{"product_id":"folk-music-of-china-vol-3-folk-songs-of-yunnan","title":"Folk Music of China, Vol. 3: Folk Songs of Yunnan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis series explores China's rich and diverse musical heritage. The songs featured on this recording are folk songs of three of the minority ethnic groups of Yunnan province - Wa, Blang, and De'ang. As with Chinese traditional visual arts, the song titles explain their mood and origin. The Wa people developed a tradition that is more prolific in vocal music than in instrumental music. The indigenous Wa music employs pentatonic scales, as well as a low and narrow register. The melodic lines usually proceed without sharp fluctuations. The majority of Wa music is monophonic, while the music in the Cangyuan area presents the features of multiple-voices. Sharing the same cultural origins with the Wa and De'ang peoples, Blang music also employs pentatonic scales. The Blang people categorise their music into four types: shuo, zai, shengand shuai. Every music type refers to a group of tunes and specific performance forms. De'ang music is classified into the five categories. The first, guge meaning ancient songs, focuses on telling the history of the De'ang people. Ag u da leng lai biao, one of the guge, describes that the ancestors of the De'ang were originally leaves of a tea tree in the heaven; the second, the music performed for wedding rituals; the third, liturgical music sung for Theravada Buddhism; fourth, shange meaning folk music; and fifth, instrumental music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_0dc0c6c8-3485-4867-8aa8-a09c520223c1.png?v=1668436329\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1    We Are Family\u003cbr\u003e2    A Wa Love Song\u003cbr\u003e3    Lover Boy in My Heart\u003cbr\u003e4    Building a New House\u003cbr\u003e5    Sha Ran\u003cbr\u003e6    A Wa Duet Love Song\u003cbr\u003e7    The Song of Ban Bei\u003cbr\u003e8    Deng la Jie\u003cbr\u003e9    Ou de Bing\u003cbr\u003e10    A Solo of Gugan\u003cbr\u003e11    The Happy Blang\u003cbr\u003e12    Dan Fo\u003cbr\u003e13    Joyful Harvest\u003cbr\u003e14    Praying for Happiness\u003cbr\u003e15    A Zhuai Duet\u003cbr\u003e16    Best Wishes\u003cbr\u003e17    A Zaibeng Happy Song\u003cbr\u003e18    A Blang Duet Love Song\u003cbr\u003e19    Standing on the Mountain\u003cbr\u003e20    A Breakup Song\u003cbr\u003e21    Bai Gan Duo\u003cbr\u003e22    A De'ang Duet Love Song\u003cbr\u003e23    I Waited for You\u003cbr\u003e24    Da Gu Da Leng Ge Lai Biao\u003cbr\u003e25    A Welcome Song\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48852561658106,"sku":"NXW76090-2","price":8.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/ODctNTU3OC5qcGVn.jpg?v=1778008388","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/folk-music-of-china-vol-3-folk-songs-of-yunnan","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}