The national culture in Urumqi

Urumchi is a multi-national city that live in concentrated communities. Inhabiting to the people of 47 nationalities such as Han, Uygur, Hui, Kazak, Mongolia, Kirgiz, Xibe here. National unity is exceedingly fascinating and charming. 12 wooden card nurse the west hot the dance fire the imagination just in dance music, wheat. If horse-racing, holding the sheep in the mouth, wrestling is overbearing such as being drunk. It is exquisite and unique that the Uygur nationality spends cap, embroidering, dress, carpet, jade carving, etc.. Ancient musical sound of ancient customs of national musical instrument. Fragrance spread ten thousand li in the local delicacies. The numerous modern architecture, sculpture, garden, amusement park, holiday village if the young girl in spring show youthful vigor .
Natural landscape is grand and of outstanding talent and beautiful. The scenic spot ice erosion lake of Tianchi, the forest of the strongly fragrant strongly fragrant China fir, pure white snow, contrast finely with each other. South mountain snow capped peak of scenic spot insert the cloud, the forest are lush and green, the full slope of the flowers and plants, the spring is gurgling. Glacier stand in over 3500 meters above the sea level place like Pyramid one, until guest include one give one's regard all sides. As soon as internal and external guests come here, will be attracted by the unique, strong and colorful ethnic minority conditions and customs of this city. Set up from urban architecture to the courtyard; From furniture ware to diet clothes; From long young etiquette to the marriage custom; You can experience a kind of strong and unique national conditions and customs whenever and wherever possible

Now introduce the characteristic of our ethnic minority to everybody

>>The folk musical instrument of Uygur
"Hand in conformity with string, heart should applaud, string drum one pairs of sleeve lift .."People of Tang pronoun word of Li He, prove Uygur folk musical instrument ingenious application of the dance vivid.

The folk traditional musical instrument of Uygur is becoming better and approaching perfection day by day and exquisite today.
In folk musical instrument that use extensively being mainly as follows, Tanbudao, is instrument as play the string. Wooden musical instrument body, sympathetic response body take the form of wooden dipper, pester the silk string in order to separate the phoneme on long and thin musical instrument pole, the silk string of a piece of five sticks of steel, two strings and other strings adjust into the unisonance and middle pitch and become relation of five degrees inside. Tanbudao make surface with monoblock Boping plank, have one eyebrow form transliteration hole above. Curve the pointed plectrum to block and fix in the fingernail is sewn with the steel wire, either play or dial, play and replace, its sound is clangorous, melodious, very unique. Tanbudao be daily used to make solo musical instrument, at home in being happy to celebrate dinner and hot tile just, tambourine,etc. musical instrument association, accompany for the song and dance.
The tower, is Uygur's folk only meaning that plays the string instrument. The wooden sound of musical instrument, the shape of the wooden dipper, the musical instrument pole is long, there is magnitude two kinds. Twine 17 grades with the silk string on the heavy handle, the small one has 14 grades, all a two strings, tune up according to the relation between four degrees of musical instruments, is suitable for men and women to play. Either sets aside or chooses or sweeps at the time of play, the right hand five fingers are used simultaneously, none of them can be dispensed with. This kind of musical instrument sound is soft and graceful, can be used in the solo, can also accompany for the song and dance together with tambourine, flute, because its volume is low, it is happy to used in family's dinners more, seldom appear in the grand occasion.
Rewapu, is the string music of playing that the Uzbeks, Wuzibieke likes, there are four types, relatively popularize . Wooden musical instrument body, audio amplifier take the form of hemisphere, cheat the surface with sheepskin, horse skin or boa peel, musical instrument neck long and thin, top crooked, neck connected to audio amplifier place both sides have one sheep corner shape ornament respectively, audio amplifier model look like one head of mail sheep, keep mark of nomadism, early Rewapu have three string just, develop into a string of Forth Five-Year Plan Period later. To play string pairs of string, one intestines string, the others steel string mainly right side its. The musical instrument is painted with bar wood and geometirc pattern at dawn around the body with the black-and-white color that compares with, the paint becomes bronze-colored, antique, shine people bright. End Jack, Tamerlan Sa ,etc. still while being other.

