Abstract: The folk songs of Miao people in La’ershan,Xiangxi is one of the indispensable art forms for those living on tablelands.The study on the protection and inheritance of folk music from the perspective of folklore is the modernity transformation of comprehensive art mode and understanding paradigm of combining Miao people’s traditional music with musical anthropology of related disciplines and research fields.The author thinks that the “living protection” principle for traditional music is to put folk music in specific culture of protection and inheritance,and to integrate multi-cultures of plural nationalities by making use of the characteristics of regional differences.The paper presents a study of the local Miao people’s folk songs to help us understand the living characteristics of the protection and inheritance of traditional art form of music culture better,and to provide us with effective measures.

Key words: folk music, folklore, folk songs of Miao people in Xiangxi, inheritance, protection