长阳南曲,是湖北地方小曲中一个较为古老的曲种,原名南曲,又名丝弦,主要流传在长阳、五峰两个土家族自治县境内,以资丘最盛。1962年,长阳在收集整理南曲资料时定名为“长阳南曲”。最早传入土家地区的时间至迟在清雍乾之际,系“改土归流”前后引进而“本土化”的艺术品种,它以浓郁的民族民间特色和鲜明的地方风格,在曲坛被誉为“绚丽的山花”。2008年3月,南曲被 Changyang Southern Song, Hubei local song is an older song, formerly known as the Southern Song, also known as string, mainly spread in Changyang, Wufeng two Tujia Autonomous County in the most prosperous. In 1962, Changyang in the collection and processing of information when the Southern Song named “Changyang Southern Song.” The earliest time passed into the Tujia region at the time of the Qing Emperor Yongzheng was the variety of art introduced before and after the change of land and the localization of the land. It was characterized by its strong national folk features and distinctive local style , In the altar known as “brilliant mountain flowers ”. In 2008 March, South song was