"Happy Jingpo Mountain" performed by Tu Liang
226 views · Organized by 八日蝉 on 2022-05-09

Dehong in western Yunnan has beautiful mountains and rivers. Jingpo people and Dai people live here. There is a folk saying, "The Dai people live in Pingba, and Jingpo lives in the mountains." Dehong is adjacent to Myanmar, and the Nu River flows through. It is cut into beautiful mountain plains and river valleys. Jingpo people have cultivated and reproduced here for more than 400 years. Jingpo Mountain is not a specific mountain. Every mountain where Jingpo people live is Jingpo Mountain.

Here, the traditional musical instrument unique to Jingpo people is played, Tuliang, which is similar to a bamboo flute, but only has a blow hole in the middle. 

In this song, the music was like a yellow bird flying over the terraced fields through a wide water net at first, and the bird's chirping was like the morning light breaking through the morning mist lingering in the mountains. When the cow bell rang, the people who were bent over to work straightened up. From the halfway up the mountain, you could see the valley below the mountain. It was shining under the sunlight. The melody changed. From the fields to the winding mountain road, people were free and happy. Walking on the ground, it seems that you are about to jump when you are walking. Bamboo buildings are hidden in the phoenix-tailed bamboo and banana trees. It seems that there will always be a fire pit, the aroma of wine and food, and the indelible smile. There will always be In the quiet night air of the rising moon, happy singing and dancing, drinking and gossip.

Involving musical instruments

Turen (pinyin: tǔ rèn), also known as Tuliang, Teling, and Laku in Jingpo language, is a fringe musical instrument of Jingpo, Lisu, Lahu and other ethnic groups. It is popular in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province and Nujiang Lisu. Autonomous Prefecture and Lincang area.

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Organized by 肖毅 on 2022-03-13
Tuliang has been passed down to this day, and it symbolizes sadness and grief among Jingpo people. Therefore, it can only be played outside Longshang in Zhaizi. The reason for this has to do with a poignant love story legend...
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Organized by 关谷奇迹 on 2022-03-11
Tuliang is one of the oldest folk musical instruments of Jingpo people. It is widely used in Jingpo people. Its timbre is crisp and melodious, and it has strong national characteristics. Artistic musical instrument. There is such a story about Tu Liang.
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Organized by 尘夕 on 2022-02-09
Among the Jingpo people, the turen is a favorite wind instrument for children and young people. Whether it is cattle herding on the hillside, walking in the forest, or young men and women falling in love, the melodious sound of turen is always accompanied. The elderly also often play to entertain themselves.
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Organized by chen on 2022-02-09
Turen is a musical instrument on the edge of Jingpo, Lisu, Lahu and other ethnic groups. In Jingpo people, whether they are herding cattle on the hillside, rushing in the forest, or young men and women in love, they must be accompanied by the melodious sound of Turen.
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Organized by 橘子猫 on 2022-02-09
The earliest turen was made by Jingpo children using two bamboo pipes, one thick and the other thin, of the same length. There is no sound hole on the tube. The production process is rough, the intonation is poor, and the sound range is less than one octave. Because the musical instrument originated from the memory of the dead in the wild, it was never played at home or in the village before.
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