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Yang Asha - Myth and legend of Yang Asha

In very ancient times, in the middle of a valley, there was a deep green pool, with mountains on both sides. Green trees and wonderful flowers. The spring water in the well is quiet and quiet, and you can see the clouds and birds in the sky, as well as the trees and flowers beside the well. One day, a group of egrets flew from the east and a group of teal ducks flew from the west. As soon as they saw this beautiful well, they wanted to find fish and shrimps in it. The earth god who was guarding the well jumped up and roared in anger:

"Bah! What are you doing here? This is not a fish pond, this is the place where Yang Asha was born. She will be born tomorrow, don't peck her! Who dares to touch her hair? The egret and the teal had no choice but to tuck their tails and fly away.

The next day, the sky suddenly became dark, lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and heavy rain fell. There was water bubbling in the well, making a "wave--wave--wave" sound. Soon after, the rain stopped and the sky became clear. Colorful clouds, like the exotic flowers embroidered by Miao girls, floated in the clear sky. At this time, Yang Asha emerged from the well, with swarms of butterflies flying around her, and countless birds singing around her... Everyone was happily celebrating the birth of the beautiful Yang Asha.

Yang Asha could laugh on the first day she was born, talk on the second day, sing on the third day, and weave and embroider on the fourth day. Yang Asha's singing voice was so euphemistic and beautiful that it flew over the mountains and ridges and resounded throughout every village. On a cloudy day, her singing can drive away the clouds and fog, and bring out the sun; in winter, her singing can drive away the cold, and her singing can make the mountains and ridges bloom with flowers. The bees heard her song and forgot to collect honey; the birds heard her song and forgot to sing; the young men heard her song and forgot about their livelihood; the girls heard her song , learn to sing word for word.

The days passed day by day, and the years passed by. The azalea bloomed and thanked again, and the azalea bloomed again and again. The azalea bloomed eighteen times, and the azalea bloomed eighteen times. Miss Yang Asha is already eighteen years old. Eighteen-year-old Yang Asha is even more beautiful! The beautiful Yang Asha has a pair of eyes like water grapes, a face as white and tender as a white camellia, two thin and long eyebrows like golden pheasant feathers, and a head as black as a black silk thread. shiny hair. When she puts on the floral dress she embroidered, bees will fly to collect nectar; when she puts on the pleated skirt she made herself, the crepe patterns are more beautiful than those on the fungus. Of the ninety-nine girls in Jianglue, no one can compare with her; among the ninety-nine young men in Jianglue, no one does not love her.

Later, the sun in the sky took a fancy to Yang Asha and instigated the dark clouds to be his matchmaker. The dark clouds used various means to force Yang Asha to marry the sun. But Taiyang did not take his beautiful wife to heart. For fame and fortune, he ran outside all day long and did not return home for six consecutive years. Yang Asha lived like this in loneliness and pain for six years. In the Sun's house, the only person she gets along with is the Moon. Although the moon is said to be the younger brother of the sun, it is actually the long-term worker of the sun at home. The moon is hard-working and honest, and admires Asha very much. She gets the warmth from the moon that she has never received before, and she also sees in the moon what she fantasizes about. Later, she finally fell in love with the honest moon and fled to a far away place to get married. Afterwards, after Li Lao's comments, Yang Asha and Yue Yue finally won, and the Moon gave the country to the Sun.

The song and dance drama "Yang Asha" is adapted from an ancient Miao narrative poem of the same name that circulates in the Miao area of ??southeastern Guizhou. A wonderful work of folk literature, it occupies a place in the history of national folk literature in my country, with great influence and far-reaching significance. The adaptation of the theme "Yang Asha" has been going on since the reform and opening up. Leaders from all walks of life, leaders who care about national art at all levels, and experts in the cultural and art circles have given great support to the adaptation of "Yang Asha" on the stage. of attention.

Yang Asha Lake

Yang Asha is a Miao name, meaning "little girl by the water". It is a touching legend by the Qingshui River, spreading in Jianhe . In order to build the Sanbanxi Reservoir Area into a tourism brand with beautiful landscapes and profound cultural connotations, the state government named the Sanbanxi Reservoir Area Yangasha Lake. After the Sanbanxi Reservoir Area Power Station Dam was completed in 2006, the dam was 185.5 meters high, making it the second tallest dam in the country and the third tallest dam in the world.

