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Narrative Songs
Chinese minorities like to sing heroic epics, folklores, and folktales in the
form of folk songs, this kind of song is usually in strophic form generally sung
by a professional singer or semi-professional artisan with accompaniment or
instrument, for example, songs about legendary love stories such as "Brother
Mawu and Sister Gadou" ofHui ethnic group, "Erip and Senam" of Uygur ethnic
group, "Saliha and Saman" ofKazak ethnic group; long heroic epics such as
"Gesar" of Tibetan ethnic group, "Manas" ofKirgiz ethnic group; songs about the
history and origin of a minority such as "the marriage between Fuxi and his
sister" of Yao ethnic group in Guangxi;
"gu'ge" (ancient song) ofMiao ethnic group, Bouyei ethnic group, and Shut ethnic
group in Guizhou; "gao huang (ancient kings) song", "panhu (winding calabash
gourd) song", "Genesis song", and "Pan Gu (creator of the universe in Chinese
mythology) Genesis" of She ethnic group in Fujian and Zhejiang. In addition to
the above, there are other forms with national characters such as passion and
vigorous "rewap tanchang" (dance and instruments) of Uygur ethnic group, excited
"dombira tangchang" ofKazak ethnic group, witty and humorous "kumuzi tanchang"
of Kirgiz ethnic group, lyrical "kayago tanchang" of Korean ethnic group,
melodious "niutui qin'ge" of Dong ethnic group, and "zhamunie tanchang" of
Tibetan ethnic group.

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