草苗情歌的田野考察——以贵州省黎平县洪州镇归垒情歌为例

Field Survey of Love Songs in Caomiao Ethnic Group

草苗是一个居住在贵州、湖南、广西三省交界处,且主要与侗族杂居的族群①。通过对草苗传统婚姻圈、情歌演唱传统、音乐形态以及现状的多方面考察,进而认识到:传统社会中,情歌作为婚恋习俗中重要的表达方式其演唱的范围与对象受到传统婚姻圈的约束。而现代社会,由于传统婚恋习俗、择偶观念、社会生活的变化,情歌的演绎被赋予了新的价值与意义。

Caomiao is a branch of the Miao ethnicity, living in junction of three provinces Guizhou, Hu- nan,and Guangxi,and mainly mixed with Dong ethnic group. Through survey various aspects of the Caomiao including its traditional marriage circle, the custom of singing love songs, music configuration as well as the present situation,and then realized that in the traditional society,the love songs as an important expression in marriage custom,its singing scope and object is restraint by the traditional marriage circle. For the modern soci- ety, due to the changes of traditional marriage customs, conception of mate selection and social life, the interpre- tation of love songs was given a new value and significance.