On The Pipa Song Of Dong Nationality

The Pipa song of Dong nationality is like a charming flower in the minority folk songs in China. It is named the Pipa song because of the folk song accompanied by the Dong Pipa which is a kind music instrument in Dong area. The Pipa song, by singing and saying accompanied by the instrument, has its beautiful melody, simple words and diversified performance, which is liked widely by the Dong people and inherited generation by generation in Dong villages. The words of the song contain the historical culture, hero biographies, the filial piety of the Chinese nation, etc. which influence the Dong people for generations. The form of singing together gives the Dong people the space of pursuing harmony and getting along well with each other. The cultural connotation of the Pipa song plays an important role in developing the harmonious society and inheriting the culture of Dong.The writer did research on the subject and wrote this paper by collecting the folk song, visiting the local artists and analyzing the audio visual. The first chapter gives a general introduction of historical clues of development of Dong folk songs by analyzing the development of the Dong folk songs and its language families. The second chapter discusses the origin of the Pipa song of Dong with the ecological and humanistic environment. And then the writer classifies the songs by its subjects and analyses the features of the songs. In chapter three, the writer discusses the artistic features of the Pipa song, including the features of performance, accompaniment and its music. In this way we can see the artistic style and its charms. And in chapter four the writer thinks of how to inherit the Pipa song of Dong. After investigating and analyzing its data, the writer describes the current situation of the Pipa song and its artistic value. Simultaneously, the writer puts forward the methods and measures of how to protect the song according to its development. At last the writer appeals to the social public attention for the inheritance and protection of the song of Dong nationality and wishes the special artistic style to be the continuation among the folk music and its culture in China.