Chinese Homeland Folk Song

Author: Yang Ruiqing
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: China is a multi-ethnic country, with most of its 56 ethnic groups being skilled in singing and dancing. Their beautiful songs weave a colorful garland, shining and fragrant on the stage, full of charming allure. Ethnic unity is a fundamental policy of China, and singing for ethnic unity is the sacred duty of musicians. Compiling songs from various ethnic groups is undoubtedly a meritorious deed, serving both as choices for song enthusiasts to sing and as references for composers to create, most importantly, accumulating an excellent musical heritage for all ethnic minorities. The 500 songs selected in this book are mostly well-known and excellent songs, beloved by song fans; there are also some new tunes and rhythms of ethnic groups that are not yet widely known and need further promotion for people to appreciate in the future. The book includes representative songs from about 50 ethnic groups, with Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur, Kazakh, Miao, Yi, and Dai songs being particularly prosperous. Some ethnic groups have limited songs, so only one or two are introduced here.