Quan Bac Ninh

Bac Ninh Quan is the folk songs of the Northern Delta region, mainly concentrated in Kinh Bac (Bac Ninh and Bac Giang). This is an art that is made up of many factors such as music, lyrics, costumes, festivals . with a folk love singing, expressing a close relationship between "instant brother", "immediately she" sang them and is a typical culture of Kinh Bac people.

Folk songs of Bac Ninh family - World intangible cultural heritage

The Quan Ho is the most rich folk song in terms of Vietnamese folk songs and is handed down from generation to generation through oral transmission. In order to sing, they must have "guys ": " men" or "girls ". So in a village they often have many "men" and "girls". Each "group" usually has 4, 5, 6 people and is named in the following order: sisters Two, Three, Four, Six, Six, or Two, Three, Four, Six, and Six. If the number of people is 7, 8 people, they will be named Ba, Tu (small) or Mr. Ba, Mr. Tu (small) . but not Ms. Bay, Tam or Anh, Bay and Eight. In their activities, the members of the "bureaucrats" did not call each other by their real names, but called by their names in "them".

Singing Quan Ho is a form of singing and responding between "men" and " girls" . A "girl" of this village sings with a "male" of the other village with a song with the same melody, different from lyrics and dialogue. "The song " assigned the lead singer, who sang the song but the voice of two people singing together must be made into a voice to create a unified sound. Their folk songs have 213 different voices, with over 400 songs. The word of a song has two parts: the main and the secondary. The word is the poem and folk song of Vietnam, most of which are hexagons, hexagonal variations, four words or four mixed words with metaphorical words, pure, exemplary. This is the core part, reflecting the content of the song to show the love of the couple. The secondary word includes all the languages ​​outside the main lyrics, the accompaniment, the sound of the sound like i hi, ơi, a ha, etc.

Bac Ninh mandarin exists in a cultural environment with its own social practices. The first is the "coherence " practice among the villages of their interest. From the "conclusion", in the "guys" they appear a custom of society, especially to make friends with them. Each of the "villagers" of a village made friends with a "fellow" in another village on the principle that male friends made friends with female relatives and vice versa. With the village "married", boys and girls in the "guys" they have made friends not married.

A difference of the Bac Ninh bureaucracy compared to other folk songs in Vietnam in the transmission is "sleeping". After a day of work, the "guys", especially the boys and girls from 9 to 17 years old, often invite each other to "sleep" at Mr. / Mrs. Trum's house to practice speaking, behaving, communicating, studying sentences. , vocal training, and especially know how to break your voice and respond promptly. The request for "sleeping" is "instant" and "immediately", it is necessary to pair and practice so that each pair can sing in a voice to sing.

Speaking to the Bac Ninh mandarin, they refer to the cuisine of their family. If they are betel nut, they must be betel nut with betel nut or betel nut, tea must be Thai Nguyen tea . The mandarin they use knitting tray means red painted round tray, also called "lipstick", both solemn and expressing the sentiment of the host to guests. The dishes in the meal depend on the traditions of each village, but there must be a plate of chicken, two plates of silk rolls, lean pork, especially do not use fatty foods to avoid accent.

In their view, the costumes of "instant brother" and "instant sister" are different. Costume of "instant sister" consists of three-level hats or sports hats, scarves and crows, bibs, skirts, belts, sandals. The "instant" outfit of him included turban, plaques, inner blouses, and 5 outer body dresses, pants and sandals.

At 16h55 on September 30, 2009 in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, the UNESCO Committee recognized Bac Ninh's coffin as the representative intangible cultural heritage of Humanity based on Cultural values, values ​​keep social customs, performance art, cultural behavior, lyrics and costumes.

The official recognition scope includes 49 villages with the following distribution: Bac Giang province has 5 villages namely Huu Nghi, Gia Son, Mai Vu, Noi Ninh and Sen Ho; Bac Ninh province has 44 villages: Bai Uyen, Due Dong, Ha Giang, Hoai Thi, Hoai Trung, Lung Giang, Lung Son, Ngang Noi, Van Kham, Tam Son, Tieu, Dong Mai, Dong Yen, Bo Son, Cham Khe, Co Me, Duong O, Dau Han, Dieu Thon, Dong Xa, Do Xa, Hoa Dinh, Huu Chap, Kha Le, Khuc Tai, Thuc Doai, Thuc Son, Thuc Tien, Niem Xa, Phuc Son, Thanh Son, Thi Chung, Thi Cau, Tho Ninh, Thuong Dong, Tra Xuyen, Ve An, Viem Xa, Xuan Ai, Xuan Dong, Xuan O, Xuan Vien, Y Na and Yen Man.