"Yimakan"is a unique art mainly consisted of talking and singing which is passed by mouth and ear from generation to generation of Hezhen Nationality.The tune Yimakan adopted is termed Yimakan tune,and the form is the combination of a ...
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"Lurigele"Dance is a traditional hunting dance form of the Daur ethnic group,taking a circle formation and imitating animal and bird calls.There are three parts of the dance.Part one is for singing competition,singing primarily and dancing ...
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A Thangka is a painted or embroidered banner which was hung in a monastery or a family altar and carried by lamas in ceremonial processions. In Tibetan the word 'than' means flat and the suffix 'ka' stands for painting. The Thangka is thus ...
"Wish-Redeeming Dance", called "Feitao" in the Maonan language, is a general term of Maonan's activities related to redeeming a wish or other activities. It was prevalent during the transition from the Ming to Qing Dynasty. The dance was ...
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Firewood gathering dance is the representative folk dance of Li Minority, called "Zhuancha" and "Taicha" in Li's language. It originated from Li's funeral custom in ancient Yazhou Prefecture (today's Sanya City of Hainan Province). It is a ...
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Zhoushan is located in the north-eastern part of Zhejiang Province, east to the Hangzhou Bay and south to the mouth of the Yangtze River. The rich oceanic resources are the foundation of the local people's production and living, and the ...
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Xingguo County, located in south Jiangxi Province, is governed by Ganzhou City. Over 95% of the population in Xingguo is the descendants of Hakkas that immigrated from the Central Plains. The unique geographical condition and immigration ...
Shengzhou Chuida (wind and percussion) originated from the temple fair culture and has a close connection with the Buddhist music. It is a kind of folk music performed by instruments such as the gong, drum, urheen, jinghu, sanxian, cymbal, ...
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Long melody is a sort of ballad which was created by nomadic tribes in North China in the course of stockbreeding activities and is sung at the time of grazing and during traditional festivals. It is featured by long-drawn-out and leisurely ...
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Northeast Drum Song is a form of singing and recital with drum accompaniment which is popular in three provinces in Northeast China: Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang Province. Prevailing in Shenyang City where Fengtian Prefecture was ...
The weeding gong-drum song of northern Sichuan is largely distributed in the four counties and three districts of Guangyuan city. Qingchuan weeding gong-drum song is the most representative one. The folk song is usually performed by a group ...
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Chuige is a very ancient Chinese performance form with wind instruments among which pipe is the principal one supplemented by sheng, flute, xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), drum, big cymbals, and finger cymbals, etc. It can be rated as ...
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As the leading Taoist temples in Suzhou, Xuanmiao Taoist Temple is also the center for studying and performing Taoist music in Suzhou. Taoists inside the temple are known for belonging to the "Liberal Class" which is reputedly good at ...
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Mulian Opera got its name from a play named Mulian Rescues His Mother. As the oldest theatric genre, it can be called the ancestor of dramas. Mulian Opera is a theatric performance which is preserved in folk conventional activities. Its ...
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Xianzi, also called "Xie", "Ye" and "Baye", is a distinctive huqin of the Tibetan nationality. Xianzi Dance, also known as "Xianzi", is a Tibetan song and dance art form performed with the accompaniment of Xianzi. Xianzi Dance is ...
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