《黄四姐》:从生活传统到文化品牌

Sister Huang:from Daily Life Tradition to Cultural Brand

作为清江流域土家族"打喜"仪式中打喜花鼓的经典曲目,《黄四姐》诞生于民众生活中,传唱在百姓口头上,经历了一个走入喜花鼓又走出喜花鼓、与喜花鼓共存共荣的发展历程,实现了从乡村田野向都市舞台、由风俗俚曲向文化品牌的转型,成为地方文化的表征和民族身份的象征。

As the flower-drum beating classics during Ta Hsi ritual process of the Tujia ethnic people who live in the Qing river basin,Sister Huang is composed in daily life,sung far and wide among local people.It achieved its initial fame in the field of the flower-drum,but goes beyond that,and will remain popular and famous with the flower-drum,performing in village as well as urban stage.Hence its transformation from countryside folk art to cultural brand has been completed,becoming a symbol of local culture and the ethnic group.