Mei Ge: the Creation Epic of the Yi People (china Classics Library)
by Yunnan Provincial Ethnic Folk Literature Chuxiong Investigation Team
About This Novel
"Mei Ge" is a long epic of the Yi ethnic group, which is popular in Yao'an, Dayao and other Yi areas of Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The local Yi people chant "Mei Ge" for three days every New Year's Eve, and regard "Mei Ge" as the "root genealogy" and pass it down orally from generation to generation. "Mei Ge" is originally the name of a song tune of the Yi people. Because this tune is used to sing the creation history of the Yi people, people call this creation epic "Mei Ge". The whole poem is divided into four parts: "Creation", "Creation", "Weddings and Love Songs", and "Funeral". "Mei Ge" tune is divided into two categories: "Red Mei Ge" and "Fuxing Mei Ge". The tune of "Red Plum Ge" is more sad, melancholy and low-pitched, and this tune is used in the fourth part of the epic "Funeral"; the tune of "Fumeige" is more gentle and lyrical, and this tune is used in other parts of the epic.
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