Funeral Ceremonial Music Of The Mosuo People

Lugu lake is located in lijiang city,yunnan province, ninglang county of northern border YongNingXiang and sichuanYanYuanXian hills, tianchi in sichuan and yunnan provinces. Diligent and kind of the mosuo life from generation to generation in lugu lake Banks, they are still kept by women masters matrilineal family and "marriage, a man not female not to marry, in combination with voluntary, discrete freedom" of the matriarchal marriage system (commonly known as "walking marriages" system). This just like blue gem is the beauty of the lake is not only has beautiful natural scenery, more because of the mosuo matriarchal culture and unique "walking marriages" and other ethnic customs and unique human landscape, is irreplaceable in the world all over the country and the world cultural heritage.Moso people held different manners such as worship, festivals, children adults, often at the same time, please arrive and lama participated in together, you can see here the mosuo special religious views:the mosuo almost universal religious, believe in the religion has a local original and religion and Tibetan Buddhism, bon. In the eyes of the mosuo, all religions are equal, therefore, in the mosuo’s life and production, and teaching, mutual exclusion between Tibetan Buddhism and bon, exist together.Every festival celebrates the dot, adult children, marriage, marriage, funeral activities and other important moment, should be in the religious ideas under the guidance of ceremony held a grand ceremony, the religious thoughts deeply engraved in the production of the mosuo life, had a profound influence on it. So in the long history, the mosuo has formed a series of adult, sacrifice, marriage, funeral rituals, his every festivals and ceremonies to religious and secular culture closely linked together, become an important part of the mosuo culture. Complex and grand funeral ceremony is considered in the traditional folk custom formed in the long-term social production and living of, is also considered one of the most unique significance part of traditional culture, it is the mosuo culture of history, geography, nationality, religious and other factors of the integrated embodiment. So, want to know mosuo culture, understand the mosuo culture, you must walk into the mosuo, into the lugu lake, their life experience, review their rituals, especially the funeral ceremony. The mosuo funeral ceremony and the music is to derive the nutrient cultivating the fruit of the religious culture, and the teaching and the concept of Tibetan Buddhism is closely linked, so its from content to form directly show the two religious yili’s profound impact on human life. Funeral ceremony and the music, the embodiment and preserved the mosuo culture essence, thus research on mosuo culture important part that cannot be ignored. Based on ninglang county lugu lake in lijiang in yunnan region big luoshui village86-year-old mosuo women personality jersey zhuoma funeral of case investigation, recording the whole process of the ceremony and the use of music, and analyze the characteristics and the mosuo funeral ceremony is the religious factors of music reflect the problem such as the concept of life and death to reveal the luoshui village mosuo funeral rite thought system, the organic interaction between the behavior and ritual music.