“你的頭發(fā)為何梳一半不梳一半，你的臉為何洗一半不洗一半，你的手為何白一半黑一半？”……53歲的和金梅面朝太陽肅穆而立，歌聲遏云繞梁，婉轉(zhuǎn)處催人淚下。每次當她唱起這首藏族偉大的史詩《格薩爾王傳》，總能讓聽者為之動容，無論是當?shù)厝诉€是過客。

“Why is your hair half-combed, why is your face half-washed, and why do you have black and white hands?” The 53-year-old He Jinmei was singing beautifully, facing the sun and standing squarely.　

Whenever she sang the Epic of King Gesar, the listeners would be visibly moved, be it a native or a visitor from afar.

《格薩爾王傳》是藏族的鴻篇史詩。在漫長的歷史中，這部史詩一直以口口相傳的方式在藏地廣泛流傳，并逐漸藝術(shù)化，形成了獨特的“說唱”表演和傳播形式。但讓人遺憾的是，如今在迪慶，格薩爾說唱已成重度瀕危的非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)，能夠說唱格薩爾的傳承人已經(jīng)不多了。

The Epic of King Gesar is one of the world's great epics, as significant for Tibetans as the Odyssey and Iliad for the ancient Greeks. In history, the epic used to be widely spread in Tibetan regions from mouth to mouth.　

But now the epic has become an endangered cultural heritage in northwest Yunnan’s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and only a few inheritors can sing King Gesar.

“從14歲接觸格薩爾說唱，我就被這個故事打動，并深深愛上了它。此后幾十年，我一直跟著阿佬學唱格薩爾，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)能把52段全部唱完了。在塔城，在迪慶，我可是除了阿佬之外唯一一個能唱完的人了。我會一直唱下去，讓格薩爾的故事代代相傳。”說到動情處，和金梅美麗的眼睛笑成了彎月亮。和金梅口中的“阿佬”，就是世界級非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)項目格薩（斯）爾的國家級代表性傳承人和明遠。他既是和金梅的老師，更是和金梅信任和依賴的長輩。

“At the age of 14, I began to sing King Gesar. The story moved me a lot and I fell in love with it. For decades, I’ve been learning the epic from the master, and now I can sing all 52 episodes." He Jinmei said passionately, smiling.

"In Diqing, I am the only one who can sing the full epic in addition to my master. I’ll go on singing so that the King’s story can be passed down from generation to generation,” she added.

Jinmei’s master is He Mingyuan, national inheritor of the world-class intangible cultural heritage project of King Gesar. For Jinmei, Mingyuan is both her teacher and a senior whom she trusts and relies on.

14歲時的一次集體勞動，讓和金梅與格薩爾說唱結(jié)下了一生的緣。勞動之余，大人們跳起鍋莊，剛剛初中畢業(yè)的和金梅則纏著和明遠講故事。和明遠年輕時曾在寺院中學習藏文并習得了格薩爾說唱的曲調(diào)，那個下午，格薩爾的故事就隨著和明遠的講述和唱頌深深刻在了和金梅的心中。悠揚深沉的曲調(diào)，讓被稱為“塔城百靈鳥”的和金梅沉浸其中不能自拔。“我要跟你學！”少女和金梅激動地拉著和明遠的手要求。“按咱們藏族的說法，唱這個生活會很艱難的哦！”和明遠認真地問?！拔也慌拢　焙徒鹈穲远ǖ卮??！澳呛?，我教你?！焙兔鬟h也鄭重承諾。這一教一學，就是近40年。和明遠的吟唱從此不再孤單，師徒二人的格薩爾對唱，將英雄的故事傳到塔城及周邊。

A collective farming allowed He Jinmei to forge a life-long relation to the epic.

Having done the labor, the adults relaxed themselves via the Guozhuang dancing, while Jinmei, who just graduated from junior high school, nagged Mingyuan to tell her stories.

Mingyuan had studied Tibetan in the monastery and picked up some tunes in the epic. That afternoon, He Jinmei instantly fell in love with the melodies and King Gesar’s story was engraved at Jinmei’s heart.

“I want to learn from you!” said Jinmei begging Mingyuan. Back then, the 14-year-old girl was nicknamed a “l(fā)ark of Tacheng.”

“But you should understand singing the epic means you have to live a poor life,” Mingyuan told her seriously.

“I don’t care,” replied Jinmei firmly.

