This article focuses on the two dimensions of history and field of the marriage ceremony music of the Yao people, and then grasps the overall cultural significance of the traditional music of the Yao people. Through the investigation of the marriage ritual music of Nanling Yao, the author believes that it is the traditional culture of the Yao nationality that has undergone a series of conversion and cultivation processes in the long-term Chinese political, social and historical development context since the Song Dynasty product. It is also a product of the selective inheritance and reconstruction of a culture that has interacted with and merged with other cultures in a pluralistic society and historical background. In particular, the system of Xuanwei Division and Health Center established during the Yuan and Ming dynasties created an extremely favorable social space for the process of cultivating the traditional culture of the Yao nationality.

Tianhui Zhang, Qiaowei Li. Field Investigation on the Marriage and Custom Music Culture of Yao Nationality in Nanling Area. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2020) Vol. 3, Issue 5: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2020.030501.

[1] Zhou Xiaohui. The unique marriage custom of Yao nationality. Nan Guo Today: Theoretical Innovation Edition, no. 9, pp. 149~ 151, 2008.
[2] Xu Wenqing. Guangdong Yao Ethnic Marriage Customs. Guangdong Shizhi, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 68-71, 2014.
[3] Huang Zhaoju, Li Huimei, Luo Qing, et al. Research on the marriage custom of Yao nationality in Jinxiu Dayaoshan. Changjiang Series, vol. 6, no.17, pp.41-41, 2016.
[4] Lan Jianming. Feel the Yao Wedding Marriage Lan Jianming Guan Xianglin Folk Art China Tour. Forum for Nationalities, no.8, pp. 19-20, 2007.
[5] Anonymous. A Cross-border Comparative Study of the Wedding Music of the Yao Nationality-Introduction to the Project Host Zhao Shufeng, Project of the Middle and Old Yao Nationalities. Ethnic Art, vol.127, no. 6, pp. 171, 2015.