系统。在这之前，侗族文化、历史和故事都是以歌曲的形式记录下来的。因此，侗族

文化虽然经历了历史的起伏，但保存完好，并逐渐引起世界的关注。

Theirtraditionofpassingoncultureandknowledgeinmusicisexemplifiedinthe

GrandSongoftheDongethnicgroup,alsocalledKamGrandChoir,multi-part

singingperformedwithoutinstrumentalaccompanimentoramusicconductor.

Therepertoireincludesarangeofgenressuchasballads,childrenssongs,songs

ofgreetingandimitativesongsthattestperformersvirtuosityatmimickingthe

soundsofanimals.

他们在音乐中传承文化和知识的传统在侗族大歌（又称锦大唱诗班）中得到了体现，这是一

种多声部、无指挥、无伴奏、自然合声的民间合唱形式。曲目包括一系列类型，如民谣、儿

歌、问候歌和模拟歌曲，需要表演者拥有模仿动物声音的技巧。

GrandSongsareperformedformallyinthedrum-tower,thelandmarkvenuefor

rituals,entertainmentandmeetingsinaDongvillage,ormorespontaneouslyin

homesorpublicplaces.TheyconstituteaDongencyclopedia,narratingthe

people’shistory,extollingtheirbeliefintheunityofhumansandnature,

preservingscientificknowledge,expressingfeelingsofromanticlove,and

promotingmoralvaluessuchasrespectforone’seldersandneighbors.Insome

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