“That's good, and then I’ll teach you,” promised Mingyuan.

In the ensuing 40 years, Mingyuan’s epic singing has been followed by Jinmei’s clear, high voice, and their antiphonal singing spread the King’s story aross Tacheng and its nearby villages.　　一曲唱完，不僅我們深深著迷，連旁邊的藏族小伙子也聽呆了：“我還是第一次聽格薩爾說唱，太美了！”和金梅笑了：“我們當?shù)芈犨^格薩爾說唱的藏族群眾越來越少了，所以我著急得很。阿佬現(xiàn)在70多歲了，身體不太好，我只有天天纏著他，盡可能多學點學好點?！薄半y學嗎？”記者問。“太難學了！我很聰明的，電視劇的歌看兩遍就會。可是格薩爾說唱，需要很多遍才能學會記住?！?格薩爾說唱沒有歌譜傳世，全靠人們的記憶傳承。所以，不敢錯不能錯，是對傳承人的基本要求。

A tune came to an end. The audiences, including a Tibetan young man, were deeply fascinated. “It’s my first time to listen to the epic, so beautiful!” said the young man.

Jinmei smiled: “Fewer and fewer Local Tibetans listened to King Gesar’s epic, so I am quite anxious. The master is now in his 70s, and he isn’t in good health. I’m still nagging, trying to learn from him as much as possible.”

“Is it easy to learn the epic?” one listener asked. “No! Very hard. I was smart in singing, and I picked up songs on TV that was played once or twice. But for the epic tunes, it took me many times to learn a single tune.”

The King Gesar epic has no written musical notes, and the singer has to learn the melodies all by heart. As an inheritor, it is essential to make no mistake. Mistakes are taboo.

一項技藝的傳承不僅靠喜愛，更要靠堅持。為了學好學全，和金梅幾乎把所有的休息時間都用上了。向老師一句一句地請教，回家一段一段背誦?！拔覍W了那么多年，直到最近幾年，才把阿佬掌握的十多個唱腔、50余段故事全部學會?！笨粗赃吿脽峄鸪斓臒岚停徒鹈奉H有個性地說：“塔城的藏族都愛跳熱巴，我以前也愛，還是維西縣級非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)項目塔城熱巴舞代表性傳承人呢！可現(xiàn)在，我就獨愛格薩爾說唱，我要成為格薩爾說唱的傳承人！”陽光穿過碧藍的天空，鋪灑在色彩對比鮮明的藏式木樓前，讓人看到了塔城文化最艷麗最熾熱的一面。

To learn the epic, Jinmei almost devoted all her leisure time. “Over the past decades, I have been singing, but finished it only in recent years. The epic covers more than 50 episodes in ten plus tunes, said Jinmei.At the lively Reba dancing nearby, He Jinmei recalled she used to be good at the dancing like most Tibetans in Tacheng, but now what she want to do is to be the inheritor of the King Gesar epic.

In the sun shines and under the blue sky, the dancing and singing formed a marvelous picture of Tacheng’s local culture in front of the Tibetan wooden houses.

為了保護格薩爾說唱這項重度瀕危非遺，當?shù)叵肓撕芏噢k法。除了和金梅，和明遠也在對自己的子孫輩口傳心授，希望能有更多的人掌握這項傳統(tǒng)的藝術(shù)。而作為塔城村委會的婦女主任，和金梅也會在各種場合推廣格薩爾說唱。“來，讓我給你們唱一個偉大英雄的故事吧！”已成為和金梅在村級活動結(jié)束后的“口頭禪”。

To save this heavily-endangered art, He Jinmei and He Mingyuan are now teaching their own offspring, trying to get more people engaged in tradition.

As women’s director of the Tacheng Village Committee, He Jinmei even promotes the epic in public. “Come on! Let me sing you a heroic story.” Jinmei often says at the end of villagers’ meetings.

“給我準備一頂黃色的狐貍帽，給我準備一個象牙的板指，給我準備一雙氆氌做的烏拉靴……”看周圍的人們都沉醉于這意味悠長的吟唱，格薩爾說唱的傳承之火定不會熄滅。

“Give me a yellow fox cap, give me a thumb ring made of ivory, and give me a pair of boots with Tibetan wool...” He Jinmei continued her singing.

云南日報全媒體記者 張若谷 熊燕 儲東華 李文君

英文編譯 王世學