论黔中布依族礼俗歌

On Songs of Etiquette and Custom of the Buyi People in Central Guizhou

黔中布依族礼俗歌指使用布依语第二土语的布依族同胞在婚、丧、新居落成以及社交等仪式上演唱的歌曲和韵语。内容主要为客主之间的相互问候、相互赞美和祝福以及对涉及礼俗的一些事物的"追根溯源"。黔中布依族礼俗歌有吟唱的"歌"和念诵的韵语,分别有用本民族语言演唱(诵)和用汉语演唱(诵)。赋、比、兴和复沓是常用的表现手法,演唱过程中表演的特点很浓。黔中布依族礼俗歌对认识布依民族的文化性格,了解布依族文化的基本特征等,有着重要文化学价值,并且为研究汉文化在贵州少数民族中的传播以及黔中布依族文化变迁提供了宝贵资料。

Songs of etiquette and custom of the Buyi people in Central Guizhou refer to those songs and rhythms sung in occasions such as ceremonies for wedding,funeral,and setting up new houses.People who sing these songs and rhythms speak the second vernacular of the Buyi language.The songs are mainly used by the hosts and the guests for mutual greeting,praising,blessing,as well as ＂reviewing the forming of something＂ related to the customs.Songs of etiquette and custom of the Buyi people in Central Guizhou have both ＂songs＂ for singing and rhythms for chanting.Some of them are in the native Buyi language,others are in the Han language.Bestowing（fu）,comparison（bi）,promotion（xing） and duplication（futa） are commonly used for composing songs of this kind,and people usually give performances while singing.These songs are of important cultural value for understanding the characteristics and features of the Buyi culture,and provide valuable materials for the study of dissemination of the Han culture among the ethnic minorities in Guizhou,and the cultural changes of the Buyi people in Central Guizhou.