Whose is the longest narrative poem in the world?

Many nationalities in the world have epics. Over time, most of them were left to their own devices. Only a few epics have been recorded in written form and become a common treasure of mankind. For example, the ancient Greek epics "Iliad" and "Odyssey", in which the characters and stories are still circulated everywhere, but the organic part of the epic, the troubadour like Homer, is long gone.

Whose is the longest narrative poem in the world?

China's epic Biography of King Gesar is different. The Biography of King Gesar is a living epic with original ecological specimen significance, which is still sung orally by poets.

The Biography of King Gesar is the longest epic in the world, more famous than the one in the world. Five epics? The sum of is even longer.

The Biography of King Gesar is an epic that spreads widely and affects many nationalities. It was born in Tibetan areas and spread among Tibetans, Mongolians, Naxi, Yugur and Bai. Abroad, people from Mongolia, Buryatia, kalmyk, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and other countries also sang.

The study of King Gesar's Biography is an outstanding study of Tibetan studies in the world today. /kloc-was introduced to Europe in the 0/8th century, and attracted the attention of many anthropologists, historians, sociologists, writers and artists after the 1930 s. In China, as early as19th century, local rice flour was produced. Gesar experts like Ji Lang Garcho. From the 1930 s, since Mr. Naiqiang took office, Gesar research experts in China have emerged one after another. Especially in the early' 80s? National Gesar work leading group? After the establishment of Gesar, the research was more in-depth and detailed, and the results were unprecedented. China recommended it at the 3rd1General Conference of UNESCO held in Paris in 20001? Millennium celebration of the epic Gesar? Be included? In 2002-2003, UNESCO participated in the project? .

The precocious ancient China once asked the German philosopher Hegel to make such an assertion:? China has no epic? . The appearance of the Biography of King Gesar broke this statement.

Because of word of mouth and wide geographical spread, the singing method of King Gelsall is very flexible: the singing method is different between different regions; Different artists in the same area sing differently; The rap of the same artist will be slightly different every time due to various reasons such as health and mood. But they all tell the same story:

/kloc-More than 0/000 years ago, tribes in Tibetan areas were harassed by demons and ghosts, and the people were in dire straits. Guanyin Bodhisattva was moved by compassion and went to Sakyamuni to tell him how to get people out of their misery.

Sakyamuni said: You can send the youngest son of the White Brahma King to the lower world to help the black-headed Tibetans.

The youngest son of the White Sail King proposed the lower bound on the condition that his mother should be born in a noble family. So Lotus Peanut went to the Dragon King's house to cast spells, which made the Dragon King's family sick. When the Dragon King was at a loss, Lotus Peanut went for treatment. The reward demanded by Lotus Peanut was that the little daughter of the Dragon King would go with him, and the Dragon King agreed.

Lotus Peanut arranged the daughter of the Dragon King for King Gelsall's father. As soon as Gesar was born, he was rejected by his uncle Tong Chao. Together with his mother, he drifted to the poorest place as a herdsman and suffered human suffering. When Gesar 12 years old, his uncle Tong Chao advocated inter-tribal horse racing, saying that whoever wins the race can be king and marry beautiful Zhu Mu. Young Gesar rode a thin horse and won the championship with the help of God. Since then, he has been king. After becoming king, Gesar conquered the north, conquered the devil, completed the mission of salvation and returned to heaven.

It's simple, but it takes artists a long time to apply it. The artist Zaba rapped 25 Biographies of King Gesar before his death, which is equivalent to 5 Dream of Red Mansions.

As an important organic part of the epic, the legend of the artist in Gesar is even more legendary than the biography of King Gesar. Professor Yang divides artists into five categories:

Gifted artists: They often claim that they had strange dreams when they were young. After waking up, they began to rap "The Biography of King Gesar" without learning how to learn. Everyone can rap fluently with twenty or even dozens. These artists are basically illiterate, but their exquisite diction and superb structural ability are really puzzling. Due to the low social status and extreme poverty of artists in the old society, most of them made a living by wandering around and had special life experiences.

Artists I know: They rap only after listening to other people's rap or seeing the book The Biography of King Gesar. There are many artists in this part. Most of them can rap three or four paragraphs, and a few can rap one or two paragraphs. Some of them just rap some wonderful works in chapters.

Tibetan excavator:? Digging? This is the term of Maning in Tibetan Buddhism. These artists claim that they can find classics that others can't see, so they can rap. There are few such artists.

Reciting artist: Reading and rapping with an epic book in his hand is generally known for its rich tunes.

Round light artist: Round light was originally a divination method of wizards and gods, that is, with the help of spells, you can see everything the soothsayers want to know through bronze mirrors. Round light artists claim that their eyes are different, and they can see words and images that others can't see with the help of bronze mirrors. Kacha Zaba, a dead circle light artist, claimed that he saw the lines of the epic through a bronze mirror and copied them down.