Mongolian folk songs (Ordos ancient songs)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Mongolian folk songs

Applicant: Hangjin Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Project No.: 604

Project No.: Ⅱ - 105

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Traditional Music

Region: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Hangjin Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Protection unit: Hangjinqi Cultural Center

Introduction to Mongolian folk songs (Ordos ancient songs)

Applicant: Hangjin Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Mongolian folk songs are rich in content, free in rhythm, delicate in emotion, high pitched in tune, melodious and tactful, and deep in aftertaste. It can be divided into long tune folk songs and short tune folk songs. The long tune folk songs are generally sung in Mongolian, with wide space, long breath and deep emotion. The use of vibrato is exquisite and unique, and the melody and singing style reflect the vast and rough characteristics of grassland folk songs. The short tune folk songs are mainly popular in the semi farming and semi pastoral areas where the Mongolian and Chinese live together, and are mostly sung in Chinese, with short space, neat rhythm and beat Fixed, like to use reduplication, simple lyrics, free and flexible.

Ordos ancient Ruge is the oldest form of Mongolian long tune, which belongs to ancient palace songs. It spreads along the river in Hangjin Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, mainly in duguitala town and Jiri galantu town. It also spreads in Baiyin engesu Mu near the river area.

Erdos has a long history of ancient Ruge. Most of the songs represented by "Two Steeds of the Lord" came into being in the Yuan Dynasty, emitting a strong flavor of Mongolian life. Since the Panchen temple was built in the late Qing Dynasty, it can be inferred that it was born after the 19th century, six centuries later than the two horses of the Lord.

Erdos ancient Ruge is mostly sung in the palace or state banquet occasions, the theme is serious, the content is orthodox, mainly preaching. Most of the songs are about politics, parents, hometown and horses. Some of them are about love. In ancient Ordos, there were rules for singing and singing, and they were usually performed in grand and grand ceremonies. Usually, they could not sing casually. When singing three songs as a group, it is called "three songs" or "three main songs".

Erdos ancient Ruge music is full of desolation, ethereal, solemn and stirring beauty. The melody is slow but not slow, slow but not slow, and the rhythm is looming. The spinning method jumps and falls greatly, with ups and downs, and there are natural harmony and natural harmony. It is not only different from the Mongolian long tune, but also different from the Mongolian short tune. It is a kind of original ecological song sung by the nomadic people with many voices. Its representative works include Wugan Hantai, 32 Mongolian chess, etc.

As a unique form of Mongolian classical music and a vivid witness of the inheritance of Ancient Mongolian civilization, Ordos ancient Ruge has an irreplaceable important value in the study of the development history of the ancient Mongolian nation. In addition, it can provide materials for musicology, linguistics, anthropology and folklore. At present, there are only 70 or 80 ancient songs in Erdos, and few people can sing them. The danger of extinction is looming day by day, so it is urgent to take effective measures to protect them.