Ashima
Ashima ( Chinese 阿詩瑪 / 阿诗玛 , Pinyin Āshīmǎ ) is an epic of the Sani , a branch of the ethnic group of the Yi nationality (Lolo) in Yunnan in the People's Republic of China .
The beautiful girl Ashima ( 阿诗玛 ) is kidnapped by the son of a landowner and forced to marry. Ahei ( 阿 黑 ), her beloved, rushes to her rescue with his magical bows and arrows. He vies with the kidnapper in singing for three days and nights until he finally wins. On the way back, Ashima drowns in a flood. It transforms into the now famous Ashima rock in the stone forest in Shilin der Yi Autonomous County . Ashima is considered the protector of the medics . (According to the web links, there appear to be multiple versions of the story.)
The story was recorded late. It was translated from the language of the Sani ( 撒尼 语 ) into Chinese and also into Western languages, for example in 1980 by Gladys Yang into English.
It was mentioned as early as the end of the 19th century by the French Catholic missionary Paul Vial ( 保 禄 · ( ) (1855-1917).
The epic is on the intangible cultural heritage list of the People's Republic of China .
Film adaptations
- Ashima (1964) - with Yang Likun ( 杨丽坤 ) in the title role
literature
- Yi Nationality Literature Online Bibliography (Nos. 5, 21, 33, 34)
- Epics in China: A Working Bibliography
- Yunnan Sheng Renmin Wengongtuan Guishan Gongzuozu souji zhengli. Zhongguo Zuojia Xiehui Kunming Fenhui Zhongxin zhengli: Ashima. Yizu minjian xushishi (chongxin zhengli ben). Beijing: Renmin Wenxue Chubanshe 1978
- Gladys Yang : Ashima. Transl. into Engl. by Gladys Yang. 2nd ed.Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1981
- Ma Xueliang et al .; Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan / Shaoshu minzu wenxue yanjiusuo (ed.): Ashima: Yi Han dui zhao. Beijing: Zhongguo min jian wen yi chu ban she, 1985 (bilingual: Yi with Chinese translation)
- Paul Vial : Les Lolos: Histoire. Religion. Mœurs. Langue. Écriture. Chang-hai: Imprimerie de la Mission catholique 1898 (Études sino-orientales; fasc. A) ( Online ; PDF; 2.1 MB)
Web links
- Manners and customs of the Sani - a subgroup of the Yi nationality in southwest China
- Ashima: A love story
- The stone forest in Yunnan
- The Legend of Ashima - English
- Notes on the Sani - English (PDF file; 178 kB)
- The Untitled Epos of the Yi People Uncovered By Foreigner in the 19th Century Is Identified A Shi Ma - Chinese
- Ashima (Intangible Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China) ( MS Word ; 70 kB) - Chinese
- Collected Works of Paul Vial - Chinese
- Ashima de chuanshuo (Sanizu) - Chinese
- The film version from 1964 on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ↑ or changshi ( 长诗 ) or xushi changshi ( 叙事 长诗 ); engl. narrative poem or narrative long poem.
- ↑ http://german.china.org.cn/environment/archive/karst/2007-05/28/content_8311697.htm
- ↑ http://ilib.cn/A-mzwxyj200102017.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. http://www.snwh.gov.cn/ypfiles/ashima.doc ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
