Tujia Love Song of Leaves
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“Oh, the leaves on the mountain have been decayed in piles because the boys not know how to blow. As long as he blows the leaf aloud, he can attract a girl by himself. It does not need ash to grow buckwheat on the slope; young men do not need matchmaker to find a girl. The buckwheat will die if you use ash; rumors spread widely if you hire a matchmaker...“ The Love Song of Leaves is the melodies played by Tujia people with leaves. It is a love song that presents the sincerity and brave pursuit of young men and women to the love. Originated from a folk song of Tujia and Miao Autonomous County of Youyang, Chongqing, it is the accompany of hand-waving dance of Tujia. The Love Song of Leaves expresses the love with a song, which is the unique way for Youyang Tujia fellows to propose to their beloved girl in thousands of years. In the past, the young men and women were too shy to express their affection. However, they disliked the rumors spread by the matchmaker. Therefore, they converted their love to the leaf. Tujia young men picked the leaf to blow. Melodious music notes came out from the leaf slowly. What a romantic scene! As the time went on, it became a unique folk skill of Youyang gradually. Thus, Youyang once had magical marriage custom of “taking leaf as the matchmaker”. 


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