Crowdsourced Database Recording Community Culture

The videos below are a curated selection filmed and shared by the villagers themselves, showcasing their gatherings for daily, festivals, and religious music practices. The villagers suggest to share the video under the name of Qifeng village, indicating their common interest in protecting the copyright of their indigenous ethnic music. The quality of the uploaded videos stating that they are compressed due to permitted loading sizes. If viewers wish to see the original-sized videos, please contact the ECura research team.

以下视频由村民们拍摄并分享,展示了他们在日常邻里生活、节日庆典以及宗教仪式中的音乐实践。起凤村的村民们提议将上传的视频以“起凤村“命名,视频的版权归起凤村的所有村民上传的视频因平台的容量限制有一定程度的压缩,如果您想观看原视频,请联系ECura的研究团队。

Festivals and Ritual Music

[Festivals] Bai villagers performed Bai-style dance during the third Plum Blossom Festival in Eryuan County
[Festivals] Bai villagers dance Bang Wang Bian during the third Plum Blossom Festival in Eryuan County
[Festivals] Villagers celebrate the Chinese New Year of 2024

Daily Music Practices

[Daily Music Practices] Yonglin Zhang gathers villagers to play dragon-head San Xian
[Daily Music Practices] Zhongming Zhang gathers villagers for an informal Bai music concert
[Daily Music Practices] Bai villagers take turns singing in groups
[Daily Music Practices] Bai villagers perform Bai Zu Diao
[Daily Music Practices] Zhuolin Zhang sings the Bai’s Xishan Tune
[Daily Music Practices] Zuozhi Duan and Cuihua Wang sing the Bai Zu Diao
[Daily Music Practices] Jifan Yang performs the local Yizi Qiang (一字腔, single-syllable melodic style)
[Daily Music Practices] Jifan Yang performs Yunnan Opera’s Dao ban (倒板, inverted clapping rhythm)
[Daily Music Practices] Villagers sing the Jianchuang Bai Zu Diao

Religious Music Practices

[Religious Music Practices] Villagers participate in a blessing ceremony at Qifeng Lingjiu Temple
[Religious Music Practices] Qifeng religious chanting