Ancient songbook reflects ethnic culture in SW China

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Ancient songbook reflects ethnic culture in SW China

STORY: Ancient songbook reflects ethnic culture in SW China DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: WENSHAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Poya village 2. various of Nong Fengmei, a national inheritor of Poya love song (Left) and Nong Liying, a provincial inheritor of Poya love song (Right) 3. various of the Poya village 4. various of a group of tourists 5. various of the Poya village STORYLINE: Poya Village is located in Funing County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In 2006, a collection of ancient ethnic love songs was discovered in the home of Nong Fengmei, a local villager. The collection comprises of 81 hieroglyphic symbols that were recorded on a piece of hand-woven cloth. Each symbol represents a love song or a type of love song. The whole collection records the love stories of a couple from meeting each other for the first time to getting old together. The love songs contain a very rich content of Zhuang cu

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