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Poyang Fisherfolk Songs

Poyang fisherfolk songs are a folk tradition from the Poyang Lake area with a history of more than a thousand years. They are a representative item of Jiangxi provincial intangible cultural heritage and include duets and solo songs associated with boating and lakeside fishing work.

Updated · rev 25

Overview

Poyang fisherfolk songs are traditional folk songs from the Poyang Lake area, with a history dating back to the Song dynasty. They are a representative item of Jiangxi provincial intangible cultural heritage[1][2].

Forms and settings

The repertoire is varied and includes duets between men and women, female and male solos, and songs that people of all ages can sing[2]. The songs are connected with life on the water: some are sung while sailing with a favorable wind, while slower pieces accompany lakeside work such as drying or mending nets and repairing boats[2].

Representative songs

The duet "Harming Me So That I Dropped My Boat Pole" is one example. Female solo "When Will My Beloved Return?" has a wide-ranging melody and uses vocables to evoke calling to the wind while boating. Male solos "Build the Bow to Run Well" and "I Make My Living by Fishing" have brisk, forceful rhythms. "Moon Reflected in Water, All for Nothing" is slower and can accompany fishing work on shore[2].

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  1. A thousand years of Poyang: one city of lake light · Shangrao News Network · 2026-01-04

    section on intangible cultural heritage

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  2. Ten provincial intangible heritage items of Poyang County · Tencent News · 2023-12-20

    sections on Poyang Lake fishing customs and Poyang yugu

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