(Two Sessions Concentric) "Post-90s" Minority Circle Committee Member: Protect Hani Terrace Culture with Aesthetic Education

　　China News Agency, Beijing, March 3rd, title: "Post-90s" members of the ethnic minority circles: protect the culture of Hani terraced fields with aesthetic education

　　China News Agency reporter Li Hanxue

　　Hearing the sound of silver ornaments colliding, he knew that Yang Yuni was coming.

She was originally a dancer who walked into the city from the mountains of Yunnan. She returned to the terraced fields of the Red River because of her love of Hani culture, and devoted herself to children's art education.

As a new member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, she prepared a proposal on the protection and development of the Hani terraces this year.

The picture shows that on March 1, Yang Yuni was interviewed by the media, showing the style of singing and dancing of the Hani nationality with a performance.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Hanxue

　　This is a rustic proposal - with the earnest wishes of the folks and the harvest of visiting cultural experts and folk artists.

　　On the eve of the National Two Sessions, Yang Yuni said in an interview with the media that it was her natural responsibility to grow up in Honghe County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, to nourish the local traditional songs and dances, and to protect the world cultural heritage - Hani terraced fields culture; As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, she hopes to actively convey the aspirations of the people in the frontier and bring the culture of Hani terraced fields to a larger stage.

　　Yang Yuni was born in a family of Hani, Yi, and Han nationalities, and her mother is a local folk dance teacher.

He liked to sing and dance since he was a child. Yang Yuni told reporters that the Hani people's singing and dancing were born in the production and life on the terraced fields. The entire Hani terraced field culture is an organism that integrates beliefs, singing and dancing arts, production and lifestyle.

"Just imagine, there are mountains, colorful and sparkling... The terraced fields condense the wisdom and hard work of the ancestors of the Hani people. Many of our songs and dances are praying for a good harvest."

　　In 2014, Yang Yuni was admitted to the Qibaishi Art College of Hunan University of Science and Technology. From the first summer vacation, he traveled across mountains and rivers in his hometown, visited villages and villages, and learned the essence of Hani culture from folk artists.

Since then, she founded a cultural and art inheritance center in her hometown, so that people in the frontier, especially children, have more opportunities to get in touch with art knowledge and participate in exchange activities.

　　During college, Yang Yuni was an intern at the Beijing Opera and Dance Theater, and performed on bright stages such as the National Grand Theater of China, but chose to return to his hometown after graduation.

She believes that she has been nurtured by her mother, but among her peers and children, there are signs of discontinuity in the understanding and inheritance of Hani culture, and it is necessary to increase the promotion of this world heritage.

　　"Although my strength is very weak, I have many students. In eight years, I have taught more than 3,000 students." The Hani dance work "Baby Hani" created by Yang Yuni has made many children enter international competitions, The stage of the art week; more than 50 students passed the dance art examination and entered the university.

More and more children understand Hani culture and are proud of it.

The data picture shows people working in the Honghe Hani Terraced Fields.

Photo provided by China News Agency Yang Yuni

　　Yang Yuni was a member of the CPPCC of Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture, and organized the research and visits into a proposal on "Contributing Cultural Power to the Countryside by Sending Art to the Countryside and Contributing to Rural Revitalization through the Integration of Industry and Art".

This year, Yang Yuni came to Beijing as a new member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and carefully prepared the "Suggestions on Strengthening the Protection and Inheritance of World Living Heritage".

She said that the protection and sustainable use of Hani Terraces is facing a situation of low income from terrace farming and insufficient enthusiasm of the public to participate in the protection; the protection and inheritance of excellent traditional culture and farming skills is facing a gap; there is not enough research on the ideological characteristics of agricultural green development contained in Hani Terraces .

　　She hoped that the country could issue guidance specifically for the protection of living cultural heritage and carry out pilot work to promote the green development of world heritage.

　　At the end of the official interview, Yang Yuni enthusiastically introduced to the media reporters the craftsmanship and implication of the details of Hani traditional costumes, with a sense of pride on his youthful face.

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