Buyi

(Soundbite of music) LIM: And that's how Guo Yong, whos a member of the Buyi minority from the southwest province of Guizhou, ended up on stage in the National Theatre in Beijing blowing on a leaf.

Master Of The Leaf: Preserving China's Music 2010

RAO: Indy (ph) veteran Buyi served as our guide, join me Anjali Rao for Talk Asia in Beijing only on CNN.

CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2009 2009

Classically trained composer Guo Yong says it took him years to see the value of his Buyi minority music, such as blowing on leaves to mimic birdsong.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Slick Red-One lensing, a pacy, heterogeneous score and two great perfs in the strongest strands sit side-by-side with an uninvolving, hoary third storyline involving a breakdancer (Philip Buyi) with a dark past.

Variety.com 2010

Slick Red-One lensing, a pacy, heterogeneous score and two great perfs in the strongest strands sit side-by-side with an uninvolving, hoary third storyline involving a breakdancer (Philip Buyi) with a dark past.

Variety.com 2010

Guo is from the Buyi minority, from Guizhou province in Southwestern China, and this is where he learned his leaf skills.

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Guiyang is home to more than thirty minority ethnic groups (I would like to say, think of it as thirty Aboriginal Tribes but I can't as we killed most of them) including Miao, Buyi, Dong and Hui so it abounds with unique folk culture (unlike Australia) and traditions that give rise to many colorful ethnic minority activities (also unlike Australia).

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

Guo Yong from the Buyi minority blowing a melody on an ordinary leaf

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Buyi says they do not tithe because they believe Jesus Christ offered his body as the only tithe and nothing else is supposed to replace this.

AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

Classically trained composer Guo Yong says it took him years to see the value of his Buyi minority music, such as blowing on leaves to mimic birdsong.

NPR Topics: News 2010