On June 18, 2023, under the leadership of Ms. Yu Min and Ms. Chenjiao, 50 students of Grade 2021 from the Department of Music departed from Wuhan and went to Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province for a five-day summer practice.
At the first stop in Lichuan, the students visited Mr. Liu Shouhong, the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage “Flesh-patting Dance”, and asked Mr. Liu to introduce the history and contemporary development of “Flesh-patting Dance”. They also had a rich and colorful interaction with the children from Xinyi Kindergarten.
Mr. Liu Shouhong introduced the inheritance of “Flesh-patting Dance” to teachers and students
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Mr. Liu and kindergarteners taught the classic movements of “Flesh-patting Dance”
Later, we went to Hubei Enshi College to listen to the lecture given by Mr. Deng Cong and learn about the methods of collecting folk songs and the characteristics of Tujia music. We also held an academic exchange concert with students from the Music Department of Hubei Enshi College.
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Students of the Department of Music held an exchange concert with the Department of Music of Hubei Enshi College
On the third day, the students went to visit the Enshi Museum and the Planning Hall.
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Visit to Enshi Museum
After the visit, we went to Dongxiacao Village to visit Grandma Meng Yongxiang, the representative inheritor of the national Intangible cultural heritage “Enshi lantern drama”, and listened to her classic aria of the lantern drama. In Dongxiacao Village, Baiyangping Town, we carried out the activity of “going to the grassroots, investigating the situation of the people, solving their worries and warming their hearts” to investigate the actual situation of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization in the local area. We visited the “lantern drama” museum under the guidance of Grandma Meng.
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Grandma Meng demonstrated the classic segment of “Lantern Drama”
All the teachers and students went to Badong Practice Base, the last stop of this tour. Teachers and students of the Department of Music were the first batch of teachers and students in the base from CUG.
Teachers and students of the Department of Music went to Badong Field Comprehensive Experimental Ground to study and research
Students listened carefully to the teacher's explanation
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Understood Shennong Stream in Badong and experienced the culture of boat trackers
