The World-Wide Web Virtual Library
12 Feb 2001
Traditional Songs and Stories
of the Hua Miao of SW China
University of Southampton, UK
Supplied note:
"[The site] has been put togther by Dr Steve Rake of the University of
Southampton, using traditional songs and stories of the Miao people
of South West China collected and translated by the Rev. Keith
Parsons. (Keith is the son of Bible Christian Missionaries Harry and
Annie Parson who were colleagues of Sam Pollard in Yunnan Province in
the early years of the last century). There are also sections on the
symbols and sounds of the Miao script and Miao history and social
life."
Site contents: Using this archive (Setting up your browser, The song documents);
Introduction to the Songs (The people called 'A-hmao' and their
writings, The origin of the documents, Handling the documents); The
Symbols and Sounds of the Miao Script; Writing Miao text and the Ahmao
font (Ahmao font Miao template Pin-yin); Index of Songs (Beginnings,
Miao 'history', Miao social life, Narratives)
URL http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~str/miao/songs/index.html
Link reported by: Rosemary Seton (rs8@soas.ac.uk), forwarded by Frances Wood (frances.wood@bl.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful