Buyi Eight-tone Sitting Singing, also known as "Buyi Eight-tone," is a form of folk storytelling that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Buyi ethnic group in China. For centuries, Buyi people’s eight-tone sitting singing has been practiced in the villages in Nanpanjiang River Basin. It is said that the prototype of Buyi Eight-tone belongs to ancient Chinese court music, which is mainly based on wind and percussion instruments. After the Ming Dynasty in China, due to changes in the aesthetic consciousness of the Buyi ethnic group, it gradually developed into a form of folk art performed with stringed and bamboo instruments.