>>Ethnic minority dress
The color and luster is gorgeous, colorful, magnificent and grand, various in style. Women of ethnic minority such as the Uygur nationality, Kazak,etc. love the colored dress, wear the bright-colored or pure white scarf, like ornaments such as the earrings, ear drop, necklace, bracelet, ring ,etc., seem elegant and poised , incomparably graceful. Men like wearing suit, embroidered shirt or Qia Pan, etc.. The man of the Uygur nationality still like tying a belt among the waist more. It is nearly the common hobbies of most ethnic minorities to wear embroidered caps, but there is a difference each other with the nationality different from area. Uygurs men and women all like wearing the small flower cap with exquisite embroidery art; Girl, clan of Kazakhstan likewear owl feather spend cap; Kirgiz young woman like wear getting red velvet calotte spend cap; The women of Tartar like wearing the colored cap-like cover which studs with the color and pearl and waiting particularly. The material is large along the hat that the man of the Mongols is loving, seems graceful and generous; Men of Hui are a black-and-white small round cap, seem neat solemnly. All men and women of brother nationality like wearing the leather boots of long interconnected system. In joyous festival, various nationalities put on the national splendid attire, multicoloured, make tourists too plenty for the eye to take it all in.

>>Song and dance
The reputation that Xinjiang has " township of the song and dance " from ancient times is called, lucky gram of Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, tower, Mongolia, Xibe, Uzbek, Tartar, full nationality are all good at singing and dancing , accompany by camel ring tones of Silk Road, Xinjiang song and dance spread reach Japan, Burma, Korea, Central Asia, west Asia, Europe all parts. Record according to our country's " Historical Records " , " Chinese book ". In Han Dynasty in the 2nd century as early as the Christian era ago, it has been already performed in Chinese palace that Yu Tian was happy. Tortoise dance accompanied by music now, dredge, rein in dance accompanied by music, high prosperous dance accompanied by music, dance accompanied by music and Tian Mountain, state of Iraq, Xiongnu clan Ledu indicated in dance accompanied by music of history like being happy. 10 that officer make of being happy, have appear to make a fresh start boundary " whether tortoise now " , " dredge , tie tight " , " high and prosperous " 3 the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzang walk to west, learn from else's experience way, appreciate tortoise dance accompanied by music now, highly praise tortoise to " in charge of string to be skill happy now, all specially good countries! "It produce as Sudipo, Baimingda, Feixingnu, Hetuo, Yuchiqing, Yuchizhang and so on Music concert performer, is the standard chord happy theoretician, they once by took office the royal government, govern music, pass on technique the performance are gone down in history.

>>Horse-racing
Nationalities such as Kazak, Mongolian, Kirgiz, tower lucky gram and Uygur of Xinjiang, etc., like horse-racing, herdsman of Kazak on the grassland of Tian Mountain, Altai Mountains that especially grows from generation to generation, love horse-racing sports especially, its one that was comparable to skill unexpectedly is superb, staggering. In the historical data in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, record horse-racing combined with system of military service in many places, become a system of the country at that time. The horse-racing sports at that time are still the persons of royal lineage, one of the dignitaries' important amusement projects, generally hold on the day of festival celebration. After liberation, traditional sports of this kind of nationality has grown a lot on Kazak grassland, in grand festival, often hold the mass one and comparable to Martha to know. The wining horses are praised as " visit and cover Aunar " (the best horse), the outstanding jockey is awarded. In recent years, horse-racing has added a lot of projects of Xinjiang: Obstacle horse-racing, off-road horse-racing, polo, shooting at once, splitting La, splendid attire dance step and having a match, and the carriage is controlled and had a match etc., thrill is excellent very much.

>>Hold the sheep in the mouth
It is the traditional sport activity that all masses of brother nationality in Xinjiang generally like to hold the sheep in the mouth, Kazak, Kirgiz, tower lucky gram, herdsman masses, good at the taking exercises at once unique of the Mongols. It is that a kind of antagonism is strong, fight for violent sports to hold the sheep in the mouth. Generally or go on when performing in the festival celebration. There are elements and no the element two ways. The host cuts one the sheep of the head places on the appointed place. After the rifle sounds, A B two teams speeds along and leaves to the sheep commonly, get shielding each other with team's team members of the sheep first, do one's utmost to run quickly to terminal point, the jockeys of both sides put various skills to good use , besieges and chases, grab desperately. It is the victor that is holding the sheep in the mouth and reaching terminal point first. The victor bakes the sheep on the spot, ask all jockeys to share according to the local custom, called " the happy meat ".

