The Narrative Behavior And Ethnic Memory Of Sangzhi Bai Folk Song

Sangzhi Bai folk song is a concrete reflection of the people's lives at all aspects,a crystallisation of the thoughts,emotions and spirits of the Bai ancestors and the working people,and also a witness and recorder of the historical memory of the ethnic group.Its rich music content and unique performance form are deeply loved by people in Sangzhi area.For hundreds of years,Sangzhi Bai folk song has always maintained its tenacious vitality,and on the basis of inheriting the essence of traditional culture,it has become one of the most important explicit symbols of Minjia culture.Sangzhi Bai folk song has its specific narrative behavior.In different contexts,Sangzhi Bai folk song has different narrative forms and content.In daily social life,Sangzhi Bai folk songs exist in various times and scenes in an invisible way;in folk festival activities,some are ritual activities performed periodically,some are ritual activities such as weddings and funerals.In each established field,the integral function of Sangzhi Bai folk songs is embodied through aggregation.The performance of Sangzhi Bai folk songs is participated in by both the singer and audience.As the main body of the performance,the singer has a two-way interaction with the audience.The lyrics of Sangzhi Bai folk songs are usually both narrative and melodic.The content of the lyrics objectively reflects the ideology and thinking mode of Sangzhi Bai people.Sangzhi Bai folk songs can "represent" and "remember" the history and culture of the ethnic group.It is not only the embodiment of the Sangzhi Bai people's seeking roots and recalling ancestors and the accumulation of production experience,but also the witness of revolutionary history and the reproduction of folk etiquette.It records the development and changes of the Sangzhi Bai ethnic group in various historical periods.It has the functions of strengthening the ethnic cultural identity,enhancing the national centripetal force and cohesion,and forming the internal society of the ethnic group.Members perform the functions of statute enlightenment and intergenerational inheritance.Sangzhi Bai folk song is an artistic form that combines language,poetry,music,and culture.It is an organic combination of national consciousness and cultural identity.It not only has the characteristics of crude and primitive oral entertainment,but also contains cultural metaphors of ancestor worship,religious beliefs and wedding and funeral festivals.The study of Sangzhi Bai folk song pays attention to the music noumenon,combines the logical relationship between folk song and regional culture,folk custom,and ethnic history.It takes "culture in music,music in culture" asthe core to describe,and makes a thorough study of the performance and ethnic memory of Sangzhi Bai folk song from the perspectives of both diachronic and current dimensions.The analysis shows the unique charm and humanistic value of Sangzhi Bai folk songs.