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English lyrics translated from Miao(Hmong) language:
My dear brother came to my village.
The village became bright.
The girl had a great shape.
The boy was really great-hearted.
When sun went down, we danced and sang songs together.
Playing Ancient Gourd Violins, we danced till the day break.
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Ayouduo's Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/ayd
Ayouduo's Photobook: http://photo.163.com/photos/layouduo/
Good news: Ayouduo was elected as a delegate of the National People's Congress in 2008.
Ayouduo - Sun Drum (Karaoke DVD)
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-index/pid-1010046148/
Ayouduo - Drunk in Miao Village (Music CD)
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-music/pid-1005122511/
Ayouduo - Miao Voice in the Heaven (Music CD)
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-music/pid-1004598699/
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About Ayouduo: I use songs to wash away my mother's sorrow
Ayouduo is not unacquainted to most of the Chinese. When Miao's "Flying Song" flied all over Qiandongnan, China and the whole world, many people remembered the name of this beautiful "Miao's Little Philomela".
When Ayouduo appears on the stage, she always dresses in rich attire of ethnic Miao. Her sweet smile is always happy and enchanting. Her melodious songs are like flowing water and floating clouds, clean spring water flowing down the valley, and tiny beads falling on a silvery plate. She is just like a butterfly skillfully flying in people's hearts with her mellow voices.
The first impression of Ayouduo is: joy. However, those who know Ayouduo's life understood that her childhood was not so easy, if not full of bitter.
On April 29, 1980, Ayouduo was born in Huangping County of Guizhou Province, a Miao village known as "a world of songs and a sea of dances" in deep mountains. When she was 3 years old, her two brothers died of illness. Shortly after that the disease claimed his father's life. Only she, her three sisters and her mother were left, depending on each other for life. A few years later, the three sisters were married to other places, leaving her and her mother struggling to live a poor life.
Her mother has been living in a shadow of sadness. Too many unfortunate and suffering made the life of her mother and her full of desolation.
Miao people love to sing songs. So her mother sings songs everyday to release the grief in heart. When her mother gets up every morning, she always sings sad Miao songs when she is cooking and preparing food for pigs. The tearful and touching tunes often wake Ayouduo up from dream. Influenced by her mother, she loved singing at a very young age.
During the interview, Ayouduo said with emotions, "When I was young, I sang songs as long as my mother started to sing. I sang joyful songs while my mother sang sad songs. I just wanted to use the joyful singing to give my mother a little more joy, a little less sad."
When Ayouduo learns some joyful songs from others, she always sings them to her mother. She feels very pleased when she sees a smile appearing on her mother's mournful face.
Maybe Ayouduo learned many new things about the outside world. She has been looking forward to leaving the deep mountain, to seeing wonderful scenes in the outside world, and to finding her own sky. When she left the small Miao village and worked in big cities, she kept fighting for a better life, for herself and for her mother. She wanted to become a famous singer so that her mother may forget about the past sadness.
Finally, Ayouduo became a "Miao's Folk Song Queen", thanks to her natural beauty, her solid training of singing in childhood, her skillful dancing and singing technique, and her willingness to win.
She is a golden phoenix flying out of Miao villages. She is a pride and honor of the people in Huangping County, the people in Qiandongnan Miao & Dong Autonomous Prefecture, and the Miao people!
Chinese version of this interview:
http://www.qdn.cn/Html/bizp/chat/20041012105221-1.html
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Ethnic Miao's Emblem:
http://www.worldartmuseum.cn/content/413/807_1.shtml
This emblem was designed by a Miao designer. From upper left to upper right: lusheng (qeej in Miao/Hmong language), butterfly, maple leaf. Lusheng is a typical Miao musical instrument; butterfly mother is the origin of Miao people in Miao legends; Miao people's first king named Chiyou was locked in a maple shackle by his enemies; maple tree is still considered as a sacred tree to keep village safe in many Miao villages. From lower left to lower right: ox-head dragon and kylin. These two sacred animals are often used as decorative figures in Miao embroidery.
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