Pawu's solo works include: Fishing Song, Spring to the Grassland, Happy Songs in Border Villages, Spring on the Lake, Busy Selection of Dai Girls, Beautiful Borderland, Songs and Dances by Red River Ridge, etc. The basic tone of "Fishing Song" composed by Yan Tieming is taken from the folk music of Hani and Yi people in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The tune is fresh and beautiful, which expresses the praise of the frontier people for their new life.

The well-known traditional music includes Yi people's Yuediao, Hani people's Chuantian and Evening Voice, Miao people's Mood and Dating, Dai people's Lieshao Tune, Zanha Tune and mangshi Bazi Tune.