On November 26, the winning works of the 15th China Folk Literature and Art Mountain Flower Award were announced, and the "DunZao Busy (Creation Sutra) Photocopy translation annotations" published by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Ethnic Minority Ancient Books Protection Research Center and published by Guangxi Education Publishing House were listed on the list of outstanding folk literature works. This is another honor won by the same achievement after winning the 10th Guangxi Literary and Art Creation Bronze Drum Award recently! This is also the second time in 12 years since the center's published results were awarded the 9th China Folk Art Mountain Flower Award in 2009.
"BusyNess (Genesis)"
It is a Zhuang folk belief book that is spread in the area of Xialei Town, Daxin County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi. "Don create busy" is a Zhuang language, meaning to create the world, translated as the Creation Sutra. The book records the Zhuang ancestors' cognitive thinking and life concepts on the creation of the world, the reproduction of mankind, the reclamation and expansion of the frontier, the construction of cities and states, the division of local officials, the lord system, the desire for life and interest, etc., showing the imaginary world pattern, refracting the historical imprint of the social development of the Zhuang area, and is the epitome of the Zhuang toast system. The lyrics sing about the origin and migration of the nation through the traditional solemn tujue ceremony activities, focusing on the historical facts of the Zhuang ancestors' frontier entrepreneurship, territorial division, heavy culture and commerce, and joint construction of the homeland, so as to educate future generations not to forget the merits of the ancestors in creating a foundation and guarding the stability of the frontier, enhance national identity and cultural identity, contain deep practical significance and cultural significance, and is a typical creation epic of the Zhuang people.
The book integrates myths, stories, songs, and ritual words into one, and is full of strong rural life atmosphere and southern frontier culture. The book is also accompanied by audio of the chanting of the scriptures and videos of the discovery and collation process of the scriptures, which completely preserves the original national cultural elements such as the dialect, singing tone, singing voice, and music of the scriptures, and meets the needs of different scholars from multiple angles of research. Through the translation and annotation of the book, the vivid and detailed history of exchanges, exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups in Guangxi's frontier is displayed in three dimensions, providing rich historical experience and cultural resources for casting a solid sense of the Chinese national community and building a common spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation.
The Chinese Folk Art Mountain Flower Award is a national award approved by the Central Propaganda Department and organized by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Folk Writers Association, and is the highest award for folk art in China. Since the selection in 1999, the selection activities of the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Mountain Flower Award have always adhered to the implementation of the "two directions" and "double hundred" policies, with the purpose of improving the quality and taste of folk literary and artistic works, driven by inheritance and innovation, encouraging and calling on the majority of folk art workers to go deep into the grassroots, go deep into the folk, go deep into practice, and go deep into life, and constantly introduce folk art masterpieces worthy of the nation and the times, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture. Contribute wisdom and strength to the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Source: Autonomous Region Ethnic Ancient Books Center
Author: Lu Zibin
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