The waterway in the lake area reaches 120 kilometers, forming a lake with a radius of 85 square kilometers. It has created a "landscape biological park" with water in the mountains and mountains in the water, with all kinds of strange things and beautiful scenery. Along the lake area there are ethnic villages and towns such as Wendou, Yuhe, Shaoai, Yaobai, Hekou, and Guben; the lake area has the scenery of Wuxia River, Wudou River multi-level waterfalls, Wuxi primitive forest and abundant wild animals; the southwest of the lake area Facing the Qingshan boundary of the plateau, there are 50,000 acres of natural grassland in the Qingshan boundary, dotted with many plateau lakes, commonly known as the "Ninety-nine Eyes Tianchi", which contains many beautiful and moving folk legends. According to the investigation of tourism experts, Qingshanjie can be developed into a summer resort, an international golf course and a mountain bike course can be built, and grass skiing can also be developed. Yangasha Lake is a comprehensive scenic spot integrating ethnic historical and cultural villages, summer vacation, adventure, water sports, navigation, and ecological sightseeing. Yang'asha Lake Scenic Area is a typical leisure and entertainment scenic spot. According to the current trend of international tourism, it can be attractive to 70% of tourists. It will be a powerful supplement to the Dong Nationality Scenic Area with Liping as the core and can promote the Dong nationality's customs. The passenger flow of the scenic spot. At the same time, it ensures the flow of people at Liping Airport and enables the interactive development of Dong customs and leisure and entertainment scenic spots.

The Yangasha Lake Scenic Area is a freshwater lake in the mountainous area formed by the water storage of Sanbanxi Hydropower Station. It has a main channel of 130 kilometers and a branch channel of 120 kilometers. The average water surface width is 360 meters, the widest water surface is 1,500 meters, and the total area is 85 square kilometers. It is 210 kilometers from Guiyang Airport, 70 kilometers from Kaili, 15 kilometers from Liping Airport to the south, and 60 kilometers from Jingzhou Station of the Hunan-Guangxi Railway to the north. The scenery in the lake area includes Liuchuan Water Recreation Center, Wubao Miao Red Embroidery, Yaohao Miao Tin Embroidery, Wushan Canyon, Nanzhai Baishui Cave Waterfall, Paradise World Scenery, Liuji Miao Ancient City, Leidatang, Nanjiaping Lake, and Kangzhong Water Resort , Wusha Resort, Qingshanjie Scenery, etc., is a tourist destination integrating ethnic customs, natural scenery, water recreation and cultural landscape.

Due to backwater flooding, Jianhe County will be moved to Gedong. It will be built with high standards and a high starting point as a "modern landscape garden tourism city with Miao and Dong characteristics". The new county is located in Yang'a Shahuwei is 6 kilometers away from the hot spring scenic spot, 5 kilometers away from the Balang paleontological fossil group site, 75 kilometers away from Kaili City, the state capital, and 70 kilometers away from the national Wuyang River Scenic Area. National Highway 320 and Highway 65 pass through the city. , another secondary oil road will be built to lead to Liping Airport, with superior location and convenient transportation.

The magical Dong Township is fascinating. Liping is the most typical Dong township in China. Liping Dong Township is located on the southeastern edge of Guizhou Province, at the junction of the three provinces (regions) of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi. The county governs 25 towns and towns, covering an area of ??4,441 square kilometers, with a total population of 490,000, of which 70.87% are ethnic minorities, including 350,000 Dong people. Ren, a county opened to the outside world by the country, forms the central area of ??the Dong ethnic group historically and geographically, and is known as "the first county of Dong township in the world". Defeng Town, the county seat, is a provincial-level historical and cultural city.

China’s Dong people are distributed in the adjoining areas of Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi and southwest Hubei, with a population of more than 2.4 million. The Dong people living in Guizhou are the largest in the country, while the Dong people living in Liping County are The most in the province. As it is the county with the largest Dong population in the country, the rich and simple Dong customs and the rich and colorful Dong history and culture are most concentratedly expressed in Liping. Drum Tower and Flower Bridge are the symbols of Dong Township, with beautiful shapes, exquisite craftsmanship and different styles. The Drum Tower of Zhaoxing Jitang, the Diping Flower Bridge and the tomb of Wu Wencai, the originator of Dong opera, are all listed as provincial cultural relics protection units in Guizhou Province. Festival activities here are relatively frequent, such as bullfighting, wrestling, singing in the singing hall, playing the reed, carrying officials and offering sacrifices, etc., almost all over the county. Dong songs are even more famous at home and abroad. In 1986, 9 Dong girls (including 6 from Liping and 3 from Congjiang from neighboring counties) went abroad to participate in the "Paris Golden Autumn Art Festival" in France and entered the world music scene. It shocked the world for the first time; in the summer of 1988, these six Dong actors from Liping participated in the International Folk Art Festival with the Guizhou Provincial Folk Art Troupe and performed in Italy, Hungary and Austria. Foreign news media gave them high praise. , called it "the music of clear springs and sparkles." Nowadays, these Dong folk songs, pipa songs, and narrative songs, which are known as the wonders of oriental art, are heard throughout Liping and some villages in Congjiang and Rongjiang in neighboring counties. They are developing and can attract hundreds of people to sing at once. The team performs on stage.

Liping, Dong Township, is worthy of being called a "fengshui treasure land".

It has the world's most unique natural bridge in Gaotun, even the Tiansheng Bridge in Utah, which is known as the "best natural stone bridge" in the United States and is recognized by the U.S. government as a "Hongqiao National Scenic Spot", is slightly inferior; The best of Dong Township - Zhaoxing Drum Tower Group, its architectural art is unparalleled in the world; there is Long March culture - the Liping Conference site of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China during the Long March; there is a charming provincial scenic spot - - Bazhou River; there is the simple and elegant Dong Ecological Museum jointly built by China and Norway - Tang'an Dong Village; there is the original natural forest of Nongxiang Mountain with the entire ecological environment intact; there are the ingenious caves and Youjingwu The most dangerous Dong Township rafting - Shili Rafting in Xiyuan.

