Cultural, artistic and musical characteristics of Jingpo nationality

Jingpo nationality has rich and beautiful oral literature and long narrative poems, which reflect the origin and migration history of Jingpo nationality. There is a story about the Jingpo people's struggle with nature. There are myths, fables, proverbs, riddles and so on.

Legend, story, etc. Often combined with music. They speak and sing with beautiful language and melody. Love songs are rich in content, novel and lively in form, capable of expressing delicate and complicated thoughts and feelings, rich in imagination and lofty in artistic conception, and occupy an important position in Jingpo oral literature. Jingpo people like music and dance. Musical instruments include wooden drums, horns, flutes, Sanbi, elephant foot drums, oral strings, gongs, cymbals and small three strings.

Good at group dancing, men, women and children like to participate. There are usually three types of dances: festivals, sacrifices and entertainment. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the new house was completed and danced with joy. Sacrifice "Mu Dai", or perform a sacrificial dance when the old man sends his soul to the deceased after his death; Production, labor, leisure time and dance and entertainment during festivals.

The outstanding feature of Jingpo dance is mass. Thousands of people took part in some group dances, including the elderly over 60 and children under 0/kloc-0. They danced hard all night. The famous "Munao" has now developed into an annual Jingpo grand festival. "Munao Zongge" is a large-scale dance, with thousands of people dancing together, strong wooden drums and great momentum, showing a high level of group dance. Jingpo men are good at fencing and usually use it. Women are good at weaving and can weave hundreds of colorful patterns, mostly animals and plants, which are exquisite and gorgeous. Cotton fabric is beautifully designed and full of national characteristics. All kinds of silver ornaments have reached a high technical level.