To the world and back - Yangjin Zhuoga’s inheritance of Guozhuang

    2022-02-23 07:43:06 by SICC

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    Recently, Sichuan province announced the seventh batch of provincial non-genetic inheritors. The Tibetan Jiarong Guozhuang (Tibetan folk dance and song)inheritor Yangjin Zhuoga was on the list.

    She comes from Aba prefecture in the Sichuan and graduated from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music. Travelingaround the world for more than ten years, she learnsand absorbsthe art and culture of other countriesalong the way. Later,she chose to pursue a postgraduate study at the Central Conservatory of Musicandsearched for Guozhuang music and dance steps in her hometown while devoting herself to vocal and experimental art and various cross-border performances.

    Jiarong Guozhuang, known as Darga,meaninghappiness and prosperity in the Jiarong Tibetan area,is an ancient circle dance for more than a thousand years,oncelisted upon the first provincial intangible cultural Heritage in Sichuan. In some festivals or weddings, both men and women, old and young, all dance in circles, waving and singing together to harmonize with one another.

    With the change of local lifestyles,Guozhuang suffered in the 1980s and 1990s Like many folk heritages. Her father Yang Dongfang worked at the Maerkang Cultural Center and sorted out the phonetic labels and lyrics of some songs, and compiled them into musical scores. Through the release of tapes and DVD albums, these original folk voices are preserved.

    In 2006, Yangjin Zhuoga debuted her first overseas show in Argentina in a cultural exchange program organized by CCTV. Performingand learningin other countrieshas made her realize the unique charm of ethnic culture and deeply understood the meaning of the saying, "The more national, the more international".

    Having performed on hundreds of stages, Yangjin Zhuoga starts to think about her future path – to inherit Guozhuang and protect ourChinesenational culture.