Boy Four

Organized by 蕾伊 on 2022-03-11

Boyi four males, born in 1961, in Jiajiu Village, Pihe Township, Fugong County, Nujiang Prefecture. He has been influenced by folk music since he was a child. At the age of fourteen, he officially worshipped his uncle Da Agen as his teacher and began to learn the Nu musical instrument Dabia. Now he has mastered the 64 tunes of Dabia. Boyce Si also produces Dabia and has been invited to perform in various places across the country.

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Dabia (pinyin: dá bǐ yà) is an ancient plucked instrument of the Nu people, mostly used for solo or folk song and dance accompaniment. It is popular in Gongshan, Bijiang, Fugong, Lanping and other places in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. "Dabia" is an angry language, and the Lisu people call it "Qibue".

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Organized by 拙 on 2022-06-20
Recently, Pihe Nu Township, Fugong County, convened 53 provincial, state and county-level intangible heritage inheritors within its jurisdiction to carry out the 2022 Nu "Dabia" intangible cultural heritage training.
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Organized by 长恭 on 2022-03-13
"Cuckoo Feifei advises early ploughing, pounding and hoeing to take advantage of the spring." The plan of the year lies in the spring. The cuckoo's call wakes up the sleeping spring and the busyness of the year.
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Organized by 苏肆 on 2022-02-14
When playing Dabia, the headstock is placed obliquely to the left in front of the chest.
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Organized by 凉凉月色 on 2022-02-14
The Dabia consists of a sound box, a headstock, a stem, a peg, a bridge and strings. The whole body is made of a single piece of wood, with a triangular or pear-shaped sound groove, with a handle, a slightly curved neck, and four poles at the neck end. It is tied with four strings of the same thickness and four gut strings.
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Organized by 晚荣 on 2022-02-14
Dabia is an ancient plucked instrument of the Nu people, mostly used for solo or folk song and dance accompaniment. It is popular in Gongshan, Bijiang, Fugong, Lanping and other places in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. Playing instruments for the Nu people. Also known as "Dabian", the local Han people call it "Nu Pipa".
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