Romance and magic continue to grow here, and the rich ethnic customs are blowing; this is a heavy history, always filled with the majesty and charm of independence from the world.
From ancient gathering, fishing and hunting, to extensive slash-and-burn cultivation, following the axis of time and space, passing through the jungle of history, generations of ancestors accumulated survival experience and transformed them into the shining intangible cultural heritage of western Hunan. Continuing to shine.
The Tujia Maogusi dance truly reproduces the fishing, hunting, farming, production, life and marriage customs of the ancient Tujia people. It is known as the "living fossil of Chinese drama". Generous and rough, the style of expression is strong and powerful, free and heroic, it reproduces the whole process of the farming life of the Tujia people, and reflects the optimistic spirit of the Tujia people who love labor, are not afraid of hardships and dangers, love life, and survive tenaciously.
The Tujia Tima Song, which integrates poetry, songs, music and dance, is an ancient song sung in Tujia language in the Tujia Tima activities. It is a precious cultural heritage in the Tujia folk literature. The long epic of the Tujia people is based on the folk sacrificial ceremonies of the Tujia people. It has been passed down from generation to generation, showing the extensive historical content and social life content of the Tujia people. It is known as "an encyclopedia for studying all aspects of the Tujia people"; , Youshui Boatman's Cheer is a form of folk singing that cooperates with boatmen's labor movements, unifies rhythm, and mobilizes labor emotions. The content of singing includes the human history, geographical features, religious beliefs, production and life, love, and philosophy of life of the Tujia people. .
In the instrumental music art of ethnic minorities in my country, the unique combination and superb performance skills of Tujia Daliuzi form a self-contained system and are extremely representative. It can not only provide important materials for the study of ethnology and sociology, but also can be used as one of the extremely precious original cultural specimens for the study of timbre and melody in musicology. The Tujia Daliuzi in western Hunan is an ancient folk instrumental ensemble in the Tujia area.
So far, the protection of the regional culture with outstanding local and ethnic characteristics of western Hunan, created and developed by the people of all ethnic groups in western Hunan through long-term social practice, has risen to the national level.