Yao culture and art

Yao nationality has created culture and art with distinctive national characteristics in the long-term historical development. Yao people have myths and legends about the origin of the nation in ancient times. Shan Hai Jing, an ancient book in the pre-Qin period, contains the original records of Pan Hu mythology. Besides the myth of Pan Hu, there are other myths that reflect the ancient social life of our nation, such as Pangu's creation of the world and Fuxi's descendants' creation of man. Folk songs occupy a very important position in its culture and art, with a long history, diverse forms and rich contents, including songs about the origin of everything in the world; Ancient songs describing national history; Hunting songs and farming songs that express working life; Love songs; Music songs for sacrifice; Revolutionary struggle songs praising the resistance struggle and so on. Among them, Song of Wang Pan has more than 3,000 lines of lyrics and dozens of song titles, which is a great artistic treasure of the Yao people. In addition, there are epic beautiful legends, stories, fables, fairy tales, jokes, riddles, proverbs and so on. Some describe the unfortunate experiences in history, and some praise the uprising against oppression; Some expose the cruelty of feudal exploitation; Some people praise the loyalty of love; Some describe national customs. It shows the ideological concept, moral concept and social life of the Yao people and has high artistic value.

Like folk songs, Yao music and dance originated from labor and religion. Its famous dancers, such as Long Drum Dance and Bronze Drum Dance, are large-scale dances dedicated to Wang Pan and Milotuo. There are dozens of popular folk dances, such as lion dance, grass dragon dance, stick dance, incense dance, teacher-seeking dance, ternary dance, ancestor dance, gongcao dance, rattan turn dance and so on. There are 24 kinds of tunes in Song of Pan Wang, and the singing is quite complicated. Folk production songs, wine songs, gentle and happy tunes; Sad songs, deep sorrow; Love songs are cheerful and moving. Yao's Long Drum Dance and Bronze Drum Dance were put on the stage and welcomed by the masses.

Yao's arts and crafts include printing and dyeing, flower picking, embroidery, brocade, bamboo weaving, sculpture, painting and architecture. , various forms and rich connotations, among which batik and flower picking are famous.

As early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, Yao people began to learn to use Chinese characters to record their own history and compile various classics. Up to now, a large number of Yao historical classics have been scattered among Yao people all over the country, including the famous historical document "Guo Shan Bang" and a large number of religious classics, songbooks and genealogies. It is an important contribution of Yao nationality to the history and culture of the motherland. Guo Shan Bang is a valuable material for studying the history of Yao nationality.

Yao artists: Lan (Chairman of Guangxi Writers Association and Chairman of Literary Federation), Qin Fuzhan (Scholar) and (Young Director).

Yao's main literary works are: Wang Pan Overlap (also known as Shan Dan), Miruotuo, Bonu River (a modern novel) and The Legend of Yao Yuan.