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Xinjiang does good job preserving its folk culture
www.chinanews.cn 2005-12-20 15:59:28
Chinanews, Urumqi, Dec. 10 (By Wang Jinsheng) - This midwinter, a remote
courtyard in the suburb of Urumqi seemed to be particularly bustling.
Amidst clacks of firecrackers, a special institution with the purpose of
exploring and protecting Xinjiang's folk culture -- Xinjiang intangible
cultural heritage protection and research center -- was established.
The seven-member mini organization shoulders the important task of
unearthing and protecting Xinjiang's folk culture.
Located in the northwest border of China, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region blends the east and the west in economy and culture. It has a
large number of ethnic minorities and diversified cultures, with precious
folk cultures scattered in the south and north of Tianshan Mountain.
The outside world is fascinated by the culture in China's western
regions. At the end of November this year, UNESCO announced the third
list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in
its French headquarters and Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam made the list on a
unanimous vote.
This news undoubtedly excited Xinjiang's folk culture protectors.
Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam, which has a history of more than 600 years, will
no longer be veiled in the desert region. It has won the recognition of
the whole world.
Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam integrates songs, dances and music and is a generic
term for various kinds of muqam in Xinjiang where Uyghurs congregate.
With obvious characteristics of mixed eastern and western music and
dances, Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam earned the reputation as the "pearl on the
Silk Road."
"Compared with China's eastern regions, folk culture in the west is
deemed as less damaged and better preserved; therefore, it is more
important to preserve the folk culture in the west. At the same time,
however, the folk culture in west China faces the threat of change,
decline and even extinction," said Li Jilian, deputy director of the
Xinjiang Institute of Arts.
Li added that the government should protect disappearing cultural
heritages consciously and effectively and make efforts to generate
publicity and deliver guidance to carry forward and develop these
excellent cultural heritages.
The local government of Awati County in southern Xinjiang became the
pioneer and has been appropriating nearly 90 million yuan (US$11 million)
each year to support folk artists to help them resolve problems of
preserving the folk arts. Fourteen old folk artists, who had been
neglected for a long time, are now receiving a monthly 450 yuan art
allowance.
At the same time, Xinjiang's Aksu region has dug up and sorted out over
80 traditional sports items, which will participate in the selection of
the first batch of Xinjiang's traditional sports events of ethnic groups.
If chosen, they will be placed in Xinjiang's folk culture protection
program.
It was learned that following the launch of Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam, 23 out
of 48 categories of arts in Xinjiang have applied to be put on China's
national cultural heritage list.
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