Tibetan opera and the epic "Gesar" were successfully included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Data photo: A stills of Peking Opera and Tibetan opera "Princess Wencheng" taken on August 21, 2008.
Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Zhang Shanchen
According to the "Xizang Business Daily" report, on October 8, the reporter learned from relevant parties that the successful application of Tibetan opera and the "Gesar" epic filled the history of no intangible cultural heritage project in Xizang being included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
It also marked that Tibetan opera and the "Gesar" epic, which have a long history of national drama, will march forward to the world stage.
The fourth meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage reviewed and approved 76 projects included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Abu Dhabi, including 22 projects declared by China.
The 22 China projects included in the list are: China sericulture and silk weaving skills, Fujian Nanyin, Nanjing Yunjin, Anhui rice paper, Guizhou Dong song, Guangdong Cantonese opera,"Gesar" epic, Zhejiang Longquan celadon, Qinghai Regong art, Tibetan opera, Xinjiang "Manas", Mongolian Humai, Gansu Huaer, Xi'an drum music, Korean agricultural music and dance, calligraphy, seal cutting, paper-cutting, woodblock printing, traditional wood structure creation skills, Dragon Boat Festival, Mazu belief customs.
The magical and unique geographical and cultural environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has given birth to the magical and unique Tibetan opera.
As one of the long-established operas among ethnic minority operas in China, Tibetan opera is a comprehensive performing art that expresses the content of the story in the form of national inspiration and folk rap.
It is known as the artistic treasure of the Chinese nation.
Tibetan opera is a collection of Tibetan culture and art.
It has high and gentle singing, gorgeous and graceful costumes, extensive content, wide themes, diverse genres, rigorous structure, numerous genres, and distinctive characteristics.
Eight traditional songs such as "Princess Wencheng","Prince of Nosang" and "Zowa Samm" are widely circulated in China's Xizang and Tibetan areas in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and other provinces.
They are encyclopedias that comprehensively reflect the lives of people in various Tibetan areas and have had a profound impact on Tibetan social life.
In modern society, due to the impact of modernization and globalization, ancient Tibetan opera, like other traditional cultures, has encountered problems of inheritance and development.
An expert engaged in the research of ethnic art once told reporters that if Tibetan opera is selected on the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List, it will attract the world's attention to Tibetan opera, an ancient national art, and strengthen its further protection so that its artistic charm can shine on the world stage.
According to reports, in Xizang alone, there are currently six schools in Lhasa Juemulong, Shigatse Jiongba, Namulin Xiangba, Renbu Jianggar, Shannan Yalong Zhaxi Xueba, Qiongjie Kazhuo Zhaxi Bindun, which have been included in the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage protection lists.
Xizang will take advantage of the successful application of Tibetan opera to produce a Tibetan opera documentary and distribute it globally to introduce and promote the protection of Tibetan opera in Xizang.
On June 11, 2009, the inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage received certificates.
According to the Department of Culture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, including the elderly Sangzhu, another 21 people in Xizang were selected into the third batch of representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage projects.
It is reported that the Institute of Ethnology of the Xizang Academy of Social Sciences has recorded 2,114 hours of "The Legend of King Gesar" sung by the old man Sangzhu, compiled and publicly published 30 of them, and will be published in the next three to five years.
Forty-five epics will be released.
Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Pu Buzashi
Xizang will also prepare for a rainy day and start preparations to apply for Tibetan medicine, Tibetan medicine, and astronomical calendars as the next batch of UNESCO representative lists of human intangible cultural heritage, and strengthen contact with the China Academy of Art China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center), an aid unit in Xizang, and initiate the application of Tibet's national-level cultural ecological reserve.
Source: Xinhuanet Comprehensive)