Ethnic Music of the Tujia People

Author: Tian Shigao
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: The book "An Introduction to Tujia Music" reviews the history of Tujia music, clarifies the symbiotic relationship between Tujia music and ethnology, ethnology, geography, anthropology, and linguistics, analyzes the constituent factors of Tujia music, reveals its cultural and dance features, and thus presents a comprehensive picture of this ancient ethnic folk music to the world. "An Introduction to Tujia Music" is one of the series of books on Tujia studies. The author, Tian Shijia, was born in a Tujia village on the banks of the Qingjiang River in western Hubei. Growing up drinking the milk of the river that originates from the Wuling Mountains, he has been deeply influenced by Tujia music from a young age and has developed a passion for it.