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Ancient songbook reflects ethnic culture in SW China

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STORY: Ancient songbook reflects ethnic culture in SW China
DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:54
LOCATION: WENSHAN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Poya village
2. various of Nong Fengmei, a national inheritor of Poya love song (Left) and Nong Liying, a provincial inheritor of Poya love song (Right)
3. various of the Poya village
4. various of a group of tourists
5. various of the Poya village

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Poya Village is located in Funing County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province.

In 2006, a collection of ancient ethnic love songs was discovered in the home of Nong Fengmei, a local villager. 

The collection comprises of 81 hieroglyphic symbols that were recorded on a piece of hand-woven cloth. Each symbol represents a love song or a type of love song. 

The whole collection records the love stories of a couple from meeting each other for the first time to getting old together.
  
The love songs contain a very rich content of Zhuang culture, vividly reflecting the life and traditions of the Zhuang people. 

In 2011, the Poya Songbook was added to the list of national intangible cultural heritage in China.

In recent years, relying on its unique culture and tradition, Poya Village has developed rural tourism, as part of its rural revitalization efforts.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wenshan, China.
(XHTV)

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