The Miao "ancient songs and ancient lyrics", which consist of four parts: drinking songs, big songs, rational lyrics and divine lyrics, are circulated in Huangping, Shibing, Zhenyuan, Kaili and other counties (cities). Most of the Miao villages that use "ancient songs and ancient lyrics" are built on the mountainside, with lush trees and bamboo forests on the mountain. Beside the village is the Miao totem tree, which is specially protected because it is deified and is a "witness" of the long history of the village. There are layers of terraced fields around the village. When night falls, the majestic and deep big songs and romantic and graceful drinking songs are like fairy music floating in the night sky. In ancient times, there were three tribal alliances in the Central Plains: Yan Emperor, Huang Emperor and Chi You. Chi You Jiuli Tribe was the ancestor of the Miao people, and Chi You was the cultural ancestor of the Miao people. After the defeat of the Battle of Zhuolu, Chi You Jiuli Tribe established the San Miao Kingdom in Jianghuai. During the reign of Emperor Yu of Xia, the Sanmiao tribe was disintegrated in the war. The Sanmiao tribe was divided into three branches and migrated to the southwest. The Miao ancient songs were passed down orally. Some of the Miao ancestors who moved to Huangping gradually moved in from Dongting Lake along the Yuanjiang River; some went north from Rongshui, Guangxi to Rongjiang, passed through Songji, Jianhe, and killed Niu Yilang in Songji and decided that "one branch would go to Fangni, one branch would go to Xilong (Huangping), and one branch would live in Chunyan". Around the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Miao people settled in Huangping. The Huangping Miao "Ancient Songs and Lyrics" had their prototype in the ancient Sanmiao Kingdom during the Xia Dynasty. After the Miao people migrated to Southeast Guizhou and settled down, they were constantly enriched and finalized through the creation of the Miao people of all generations, and were completely passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth from the singing teachers and artists. The Miao mythology "Ancient Songs and Lyrics" consists of four parts. The first is the "big song", which is an ancient song sung in the tune of the Miao big song, and the content includes creation myths and heroic myths. The second is the "wine song", which is an ancient song sung in the tune of the wine song. The contents include natural myths, species origin myths and custom myths. The third is "Li Ci", which is an ancient song recited in the form of dialogue. "Li Ci" is the code of Miao customary law. "Li Ci" contains many heroic myths. The fourth is "Shen Ci". "Shen Ci" is expressed in the form of chanting. It is the lyrics of the wizard's exorcism. Many gods in "Shen Ci" are gods in myths. "Ancient Songs and Ancient Lyrics" is a relatively systematic and complete myth, describing the origin of life, reproduction, hardship, and eternity of life of the Miao people. (I) The sacred maple tree totem of life and the myth of the butterfly mother. The Miao village built on the mountain must have a maple forest protecting the village in any place with thick shade. The Miao myth says: "Fertile soil nourishes the tree foot, rainwater nourishes the treetop, and moisturizes the maple tree god." Maple heart gave birth to the butterfly mother, and the butterfly mother fell in love with the wind god and gave birth to twelve eggs. She asked the Jiyu bird to hatch them and gave birth to Aye, the ancestor of mankind. The remaining eggs "became thunder if they were green, dragons if they were bright, snakes if they were long, centipedes if they were short. Spotted eggs became wild cats, striped eggs became tigers, round eggs became the sun, and flat eggs became the moon. Brown and yellow eggs became rats and wolves, gray eggs became small animals, light gray eggs became 'Yang Yi', and black eggs became 'Baisan'." With animals, where did the life of plants go? It was with the "seed" god. The "seed" god was in the sky, and the sun god opened the way for the "seed" god to come down to the world. The song goes: "This time we need to sow seeds. Sow three handfuls in one step, six handfuls in two steps, and a large forest will grow, and the mountains will be covered with green." From the creation myth, we can see the Miao people's view of life and the universe that all things have the same origin. (II) The myth of the joyful festival of life. The Miao people have an optimistic spirit and believe that life is joyful. For the joyful life, the Miao people created many festivals. Festival myths sing: "The Hui people don't celebrate the New Year, but this time they will celebrate it. The New Year welcomes the New Year and the whole village is happy." "In August, the rice is harvested, in September, the grain is drilled into the house, in October, engagements are made, in winter, weddings are held, and people go to the Hakka family for a drink. In the twelfth month, it is the New Year. After the New Year, the Spring comes and everyone is happy." (3) The myth of marriage and reproduction of life. "Qin" is the god of marriage. The god "Qin" was born in a rocky crevices in the east. The god "Qin" went down to the sea and the sky to teach the gods to get married. Only then did the gods multiply many gods. The god "Qin" came to the human world, and the human world got marriage, and humans were able to reproduce. The