Yi four-string performance
127 views · Organized by vespa on 2022-03-02

The Yi nationality four-stringed outdoor performance has a unique timbre. Four strings can be used for solo, instrumental ensemble or as an accompaniment to folk songs and dances. When young men and women sing "Haicai tune" outdoors during their love, they often play four strings as accompaniment.

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The Yi Sixian (pinyin: yí zú sì xián) is a plucked stringed musical instrument of the Yi people. It is popular in Yuanyang, Honghe, Shiping and Maitreya in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Muding in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Lunan Yi Autonomous County.

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Organized by 烟雨燕双飞 on 2022-04-19
The ukulele is the main accompaniment instrument for the local Yi people's cigarette case dance, Haicai tune, and Huayao tune.
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Organized by 秋色 on 2022-03-09
In the past, there were no other entertainment activities. During the slack season, the villagers loved singing songs to each other. "Eating fire grass smoke" is a unique love and social activity for Yi youths. Young men and women from different villages meet for gatherings, eat fire grass smoke, play piano and sing, and dance cigarette box dance.
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Organized by 钟离 on 2022-02-10
When the Yi people play the four strings, the posture and playing method are the same as those of the Yueqin.
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Organized by 青鸟 on 2022-02-10
The shape is the same as that of the Yi Yueqin.
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Organized by ky on 2022-02-10
In Lunangui Mountain, where the Sani people of the Yi branch live, there is a story of the four strings of the Yi people.
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