试谈蒙古族古代“把话”制度与“把话歌”

An Approach on the Ancient Mongolian “doo? berih" System and the “doo berih Songs"

“把话”———古代蒙古人所创造的一种特殊的通讯联络和传递情报方式 ,广泛运用于战争之中。有关的文字记载 ,首见于 13世纪 4 0年代成书的《蒙古秘史》 ,其他一些蒙古古代文献资料中也有零星记载。“把话”这一古代通讯联络方式 ,为蒙古人建立庞大的军事帝国发挥了很重要的作用 ;对蒙古族传统音乐形式的发展演变 ,也发挥了促进作用。研究“把话”与“把话歌” ,对于研究蒙古族叙事民歌等艺术形式的产生与发展无疑具有重要意义。

doo berih' was a kind of special way of communicating and passing advices created by ancient Mongolian People. The record of it was found in The Secret History of Mongols written in the 1240s and in some other ancient Mongolian documents. This ancient way of communication and contacting played an important role in the building of the great military empire by Mongolian people. It also promoted the development of the Mongolian traditional music form. Undoubtedly, it has significant meaning to make study of “doo berih' System and the “doo berih Songs' for the research on Mongolian narrative folk songs.