中国少数民族音乐简介(国外英文资料).doc

中国少数民族音乐简介(国外英文资料) There are fifty-five ethnic minority China, has a population of about ninety-one million people (1990 Statistics), accounting for 8.04% of the total population. The minority population is the most famous, there are about fifteen million people, population is the least Lhoba only more than 2300 people. Although the minority population, but the distribution area is very wide, their living area accounted for about 50% - 60% of the total area. Mainly in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Guangxi, Ningxia five autonomous regions and Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hunan, Hebei, Hubei, Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan province. In addition, there are about ten million minority population living in other city, the size of towns and villages. Chinese the most minority singing and dancing, with excellent traditional music culture. They are in the long history of the years, created a lot of beautiful folk music, created hundreds of famous composers and singers, musicians and dancers, write a glorious chapter in the history of music China, made its own contribution to the East and the whole human civilization. According to ancient records, as early as two thousand years ago in primitive society, the ancestor of the Chinese nation Huang Di sent his Le Guanling Fallon to Xinjiang bamboo in Xiexi Valley Twelve root pipe manufacturing. Although this is only a legend, but in the Neolithic age, ethnic minority areas and the Central Plains have music cultural exchanges, it is possible to. The Xia Dynasty, there have been many ethnic music and dance performances to the Xia Dynasty king. The Zhou Dynasty has a special ethnic music official in charge. The spring and Autumn period, living in Shaanxi, Shanxi between Bai Di is a high level of ethnic music culture, music and dance to Bai Di people to make a living, everywhere, everywhere entertainer, promoted the development of the Central Plains national music culture. The Han Dyna