Tian Longxin is known today as the “living soul of Tujia music” and “leader of aboriginal Tujia folk music in China.” Born in Hunan Province, Tian is fluent in the Tujia language and an expert in Tujia folk music.
The most celebrated music in Xinjiang today is Uygur folk music, which has inherited the fine traditions of the ancient music in the region.
It's a beautiful song known at every campfire around which Mongolians gather. Wang Kaihao looks at the stories behind the Urad ballads, and also the threatened crafts in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, that are slowly disappearing.
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