>>The girl chases
" the girl chases ", Kazak calls " one gram of diligent storehouses tile ", it is one kind of favorite sports games at once of the youth of Kazak, it is a unique way that young men and women express the white love each other too, often hold when being joyous. " girl chase " festival grassland that flowers contend in beauty hold in summer and autumn generally, the far and near herdsman comes to visit on horse ". The unmarried young men and women in pairs at the beginning of the activity go slowly to appointed place and bridle. When going, guy can arbitrary to smile at, tease or pay court to girl, the girl can only listen attentively to quietly, can't be angry; Unless back tracking, it must spur the horses to be the worried to speed to guy, girl in behind wave there aren't whip. If the girl catches up with the guy and can whip arbitrarily, also smoke the cap to leave the ground sometimes, making needs the audience to roar with laughter in a period of time. If the girl is in love to the young man, show mercy under knowing the whip, only see the whip turn-take and shake on guy's head timidly, see whip tip fall body, or girl lash, get guy at the croup of saddle horse whip on purpose. The hot row of the scene, very witty.

>>Xinjiang the Mongols dance
The Mongols dance is overflowing with enthusiasm, vigorous, it is fine and smooth and implicit while, spread steady, with beautiful to good at while being tall and straight, with humorous, candid and lucid and lively, straightforward and good-natured and well-known at home and abroad, personalities are diversified, the expression is extremely abundant . " Shawuerdeng " is to prevail in the Mongols folk and distinctive traditional dance of Xinjiang , " Shawuerdeng " is Mongol, point when horse run, head of the horse play the movements worked up ceaselessly up and down, " it steps on to be to ask cloth to be getting beautiful " musical instrument play " publish " melody voice that appear ". " when " dance one dance accompanied by music integrative dance art, in " ask cloth to be getting beautiful " under the to play musical instrument " ", with the melody of different rhythm, vary the dancing posture. The characteristic of " Shawuerdeng " is music walk of dance range relatively little, foot down rhythm to be slow, movement is less, but upper part of the body movement rich and colorful, lightly dancing posture, shaking slightly in many carriages, like the hawk shakes the feather, the wild goose circles in the air in the vast sky, use both legs tap-tap still, vary horse-ride step, shake both shoulders, make various movements with charming wit. " Shawuerdeng " there are a lot of kinds of dance accompanied by music, already 39 kinds have been collected at present, dance accompanied by music of the numerous " Shawuerdeng ", nearly each one has a little story. Another kind of dance which is called " finish " is that North SinKiang the Mongols likes gathering to jump in festival, the dancer wrenches upper limbs, shoulder, waist, from slow and graceful to brisk and warm according to the rhythm of the melody, but a person's solo dance, also many crowd's dances.

>>Walk on the rope in the high altitude
Walk on the rope in the high altitude, Uighur is called " it is diligent to reach tiles ", it is one of the Uygur nationality's folk traditional sport activities. " it is diligent to reach tiles " and originate from the mythical legend: In ancient times to appear one fly to strangly in the sky, exercise magic powers, slaughter the common people. In order to kill the monster for Heaven, a soldierly bearing teenager holds up a long pole more than 30 meters high on the ground, join pole carry and ground with one 60 more than long thick rope, then predestination rope flies to the sky, fight with monster in the sky, will punish and kill strangly with flying. People wear the young man for sense, launch this sport activity of " reach tile diligent ".
Walk on the rope in the present high altitude, it is soul-stirring to perform, has already had the double characteristics of sports and acrobatics concurrently. The performer holds the long pole, it is not a safety belt, in the sound of suona, perform and walk on the rope in castrated ram's rubadub; Make on one's side walking on the rope, covering with eyes walk on the rope, handstand walk on the rope, step on disc walk on the rope , fly astounding feat of skipping rope etc.. As he went to the rope highest point, suddenly, he was aslant, plant from the high altitude ..,Can't help, enable people " whether Ayo " one , grow alarmde and turn colour, afford to frighten. While waiting etc. to open watching again, but the performer continues performing on the rope with a smile. It's proved he puts the unique skill to good use, makes a false alarm on purpose!