闽西吹叶艺术探论

On Techniques of Leaf-whistling in West Fujian

吹叶,又叫"木叶"、"吹树叶",是一门古老的艺术,广泛流行于中国南方尤其是少数民族地区。关于"木叶"艺术,古代典籍多所记载。本文除了追索其在典籍中的表达外,着重对吹叶艺术在闽西地区的传播、吹叶的材料选择及吹奏技巧、闽西吹叶艺术的传承和发展进行探讨。

Leaf-whistling, also known as ＂leaves＂, ＂leaf whistling＂ is an ancient art, widely known in southern China, especially in the ethnic minority areas. A number of ancient books ever recorded the ＂leaf whistling＂ technique. This paper, in addition to the expression in the ancient books, mainly discusses the leafwhistling techniques in West Fujian, the leaves selection and whistling techniques and the heritance and development of leaf-whistling techniques.