Musician dedicated to documenting intangible cultural heritage in Xinjiang
STORY: Musician dedicated to documenting intangible cultural heritage in Xinjiang
DATELINE: April 16, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:00
LOCATION: URUMQI, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Wang Jiangjiang meeting artists in Xinjiang, China
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG JIANGJIANG, Musician
3. various of Muqam performances
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG JIANGJIANG, Musician
5. various of Muqam performances
STORYLINE:
Wang Jiangjiang, 38, has dedicated himself to documenting intangible cultural heritage in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for about 13 years.
Wang studied at Xi'an Conservatory of Music, and then went to Italy to learn opera performance and composition.
Starting in 2009, he began collecting folk songs in China, and was attracted by Muqam the first time he saw it in a documentary.
Muqam means classical music in the Uygur language. It is a traditional art of this ethnic group, integrating songs, dances and literature, and hailed as the encyclopedia of their history and soc
- Product Code
- ILEA001263416
- Registered date
- 2023/4/16 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
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- 1920 × 1080 pixel
- Deployment size
- 125.05(MB)*
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