★ Classics of Yunnan Ethnic Groups in English Translation is a collection of 17 classical works from 11 ethnic groups in Yunnan Province, published in the bilingual form.
★ This is the first time in China that a large-scale English translation of Yunnan's rich ethnic classics has been undertaken.
★ The classics selected for the set are mainly myths and epics of various ethnic groups, such as Zhaoshutun, Old Folk Songs of the Dai & the Naxi, Manau Jaiwa, PamiChali, Zhisa Jiabu, Chamu, Meige and The Gold Flute, etc.

As a book of the Yunnan Ethnic Folklore Classics, Old Folk Songs of the Dai & the Naxi includes ten folk songs of the Dai and the Naxi. Old songs are folk tales popular among the ethnic groups in south China. They tell the myths and legends of the creation of the world as imagined by the ancestors of these people.
While collecting the songs, Zhou first invited Zanha, local professional singers, to sing, but later he asked some minority university students who could sing to come and help. Those students were not only proficient in their own minority languages but also had learned Mandarin Chinese. So songs recorded w ere closer to their originals and became important materials for study of the folk literature and culture of the Dai and the Naxi.

Old Folk Songs of the Dai // 1
Sweet Encountering // 3
Wedding Song // 15
Song of a Chrysanthemum // 21
Sad Song about Love // 41
Song of a Legend // 55
Song of War // 59
House Building Song // 65
Three Old Folk Songs of the Naxi // 77 Wusami of Dale // 79
Hunting Song // 141
Sad Wandering Song // 183