目　录

Preface

Introduction

I.The Discovery and Identification of the Poya Folksongs

II.The Cultural Soil of the“Poya Folksongs”

1.The Poya folksongs emerged from the ancient Zhuang cultural traditions of the“Shang Yue Chants”and“Learning to Sing from Childhood”

2.The cultural need to transmit the heritage of the Zhuang folksongs is a necessary factor to produce the Poya folksong symbols.

3.The representative nature of the geographical and cultural environment of Poya Village provides the possibility that the Poya folksongs’ symbols could be preserved and spread.

III.The Content and Value of the Poya Folksongs

1.The unique literary value

2.The unique etymological value

3.The value of studying ethnic history and folk customs

IV.On the Compilation,Editing and Publication of the Poya Folksong Collection

1.The Moon

2.Gathering Pebbles

3.A Young Man

4.Mandarin Ducks

5.The Partridge

6.Bamboo(I)

7.Bamboo(II)

8.A Lonely Man

9.Smile!

10.Maple Leaves(I)

11.Leaves(II)

12.Lychee Grasshopper

13.A Leek in an Abandoned Garden

14.Shedding Tears

15.A Stone

16.Seasoning the Sauce

17.I Propose a Bet

18.Cabbage

19.A Three-legged Stove

20.A Pair of Lovers

21.Teak Leaves

22.Longan Fruit

23.Mountain Fruit

24.The Canoe

25.A Basket of Cotton

26.Beautiful Eyes

27.Following That Boy

28.Bleeding Hands

29.Unconscious

30.Seven Days

31.The Hems of My Blouse

32.Wild Potatoes

33.Two Hands Holding Plum Branches

34.Two Plum Branches

35.Two Plum Branches

36.Let’s Go to Your House

37.A Duck in a Cage

38.Pear Trees

39.Two Pairs of Chopsticks

40.A Lantern

41.Skirts

42.Thatch Grass

43.Silk Trousers

44.Death by Fire

45.Yarn

46.A Grass Carp

47.A Beehive

48.The Roots of the Banyan Tree

49.A Cucumber Vine Climbing a Cliff

50.Like Grain in a Winnowing Basket

51.Banana Trees

52.Grapes

53.A Scythe

54.The Star

55.A Fish Caught in a Net

56.A Saw

57.A Pretty Girl

58.Sitting on a Stool

59.A Hoe

60.A Pair of Candles

61.A Desk

62.Walking Together

63.Eating Together

64.An Ax

65.Chopping Up the Shoulder Pole

66.A House

67.Braided Rope Reins

68.Intertwined Intestines

69.Twisting Rope

70.Fire Bird

71.Sweet Sugarcane

72.Floating Duckweed

73.Falling Snow

74.A Rice Pot

75.I Will Carry Your Ax

76.A Plough

77.Three Trips

78.The Fields

79.The Flowers in the Courtyard

80.Hand in Hand

81.A Pair of Bamboo Shoots

Postscript

Appendix: A Brief Overview of the Zhuang Cultures of Funing County