Xinjiang ethnic customs handwritten newspaper materials

In our daily study, work and life, many people have come into contact with some classic handwritten newspapers, which can effectively help us obtain information and cultivate our comprehensive ability. Then what's a good handwritten newspaper? The following is handwritten newspaper information about ethnic customs in Xinjiang. Welcome to reading. I hope you will like it.

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, called Xin for short, is located in the northwest border of China, with Urumqi as the capital. It is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China and the largest provincial administrative region in China, covering an area of 6,543,800 square kilometers, accounting for one sixth of the total land area of China. Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic community, with 47 ethnic groups including Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Tajik, Xibe, Manchu, Uzbek, Turkmen, Russian, Daur and Tatar 13.

Uighurs attach importance to the decoration of houses, showing a variety of decorative means. However, tapestries are hung on the walls of every house, and carpets are spread on the pits, all of which are the same characteristics.

Uygur folk music can be divided into Muqam, folk songs, folk songs and dances, folk instrumental music, rap music and religious music. It inherits the fine traditions of Shule music, Yutian music, Qiuci music, Gaochang music and Yizhou music.

Twelve Mukam

Twelve Muqam is a form of classical Daqu, including songs, instrumental music and dance. Muqam is divided into Kashgar Muqam, Duolang Muqam and Hami Muqam, which are performed by folk musicians at custom festivals, festive weddings and entertainment parties. Armanisha, an outstanding Uighur female musician in the 6th century, collected and sorted out Muqam popular in various places and compiled 12 sets of songs and dances, which made Muqam form tend to be stereotyped. In 2005, Twelve Muqams was listed in the world intangible cultural heritage protection list by the United Nations.

musical instrument

There are dozens of Uygur national musical instruments such as plucking, plucking and percussion.

Dutar and Rewafu are the most commonly used. Solo and ensemble instruments have clear and soft timbres.

"Dafu" is a sheepskin drum struck with fingers, and many small movable iron rings are embedded in the wooden frame around the drum. Accompanied by sonorous drums, it is often used for dance accompaniment.

folk song

Uygur folk songs are similar to Muqam, and the styles of Uygur folk songs are obviously different due to different geographical environments and other factors. Ili folk songs are lyrical; Hami folk songs are short and lively; Kashgar folk songs are mostly rough and unconstrained. Uighur singers often sing with musical instruments. Northern singers like to use Dutar and play Brin; Hami singers like to use Hami Ai Jieke; Southern singers like to use Kashgar. In terms of scales and modes of folk songs, most folk songs in southern Xinjiang use scales of more than seven tones, which has an unusual feeling. There are many pentatonic and hexatonic scales in northeast folk.

Its content can be divided into two parts: traditional folk songs and Xinmin songs. Traditional folk songs include love songs, labor songs, historical songs and life customs songs.