The magic of Liping is that it has become the hinterland of Dong Township with its rich ecological resources, tourism resources, folk literature and art resources and location advantages. It is known as the "birthplace of Dong culture" and the "native place of art" , "the ocean of songs and the hometown of poetry".

In February 2004, Liping Dong Township Scenic Area was approved by the State Council to be included in the fifth batch of national scenic spots list

The Wuyang River originates from Weng'an, the hinterland of Miaoling, and runs through Guizhou. After Dongshandi flows into Tingxi Yuanjiang River, she left the most beautiful section of the river to Zhenyuan. The 95-kilometer-long river section from Huangping Jiuzhou to Moon Bay in the east of Zhenyuan City is the Wuyang River Scenic Area. There are 8 famous canyons in the area. Among them, the Tou Gorge, Wulu Gorge, Laodong Gorge and Guanyin Gorge from Jiuzhou to Shibing can be called Shangwuyang Mountain Gorge, or "Shangwuyang" for short. Shi Bingzhi traumatized the Zhuge Gorge, Longwang Gorge, West Gorge and East Gorge in Yueyue Bay, commonly known as Xiahuayangshan Gorge, or "Xiawuyang" for short. In these two sections of scenic spots, there are many bays, difficult and dangerous places, strange peaks, rocks, waterfalls, deep caves, and dense bamboos and trees. There are more than 200 bays up and down the river, with scenic views; more than 200 interesting beaches.

The Head Gorge is located in the upper reaches of the Wuyang River Scenic Area and is about 17 kilometers long. Due to its twists and turns, it is called the "Nine Turns Peak". The gorge is about 18 kilometers long and is the most beautiful among the Wuyang River Gorges. A section of the canyon. Go down the river from Huangpingpingdongzhai, pass by the "Zhongqiao Yidu" stone monument, pass through the "Laohukou", and then pass the "Kite Wave" dangerous shoal in front of a cliff shaped like a "Kite". From the "talc flying water" waterfall shaped like "double streams washing jade" and then downstream eastwards, there are scenic spots such as the stone peaks that look like "golden towers and jade pillars" and the "west wind bamboo forest" on Yajiao Weir.

The roadless pond located in this canyon has a high gorge, a deep pond, and lush forests. There are many monkeys in the deep forest beside the pond from bottom to top. The amusement boat sails into this canyon with dense forests and quiet mountains and rivers, giving you the feeling of boating through a labyrinth on the ground and a paradise. Laodong Gorge runs from Suodong Village to the mouth of Xiaotang River downstream. It is about 8 kilometers long. It is also called "Qifu Gorge" because there are stone mountains like women near the exit and huge rocks in the river like coffins, which look like widows' utensils. Guanyin Gorge is about 5 kilometers long from the mouth of Xiaotang River to Gaozhai downstream. The meandering river in the gorge has slow water, deep pools and flat beaches, and mountains on both sides soar into the sky. From Gaozhaifang via Xiawuqi and Shibingcheng to Caihuawan Miao Village near Zhuge Cave in Xiawuyang, the riverbed meanders for 13 kilometers. On the north bank near Shibingchengguan, there are famous scenic spots such as Dinosaur Mountain, Jigong Rock, and Baimi Feiquan.

Zhuge Gorge, also known as "Zhuge Cave", is the beginning of Xiawuyang. According to legend, Zhuge Wuhou dug a river here to facilitate water transportation during the southern expedition, so it got its name. The gorge is about 8 kilometers long, with towering cliffs and waterfalls on both sides of the river. There are ancient towpath ruins, Water Curtain Cave Waterfall, Turtle Rock and other scenic spots in the gorge. On the river in the lower section of Zhuge Gorge, you can overlook the huge Wo Fo Mountain to the east of Gaobei Village. On both sides of Longwang Gorge are cliffs of nearly 200 meters. The narrowest part of the river bed is only 30 meters. This is the famous "One Line of Sky" of the Corps Yang River. At the intersection of Longwang Gorge and Xixia, there are two strange peaks cleverly combined into a peacock-spreading shape. Xixia and 10 kilometers away, there are cliffs along the coast, with towering peaks and beautiful scenery. Among them, the Xixia Waterfall, commonly known as "Big Flying Water", pours down from a stone cliff more than 130 meters high, making it majestic.

The Wuyang River Scenic Area, which was listed as a national scenic spot in 1988, in addition to the main stream canyon, also has several tributary canyons with particularly beautiful scenery, such as the Gaoku River with cascading springs and waterfalls; Xiaotang River with Jiuzhaigou-style travertine landscape; Shanmu River in Yuntai Mountain, a famous scenic spot, etc. Tiexi, not far from famous historical and cultural towns, has particularly tranquil scenery and became a tourist area as early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty 500 years ago.