Annual Report 2012–13

38 服務與關懷 貴州雖是專業會計學內地生袁文穎的家鄉，然而，她卻從未嘗踏足貴州少數民族聚居地。在貴州鄉土文化社實習， 使她有機會走到僻遠村落，了解世外桃源的生活。 文化社致力保育貴州本土文化，例如替村莊修葺戲台，讓以侗戲馳名的貴州侗 族有地方表演他們的民族歌舞。文化社又將村民擅長的刺繡藝術，轉化成工 藝品出售。該社調研人員常要訪村了解村民需要，文穎和兩同學隨他們出訪 不同的村落，其餘時間就協助文化社把文件翻譯成英文，好向外國申請資金。 文穎等人曾從貴陽到約六小時車程外的雀鳥村。她說那兒生活簡樸，自有 一份寧靜與安逸。「村裏沒有商店，各家都過着自給自足的生活。他們一大清 早便會落田耕種，午餐自備以樹葉包裹的飯團，傍晚就回家。」村民即使物質不充 裕，卻活得簡單開心，這種生活模式令她心生嚮往。 是次實習還令她明白要找適合方法保存文化的重要。當地年輕一輩多往外打工或求學， 村莊餘下的主要是年紀稍長者或兒童，要承傳歌唱文化，不能如過往般一代繼一代口耳相 傳，而是要有系統的整理戲本、歌本，方可妥善保存，這亦是文化社的工作之一。 Angelia Yuan, a mainland student of Professional Accountancy, came from Guizhou. However, she had never visited the remote areas of the province where the ethnic minorities live before her internship at Guizhou Institution for Indigenous Culture Development. The institution is committed to the conservation of indigenous cultures. For instance, it helped the inhabitants to repair a broken stage so the villagers could perform Dong ethnic songs and drama. It also assisted in promoting the villagers’ embroidery by packaging it as saleable commodity. Staff members of the institution visited the villages regularly. Angelia and other two team members joined them on several visits. For the rest of the time, they helped to translate overseas funding applications. Once, they visited Queniao Village which took them on a six-hour ride from Guiyang. Angelia said the people there lived a simple and happy life even though they were not wealthy in terms of material possessions. ‘There is no shop in the village but people are self-sufficient. They farm in the early morning, eat their self-packed lunches and come back home in the evening.’ She found that this was the life she desired. Angelia also learnt the importance passing on one’s culture. After youth and middle-agers leave the village to work or study, only the elderly and the young children remain. It is difficult to pass on songs orally, so a systematic way of recording scripts, lyrics, and scores is required. This is one of the institution’s projects. 承傳少數民族文化 Conserving the Culture of Ethnic Minorities