Shaanxi Xintianyou and Paper Cutting - Planned by Lan Peijin

Author: He Jianguo
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Northern Shaanxi is an ancient and mystical place. Nurtured by the loess soil, the people of Northern Shaanxi are hardworking, courageous, and highly creative. They persistently pursue and yearn for a better life, creating and passing down the invaluable cultural heritage of humanity—folk songs and paper-cutting. I love the folk songs of Northern Shaanxi, and I also love its paper-cutting. They have been passed down from ancient times to the present. The Xiantianyou (a unique mountain song form of Northern Shaanxi), like a powerful "Northwest Wind," has swept across China and even the world from the Loess Plateau. The captivating "living fossil"—paper-cutting—amazes countless people who step onto this land. Each paper-cut and every song of Xiantianyou record the era in which our ancestors lived and left behind their pursuit and dreams. The scenes encompass the vast world, and the melodies resonate deeply. To enable more readers to understand the original state of Northern Shaanxi folk songs and paper-cutting, the lyrics and melodies of the Xiantianyou in the book are recorded and organized based on the "authentic" singing style, and the paper-cutting is also preserved in its original form. The purpose is to authentically present to readers the rich spiritual world of the people of Northern Shaanxi and the colorful, simple life on the Loess Plateau.