古歌——黔东南苗族习惯法的一种口头传承形式

Ancient Song——An Oral Hand-Down of Habit of Miao People in Southeast Guizhou

苗族古歌历史悠久,源远流长,从习惯法研究的视角可分为神话类古歌、历史类古歌、诉讼类古歌和婚嫁类古歌四种。苗族古歌反映本民族传统法意识、独特的"议榔"制度、婚姻制度变迁及继承制度和所有权制度,真实记述了一些诉讼案件的过程,传递着丰富的习惯法文化信息,古歌与苗族其它口传作品在习惯法的传承中既有联系又有区别。

Miao song can be classified into four types as follows： legendary type, historic type, litigant type and marriage type. Miao songs reflect their ideas of traditional lave, marriage system, heritage system and ownership system and truly records procedures of some lawsuits and carry rich message of habit law,Ancient songs and Miao＇s other woks are related as well as differentiated.