The Legend of Bamboo Spring

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There are many beautiful legends about bamboo springs from all ethnic groups. In the Lahu cottage, there were two neighbors who lived on hunting in ancient times, and they got along very harmoniously. There is a boy named Zati in this family and a girl named Nawu in the other family. They played together since childhood and fell in love with each other very much when they grew up. Later, there was a gap between the two families, and the children could only meet at night. When the parents of the two families found out, they built a fence in the middle of the garden, and the two children could no longer sing, talk and laugh together.
One day, Nawu stroked the bamboo fence and touched a cracked bamboo strip, making a melodious sound. The clever Nawu and Zhati carefully selected several bamboo strips, plucked the strips according to the rhythm of their speech, and then went on to Put the bamboo strips on your lips, while plucking and whispering, conveying the affection of love. Unfortunately, the discord between the two families prevented them from becoming husband and wife, and finally died of grief and indignation after eating poisonous weeds, but the bells they played were handed down from generation to generation.

The Legend of Bamboo Spring

In the Naxi people of Lijiang in northwest Yunnan, it is said that long ago, the people who lived here were very poor. Especially during the Naxi Mudai Dynasty, people were even more resentful of this tyrant. When they met, they shared their inner pains with each other. Complain about dissatisfaction with the ruler. The rulers were afraid that the people would rebel, so they banned people from talking together, and those who violated the rules cut their tongues and beheaded them. However, the wise and wise Naxi people use bamboo bamboo to replace language, express their thoughts and feelings by playing with each other, and pour out their inner resentment. From then on, the horns quickly ignited the fire in people's hearts like torches, inspiring the people to fight against the feudal rulers, and the horns spread at the foot of the snowy mountains.

The Legend of Bamboo Spring

Among the Atayal tribes of the Gaoshan people in Taiwan, there are myths and legends about the creation of the century. According to legend, when the "Beinan Tianwang" was the leader of the tribe, there was a bamboo spring. The Jingpo people in Yunnan even say that since there were humans, there were musical instruments like bamboo reeds.
In Ge Hong's "Biography of Immortals", there is a story about Wang Yao, saying, "Wang Yao climbed the hill and entered the stone room, and there were two people. When the distance came, he took the box carried by his disciple and sent it, and there was a bamboo reed with five tongues. Three, one drum from Yao, and two drums to drum with the people in the room, and after a long time Yao resigned, took three reeds, and all of them were put in the box." In this myth, it is also mentioned that there are five tongues of bamboo reeds.

Involving musical instruments

Bamboo spring (pinyin: zhú huáng) is also known as ringing bamboo, blowing bamboo, playing bamboo, mouth contempt, mouth spring, harmonica, mouth string. It has a long history and various forms. It is a comprehensive performance of Yi, Lahu, Naxi, Lisu, Dai, Hani, Jingpo, Wa, Brown, Nu, Dulong, Jinuo, Pumi, Miao, Tibetan, Lhoba, Qiang, Kazakh, Hui, Gaoshan, Li and Han nationalities in China. Body sounding instrument. It can play solo, unison, ensemble or accompany song and dance, and it occupies an important position in people's productive labor and daily life. Popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Guangdong, Taiwan, Hainan and other provinces.

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