Folk music "Matchmaking Song" comes from the album "Music of China Map: Hear Hunan Miao Folk Music Collection"

Music of Welcoming the Bride

Folk music Ethnic group: Miao region: Xiangxi, Hunan

Miao Suona: Yang Chaowen, Ma Shengxian

Every year in Miao Township, during festivals, weddings, celebrations, and other occasions, the suona is played to cheer up. The suona took the lead, with its rising and falling sounds, and its resounding and high pitched sound played joyfully, spreading throughout the ten miles and eight villages, as if telling everyone from afar that they were going to the bride's house to pick up the bride. The welcoming team carried baskets, carried flower bridges, and hurried forward with the enthusiastic sound of the suona, as if they could not wait. Two suona instruments sing in harmony with each other and float in the village, just like the duets of brothers and sisters. The Miao family is beautiful, the wooden buildings are beautiful, the earth is plastered on walls, and the stone is built on ridges. My brothers and sisters have the same affection, and a good day is happy to tie the knot!