Hezhe people in NE China revive folk art to preserve culture
STORY: Hezhe people in NE China revive folk art to preserve culture
DATELINE: May 31, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:42
LOCATION: HARBIN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of ethnic Hezhe people dancing around a campfire
2. various of ethnic Hezhe people singing Yimakan
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU GUIFENG, Inheritor of Yimakan
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG HAIZHOU, Inheritor of fish-skin handicraft
STORYLINE:
The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China with a population of over 5,000. Used to live mainly by hunting and fishing in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, they created folk arts and crafts such as Yimakan and fish-skin handicraft.
Yimakan, a unique art of storytelling narrated in the Hezhen language, takes both verse and prose forms.
Yimakan storytelling consists of many independent episodes depicting the fishing and hunting of the Hezhe people.
SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU GUIFENG, Inheritor of Yimakan
"Whether it is 'Yimakan,' or painting, or the song 'Jialin
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- 2023/5/31 00:00:00
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