Intangible Cultural Heritage Dali Tour - Bai Suona

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In almost every Bai village in Yunlong, Dali, there are folk artists playing suona. Suona is an indispensable part of the symphony score in Bai's agricultural celebrations, weddings and funerals, folk festivals and folk activities.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Dali Tour - Bai Suona

Changxin Township, located in the northeastern part of Yunlong County, belongs to the mountainous area. The character Achao grew up here. His ancestors were all suona players.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Dali Tour - Bai Suona

The mountain road is winding, and it is not easy to visit. Zi Achao has not met his old friends from the Suona team for a while. He stewed chicken early this morning and invited his friends to come over for a small gathering, and just "play some music". While his friends were still on the road, Zi Achao took the suona to warm up first.

The suona of Bai nationality in Yunlong area, in its natural tone, the barrel tone of the suona has a minor second interval relationship with the first hole tone, that is, it is raised by a semitone, with a relaxed, bright and vigorous feeling, which is different from others in rhythm. Suona in the area. Therefore, some professional music researchers refer to the Yunlong Bai Suona as "Yunlong Qingtong Suona".

Intangible Cultural Heritage Dali Tour - Bai Suona

The clear-tone suona is mostly made by folk artists, and its shape and structure are roughly the same as those of the Han suona, but the most significant difference is that it has no back sound holes, and the tube body has seven sound holes, and the seven sound holes are full. On the front of the tube body. In addition, this huge suona is also often used in the performances of Zi Achao.


The folk suona music of Yunlong Bai nationality belongs to a large-scale complete set. In the set, each piece of music independently and completely expresses a content of various activities. These pieces make the content reflected in the whole set of music colorful and full of touching. For example, on wedding occasions, there are "Welcome to the Promise" and "Double Backwards" for wedding banquets, and "Big Door" and "Small Door" for welcoming guests.


No matter what instrument you play, no matter whether the melody is happy or sad, the wordless is better than the world with words. There will always be someone who will understand it, unlock your mood, and become your bosom friend. The old guys play the very old suona, Take the mountain wind as a letter and write a wish. Although life is always full of storms, people are more willing to give their confidence to tomorrow.

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Bai Suona (pinyin: bái zú suǒ nà) In every Bai village in Yunlong, there are almost folk artists who play suona. In Bai people's agricultural celebrations, weddings and funerals, folk festivals and folk activities, suona playing is an indispensable part. In different festivals, activities and different environments and ceremonies, there are strict regulations on the use of suona music.

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