The Song of Gold and Silver

The Song of Gold and Silver

The Song of Gold and Silver (Jin Ying Ge in Chinese) is the creation poem of the Miao ethnic group in southeast of Guizhou Province,which is translated into Chinese by Ma Xueliang and Jin Dan.

The Song of Gold and Silver records the origin,ancient social conditions and customs of the Miao ethnic group,and it is full of fancy myths.It embodies the philosophical thinking of the Miao’s ancestors and has great literary and social values.

One section of“The creation of the world”writes:

Let’s take a look at the creation of the world.

Who smelted the heaven and earth?(https://www.daowen.com)

The great grandpa and grandma in ancient times made a great crucible,

and used it to mold the heaven and to refine the earth.

They cast the world into two pieces,

the white one floating up and the black one going down.

Then they got a spacious heaven and a broad earth.