What is the value of Yao folk song "Wang Pan Song" in Yao nationality?

Ethnic minorities such as Yao, Li, Miao and She live in Lingnan, and their oral literature is very rich. There are epics about their own history and migration, love songs about men and women, and general songs about labor production. In the past, these ethnic groups did not have their own characters, and all of them recorded their works in Chinese characters.

Yao is a minority living in northern Guangdong. In addition to singing ballads, they also have a grand meeting of "King's Singing Hall" every year. Yao people from far and near came to the meeting and sang "Entertainment for God and People" in karaoke bars.

Song of Wang Pan is a representative work of Yao folk songs. It is said that it was produced in the Tang Dynasty, and it was preserved through generations of singing, and later recorded into a book in Chinese characters.

The Song of King Pan contains a lot of contents, including almost the history of Yao nationality, life and production experience in different periods, and also praising the beautiful love. The whole song is a seven-character quatrain, with flexible language image and expression, and even adopts a question-and-answer style.

Yao people are good at using ballads to reflect their own culture. It can almost be said that the two ballads "Wang Pan Song" and "Baige Wangtang" summarize the cultural concept of the Yao people, which is their value.