Geographical environment of Sundimiao Village

Sundi Miao Village is an important exhibition base for the song and dance culture of Sanjiao Miao people in Jingzhou. Miao folk songs are known as "the living fossil of original multi-part folk songs" and enjoy the reputation of "the living fossil of original multi-part folk songs in China", "the treasure of deep mountains" and "the sound of nature". In 2009, Dizhumiao Village was rated as one of the first ten minority villages in Hunan Province, and in 20 10, Dizhumiao Village was rated as a three-star rural tourist scenic spot in Hunan Province by Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau.

Sanqiao Miao nationality has a long history. It is closely related to Jiuli, Sanmiao in Yao, Shun and Yu period and Jingchu in Zhou Dynasty more than 5,000 years ago. Due to the oppression and discrimination of feudal rulers in past dynasties, Miao people, like other ethnic minorities, were driven into the deep mountains and forests. The Miao people who have lived in the depths of the mountains for a long time have created and accumulated unique art and culture in hunting, logging and other production, living and resisting foreign attacks. Song Gui is one of the most representative ones.

Sanqiao Miao ballad is a form of multi-voice chorus, which evolved from the sound of nature. In the ancient Miao villages, the beautiful and fresh natural environment and simple and cheerful life prompted the Miao ancestors to have a strong interest and association with the colorful "harmony" of nature such as bird singing, cicada singing, running water and Lin Tao. So they imitate the "harmony" of nature and weave sweet songs with overlapping heights. Later, after long-term selection, processing and refining, beautiful melody and harmonious harmony were formed. Since then, Miao songs have spread all over the world in the form of music with national characteristics.

Jingzhou Sanjiao area is called "the hometown of folk songs". The Miao compatriots here love singing, and they are all experts in creating singing tones. In Miao village, it is more difficult to find a girl who can't sing than to ascend to heaven. On the contrary, if you want to find two singers who can sing for three days and nights in Miao township, it is a simple matter. "Eating to support one's life and singing to relax" is the spoken language of the Miao family. They regard singing as important as farming and eating, and singing has become the main way of their ideological, emotional, cultural and artistic exchanges. In their long-term singing, they have cultivated the noble sentiments and virtues of gentleness, humility, mutual respect and love, hospitality, diligence and courage, and passed on the colorful Miao song culture in the process of pursuing artistic beauty.

According to its music carrier, Miao songs in Jingzhou Sanqiao can be divided into eight kinds: tea songs, wine songs, folk songs, water songs, rice songs, money songs, wedding songs and three-string songs. The lyrics are more than seven words and four sentences, and the language is mainly Miao language of Wu surname in Sanchao Township, supplemented by other surname languages. Most of them use rhetorical devices such as metaphor, exaggeration and personification. There are rich associations, rich quotations and philosophies. It is rich in content and has a wide range of themes, including long-standing story songs, narrative songs praising heroic deeds, love songs expressing the mutual feelings of young men and women and so on. There are eleven kinds of tunes, which vary from place to place. Most of the singing forms start from the bass, then enter the alto, and the multi-voice parts flow alternately. The Miao village in Sun Dishan is a typical layout of the village architecture of "one flower and one seedling" in high mountains. Diaojiaolou Group was built along the slope because of the mountain. The left and right wings are staggered, and the middle is flat and spacious, which is the distribution of public venues and public facilities such as wells and ponds. It conforms to the site selection principle of Miao folk houses, that is, "there are mountains, hills, streams and ponds", which expresses the auspicious wishes of Miao people that the sky should be above and the ground should be below. It can be said that "Yangzhai must teach and choose the land, and mountains and water are called people's hearts." Bamboo shoot Miao village is a treasure trove of geomantic omen, with green hills on its back and ponds in front, surrounded by hills and facing streams. The middle and small hills in the village coincide with the meaning of "Shuanglong grabbing treasure". The zigzag distribution of three wells coincides with the game of "three talents". The eight ponds dug by the situation mean "town water" and are also equipped with geomantic omen. The stream in front of the village also flows all the time, adding the aura of the stockade.

Dizhumiao village began to be inhabited about 1000 years ago, and now it is concentrated in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, belonging to the shovel area, and the residents are mainly Wu. Sun Di Miao Village is rich in folk customs, Miao folk songs are well inherited, and all kinds of Miao customs are very distinctive and charming. Many historical sites have been left behind, and the ancient wells, flower streets, stone roads, ancient oil mills and ancient school sites in the village can be found. The restored mountain gates, Zhaimen, Huaqiao, Drum Tower, waterwheels and pavilions have added the charm of Miao Village. The Tongpu Temple, Zhonglingshan Temple and the Yonglai Ancient Monument site in the surrounding villages of Miao Village in Jiulong Mountain have expanded the space for appreciating folk customs.