---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 15 Feb 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Music: Traditional Songs and Stories of the Hua Miao of South West China Ed./Corp.: Steve Rake and Keith Parsons, University of Southampton, UK URL: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~str/miao/songs/index.html Language: English. 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." Description: The songs within this archive are presented in the form 1. Introduction, 2. Translation, 3. Transcription, and 4. Notes. No sound examples are available. The accompanying searchable English-Miao Miao-English dictionary seems to be very useful (download of a Miao font is necessary). Site contents: (1) Using this archive (Setting up your browser, The song documents); (2) Introduction to the Songs (The people called 'A-hmao' and their writings, The origin of the documents, Handling the documents); (3) The Symbols and Sounds of the Miao Script; (4) Writing Miao text and the Ahmao font (Ahmao font Miao template Pin-yin); Index of Songs (Beginnings, Miao 'history', Miao social life, Narratives); (5) Index of Songs (Beginnings; Miao "history"; Miao social life; Narratives); (6) The Hua Miao - English On-line Glossary. Note: Contains some files in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed). Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (12 Feb 2001) by Rosemary Seton (SOAS, UK), forwarded by Frances Wood, British Library, UK.