Kouxian, a Regional Musical Instrument of Qiang Ethnic Minority in China, from the Perspective of Oral History

Volume 4, Issue 8

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Kouxian, a Regional Musical Instrument of Qiang Ethnic Minority in China, from the Perspective of Oral History
Kouxian, a Regional Musical Instrument of Qiang Ethnic Minority in China, from the Perspective of Oral History
1. Chengdu University
2. asean Art College, Chengdu University,China
Vol. 4, Issue 8, Pages: 134-141(2020)
DOI：10.47297/wspciWSP2516-252715.20200408
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MEIJIA LI & QIANG ZHANG. (2020). Kouxian, a Regional Musical Instrument of Qiang Ethnic Minority in China, from the Perspective of Oral History. Creativity and Innovation, 4(8), 134-141..
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MEIJIA LI & QIANG ZHANG. (2020). Kouxian, a Regional Musical Instrument of Qiang Ethnic Minority in China, from the Perspective of Oral History. Creativity and Innovation, 4(8), 134-141.. DOI： 10.47297/wspciWSP2516-252715.20200408.

Qiang

one of the oldest nationalities in China

live among the mountains in Northwest Sichuan. Qiang people hold the unique folk costoms

even some of them still retain primitive religious beliefs. Kouxian

as a representative instrument of the original Qiang music

is popular among people there. Kouxian originated from ancient Chinese reed

with different kinds

shapes and expression characteristics. Kouxian

which is spread in the Qiang people’s settlement in Sichuan

is not only a symbol of Qiang music culture

but also a form of entertainment in which people are emotional. In the form of oral records

the writer went to Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan and had an interview with the local Kouxian art inheritor on July 19

2019. This article explores the artistic and cultural value of Kouxian music as well as its social and gender value.

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