酉阳古歌主要流传于酉阳土家族苗族自治县,是土家族宗教职业者——梯玛在法事活动中所唱念吟诵的歌词。它是南方古文化在武陵山区延续和衍变的产物,是劳动人民长期积累的自然知识和社会知识的总汇。酉阳古歌有双句押尾韵的自由体和两句一节、四句一节句尾押韵的格律体,多为四言七言句式,穿插连接。有高腔与平腔两种唱腔,颇有韵味。代表 Youyang ancient songs are mainly spread in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, is a religious occupation of Tujia - Tima in the ritual activities sung by the recitation of the lyrics. It is the product of the continuation and evolution of the ancient Southern culture in the Wuling Mountains. It is a collection of natural and social knowledge long accumulated by the working people. Youyang ancient songs with a double sentence of the rhyming of the free body and two sentences, four sentence rhyme sentence at the end of the body, mostly four words and seven sentences, interspersed connected. High cavities and flat cavity two kinds of singing, quite charm. representative