Chinese Yao and Thai Iu Mien Performing Arts Management into Digital Learning Centre Design

Abstract

The Yao are the most widely distributed ethnic minority in southern China, and their performing arts gradually faded away after they migrated from China to Thailand. This research focus on to investigative and inscription the Chinese Yao and Thai Iu Mien Performing Arts as ethnic's music heritage on Chinese-Thai and theirs cultural significances values to design the program of Yao Performing Arts as ethnic's dance and music on digital learning centre disseminations. The researcher combined qualitative, fieldwork with ICOMOS and adapt to ICOM and comparative study of the performing arts. Research findings as in China in Jianghua and Jinxiu on music and rite Setting the Table, Inviting Guests, Finding Guests, Congratulating the Ancestral Statue, Welcoming the Guests, Opening the Gate, Making the Bed and music instrument including blowing tube, Suona, drums, cymbals, gongs and long drum. Thai Iu Mien wedding songs included Invitation to ancestors’ worship, greeting, eating, dinning, Welcoming the bride, coming, welcome, homing, blessing and Tray dance with music instruments Jayat, Dzoe Chao Jae and Bo Mang. The learning centre designing were Yao-Iu Mien Ethnographic Museum the image of the digital learning centre program of INHOUSE-OUTREACH as Building, Displays, Artifacts specimen, Events, Orientations, People, Shop-café - Toilets, Yao’s Souvenir Products Handbook as well.