Folk Music of China, Vol. 20 - Hui, Manchu, Xibe, Korean and the Gin peoples.

Folk Music of China, Vol. 20 - Hui, Manchu, Xibe, Korean and the Gin peoples.

This is the concluding volume of a twenty album series, exploring China’s rich and diverse musical heritage.It features banquet and hua’er songs of the Hui; folk songs of the Manchu, featuring the Ba jiao gu (octagonal drum); dingba tunes of the Xibe, accompanied by the feite kena; lyrical songs of the Korean peoples, including songs from Arirang tune group; and sea songs of the Gin peoples accompanied by the duxianqin.

HUI
1. An Interactive Song (banquet song) - 1:11
2. White Peonies are as White as Snow (Hua'er, White Peonies) - 0:41
3. Peasants Excerpt (banquet song) - 1:08
4. Tea Water has been Boiled Inky-Dark (Hua'er, South Town) - 0:54
5. Da Diao (banquet song) - 1:44
6. Sofia's Woes Excerpt (banquet song) - 0:42
7. See Our Countrymen (Hua'er, second tune) - 1:24
8. Three Visits to the Girl's Door (Hua'er, Morningstar Lilies) - 0:43

MANCHU
9. Song of Divinity - 1:02
10. Pray for Divinity 1 - 1:02
11. Leave for the Battle - 2:32
12. You You Che (a lullaby) - 1:38
13. A Toasting Song - 1:29
14. Pray for Divinity 2 - 1:38

XIBE
15. A Wedding Song - 3:39
16. Zha Hei Zhu Hei (Shaman song) - 1:09
17. Dingba Performance (wedding ritual song, escort the bride) - 2:42
18. Song of Field (courtship song) - 3:42
19. Song of Douqi (Shaman song - Wu Ya La Yi Ye) - 1:02
20. Song of Field (love song) - 2:15
21. Ya Qi Na - 2:11
22. Song of Hunting (concerted song) - 1:56
23. Song of Ao Du'er (love song) - 0:52
24. Xibo Beilun (traditional dance music, dongbur solo) - 1:54

KOREAN
25. Song of Mountains - 0:42
26. Melody of Crop Straws (singing in chorus) - 1:46
27. Song of the Hanjiang River - 0:43
28. By the Nuode’er Lake (singing in chorus) - 1:59
29. Song of Birds - 1:01
30. Miryang Arirang (singing in chorus) - 1:19
31. Li Li Li Ya (singing in chorus) - 1:06
32. A Flute Solo (tungso solo) - 1:24
33. Arirang - 1:52

GIN
34. Asking the Moon - 3:57
35. Returning from Fishing - 3:13
36. Never-Fading Love (love song) - 3:04
37. Fortunate to Accompany the Bride (wedding song) - 1:52
38. Lighting Incense for the Buddha (traditional tune) - 1:49
39. A Thank You Song (song for tea picking and collecting sea snails) - 1:29
40. A Folk Song - 1:03
41. A Lullaby - 1:30
42. Wind Blows over the Bridge (duxianqin solo) - 2:36

Total playing time: 72:50 min.