Folk music "Sand Left" from the album "Chinese Music Map to hear Sichuan Qiang Folk Song Music Collection II"

We Lost Sand

Folk music Ethnic Group: Qiang Nationality Region: Sichuan

In the long history of the Qiang people, because of years of war and continuous migration, their long song still retains the ancient battle song of the ancient voice. This song "Sand" tells the story of the ancient Qiang tribe and soldiers on the journey of the tragic. Qiang Di Youyou, an ancient musical instrument commonly found in frontier poetry, is called "Qi Pipe", "Shiburi" or "bang" in the Qiang language, which has been circulating for more than two thousand years. Originally made of bird leg bone or sheep leg bone, it is both a musical instrument and a riding crop, so it is also known as "blowing whip", now it is cut from the oil bamboo on the high mountain, two tubes and several holes. The Qiang people play by blowing their cheeks for breath, one breath can be played for a few minutes, or even a whole tune, the breath is continuous, and the more pleasant, the pitch, the high light, such as crying, the more sad.