myth of "Marriage Song" systematically traces the origin, development and evolution of the Miao marriage system. (4) The myth of Yangasha, the goddess of beauty and life. The song goes: "The most beautiful Yang Asha, the most beautiful Yang Asha, slender as a mulberry branch, with hair like black silk, and a white and plump face. The hem of her skirt is like a fishnet, and her flower belt is like a horse bridle. During the Panghai Lusheng Festival, you have to wade through the Qingshui River. When crossing the river, you hold your flower skirt and pull it over your legs, revealing your long, healthy, white and long legs. Everyone loves her and hopes to be with her. They think too much about her and love her like crazy." Yang Asha is a goddess born from well water. She is extremely beautiful and unparalleled. Young Miao men must sing this song when they go to "travel" to find a girlfriend. (V) The myth of the bitter god Bian Sejiao. The bitter god Bian Sejiao was born from the third egg of the twelve eggs laid by the butterfly mother. She grew up in a very bad environment and suffered all the hardships in the world. "The most miserable Bian Sejiao, with sores all over her face and tumors all over her back, she suffered alone, but everyone was lucky. The whole drum club, everyone is better than her." (VI) The myth of life and health to drive away ghosts. An ancient song goes: "In ancient times, ghosts were born in the east and gods were born in the west. Ghosts grew up eating paper and gods grew up eating incense." "Nowadays, when offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, if you call out to ghosts, they will respond. If you stop ghosts, they will stop. If you drive away ghosts, they will go away. If you are sick, you will recover. Only then can we get rid of disasters. We offer sacrifices to ghosts and gods according to ancient rituals and worship gods according to ancient rules." (VII) Life Law and Rational Words Mythology. Miao Rational Words are the code of Miao customary law. They reflect the Miao people's ancient awareness that a society composed of living things needs legal protection and use myths to illustrate the idea that society needs legal constraints. The song says, "The judge has made a judgment, and the Thunder God has eyes to see. My judgment is reasonable, and the Dragon God has ears to hear. Whether it is true or false, the Dragon Thunder God will judge." (VIII) Life Eternity Bian Xiangyou Longevity God Mythology. Human beings seek eternal life, and the Miao people are no exception. In order to obtain eternal life, the Miao people created the myth of the longevity god Bian Xiangyou, who has eternal life: "The four corners of the sky are good, the navel of the sky is nourished, and the Bian Xiangyou egg is born." Bian Xiangyou was born from a sky egg. When he grew up, he stole the longevity fruit from the sky and became immortal. The mythical figure Bian Xiangyou is the Miao god of longevity. "Ancient songs and lyrics" have created hundreds of full-bodied artistic images, including gods, half-gods and half-humans, deified people, deified grass, wood, fish, insects, rocks, giant beasts, wind, clouds, thunder and lightning. Among the gods, many giant gods are heroes who stand tall and upright, and the female god of creation has the natural beauty of life. Through the creation of gods, the Miao people's ideas of the sacredness of life and the joy of life are reflected. Songs are mainly five-character sentences, and lyrics are mainly long and short sentences in parallel. Miao poetry has its own characteristics. All poems must be sung, and poetry is not divided. Poetry will not exist without songs, and songs will not be songs without poems. Because of this integration of poetry and poetry, Miao folk poets must be song masters, and song masters must be poets. The singing and recitation forms are flexible and varied. Some use the form of interrogation and singing in the form of pange, some read and sing in the form of narrative, and some use the form of dialogue to ask and answer. "Ancient Songs and Ancient Lyrics" is a mythological narrative poem. This poem has a rich imagination and is magnificent. It is the soul of the Miao people's life and is still sung by the Miao people. The mythological story in the poem is vivid, tortuous, systematic, complete, and has a strong story and a grand scale. The verses use a lot of techniques such as comparison between ancient and modern times and association to render the mythological story, making it very contagious. In terms of artistic expression, the rich imagination makes the whole poem have a strong romantic color and is a "classic" for studying Miao literature and music. During the thousands of years of the Miao people's wandering, the Miao mythology nurtured the Miao people. The Miao mythology of "Ancient Songs and Ancient Lyrics" has been passed down to this day. In the 1980s, Huangping, Shibing and Zhenyuan counties raised more than 100,000 yuan to collect, organize and publish the "Miao Ancient Songs and Ancient Lyrics" series of books in Miao and Chinese, including "Miao Grand Songs", "Miao Wine Songs", "Miao Divine Lyrics", "Miao Reasoning Lyrics", "Douniu" and so on. There are countless folk versions of the song because of different teachers. These versions are passed down orally and can easily disappear when the teacher dies. (No pictures yet, please provide them.) (No pictures yet, please provide them.)