Folk music "Shepherd Tune" from the album "Music Map of China Hear Yunnan Blang, Mosuo, Sani people Song Music Collection"

Shepherd Tune

Folk music Nationality: Yi Sani Region: Shilin, Yunnan

Big stuffy Di: Bi Jing

On the olive trees by the river valley, moths have their cocoons, which they take down and place on the top of the pipes made of bitter bamboo as whistles, which is the muffled whistle of the Yi people. There are differences in size, legend of a pair of Yi men and women in love, the girl was forced to marry others, she hanged herself in the olive tree suicide, sad boy in the thoughts, take down the olive tree pupae shell into a large and small flute, is the dull flute, by a man and a woman to blow out a sad melody. Different from the general flute, the sound of the dull flute is not bright and clear, it is like being wrapped in a layer of air film, like a lonely autumn worm in the night, exhausted the strength is also dumb, but also like a person who has been crying for a long time to sing.

Yi people often play folk songs with silent flute, and this song is played by Sani people when they are herding sheep in the mountains. When Yi people are herding sheep, they often play wood leaves and silent flute for their own entertainment. When they are in the mountains and forests, it is like talking with the mountain wind, wood and stones, and the sound is also like the sound of wood leaves, birds and insects, which is a natural sound among all sounds. Wandering heart, sudden feelings, are injected into the song, directly between heaven and earth.