"Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam" was staged at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum with lively singing and dancing-Chinanews.com video

　　On October 29th, the China National Arts and Crafts Museum specially invited the Uyghur artist Dastan Orchestra to lead the audience to deeply experience the warm and lively "Twelve Muqam" and the euphemistic "Uyghur Folk Song" of Xinjiang Uyghur.

　　"Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam" is a general term for various muqams spread in various Uyghur inhabited areas in Xinjiang, China. It is a traditional large-scale comprehensive art form integrating singing, dancing and music.

In 2005, Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam Art was selected into the UNESCO Representative List of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity; in 2008, it was transferred to the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

　　Twelve Muqam is composed of twelve large-scale musical compositions, each of which includes "Qung Nai Eman" (meaning "big song", a series of ballads, instrumental music, song and dance), "Dastan" (series of Ballad, instrumental music) and "Mexirefu" (series of songs and dances) three parts.

The singing content in the art of Twelve Muqam includes the proverbs of philosophers, the poems of literati, the admonitions of prophets, and folk stories, as well as the praise and pursuit of beautiful love by ordinary people. It is an encyclopedia that reflects the life and social style of the Uyghur people.

The genres of the songs include both narration and narrative songs; the singing methods include chorus, unison and solo; the rhythm and rhythm of the lyrics are ingenious and varied.

Singing and dancing is the most important feature of Twelve Muqam.

　　The Dastan Orchestra is composed of several senior Uyghur musicians in Xinjiang. The orchestra uses representative Muqam instruments such as Rewap, Tanbuer, Aijik, Sattar, Dutar, and tambourine, as well as modern instruments and guitars to make up for the tradition. Muqam's voice defect, combined with Muqam's rap, is committed to the interpretation, promotion and promotion of classic folk songs such as Twelve Muqam, an intangible cultural heritage.

(Reporter Ying Ni produced Lu Huiqian)

Responsible editor: [Wang Kai]