Category characteristics of Miao Lusheng

Miao Lusheng is different in size, timbre, volume and mode due to different popular areas. Lusheng in Ping Huang, Danzhai and Rongjiang in southeastern Guizhou have loud and rough voices. Soft lyric around Bijie and Shuicheng in western Guizhou: Lusheng in southern Guizhou is vigorous and powerful. Every village in Leishan County, Guizhou Province has Lusheng, which is an important producing area of Lusheng. Lusheng craftsmen live in Paika Village in Danjiang Town, Leishan County, Pingxiang Village and Bird Village in Fangxiang Township, Liang Tao Village and Xie Nian Village in Taojiang Township. These villages are located in mountainous areas, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient.

Making Lusheng requires not only some knowledge of music theory, but also knowledge of physical mechanics. There are many kinds of lusheng, with different sound quality and volume. To make a lusheng that meets the needs, craftsmen are required to have long-term production experience first. Master who inherits Miao Lusheng's making skills, uses bellows, hammers, copper, axes, chisels, saws, drills, bitter bamboos, tung oil and lime (some of which have been changed into latex) to make all kinds of exquisite and practical Lusheng. Lusheng produced in Leishan area is very famous for its pure sound quality and smooth and beautiful appearance. Since ancient times, Lusheng has been dancing as a play, playing and dancing. However, according to the different customs in different regions, the performance of Lusheng is also different. These lusheng skills with different customs and customs have gathered into a bunch of artistic wonders with national characteristics, which have been passed down from generation to generation and will never decline.

Lusheng is not only a simple national musical instrument, but also an important medium in the love life of Miao young men and women. Therefore, Lusheng is sacred and precious in the eyes of Miao people, and every family can't live without it.

Lusheng is a symbol of Miao culture. Miao Lusheng combines words, songs and dances in the performance and performance, maintaining the primitive simplicity of Miao history, culture and art. The production skills of Lusheng have always been taught by the master himself, leaving no written materials, which is exquisite and difficult to inherit. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer artists who can skillfully make Lusheng, and there are even fewer skilled successors. They are in danger of getting lost and need emergency assistance and protection. The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, the Miao Lusheng production skill was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. On June 5, 2007, the Ministry of Culture confirmed that Mo in Leishan County, Guizhou Province and Wang Jiefeng in Daguan County, Yunnan Province were the representative inheritors of this cultural heritage project, and they were included in the list of 226 representative inheritors of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects.