Mongolian sawuerden

Name of Chinese national intangible cultural heritage: Mongolian sawuerden

Applicant: Hejing County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Item No.: 691

Project No.: Ⅲ - 94

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional dance

Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Hejing County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Protected by: Donggui cultural center of Hejing County

Brief introduction of Mongolian sawuerden

Applicant: Hejing County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Sawuerden is a form of local dance popular among the Mongolian people. It is mainly distributed in Hejing, Bohu, Heshuo, Yanqi and other counties of Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Region, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and bukessel Mongolian Autonomous County, and ILI, Tacheng, Altay and other areas of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Sawerden is an original art of Mongolian Heshuote tribe. Many actions come from life and have various forms of expression. After a long history, the savuerden dance is almost lost. Since 2004, it has been restored to its original part through efforts.

There is no fixed occasion and time for the event. Mongolian people can dance on all kinds of occasions, such as festivals, weddings, family gatherings and neighborhood gatherings. The participants are not limited to men, women, old and young. There are many forms of performance, such as men's and women's group dance, women's group dance, men's group dance and men's and women's duet dance. Men's dance imitating livestock movements, women's dance looking at the mirror, wearing beautiful clothes, working and so on, as well as young men and women's duet dance to express their love are all important parts of savorden.

Sauerden has a strong artistic imagination and creativity. His dancing style is simple and graceful. He often performs such dance movements as swinging shoulders, bending back and forth, wrist movement, and running back and forth. He imitates the posture of people or animals perfectly, showing the characteristics of humor. Sawuerden has 12 kinds of movements and 12 kinds of music corresponding to them. During the performance, it is accompanied by national musical instruments. Tobxiu'er, as the main player, is a unique plucked stringed instrument of Mongolian nationality.

Mongolian sawuerden shows the Mongolian People's life customs and spiritual outlook in a unique form, reflecting the Mongolian People's living condition of living in harmony with nature and their life ideal of pursuing a better and happy life. With the rapid development of society, people's cultural life has become increasingly rich. The inheritance and development of the traditional form of sawerden dance is facing a serious crisis. It is urgent for the relevant parties to take effective measures to actively protect it.