![]() Then I can accompany you forever and you will not feel lonely." So the matouqin was made, using the horse's bone as its neck, horsehair for strings, hide to cover the wooden soundbox, and its scroll carved into the shape of a horse's head.Įarly performers made the instruments themselves. ![]() One night the dead horse came to him in a dream, and said, "Make an instrument with my body. The horse's owner, Suhe, was filled with sorrow and missed his pet day and night. So far the first group from a county level to get on the stage of the NCPA.Īccording to legend, a lord killed a white horse with and arrow. Thus the Matouqin Symphony Orchestra of Uxin Banner was created in May 2013 in Uxin, Erdos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, with musicians at an average age of 26.Īs the country's first symphony orchestra featuring an instrument from an ethnic group, in May of 2014, the orchestra gave a series of performances in universities in Beijing and the final stop was at the National Center for the Performing Arts. The matouqin is an important piece of Inner Mongolian culture, but, because the number of matouqin musicians is steadily decreasing, this ancient art needs to be saved and protected. The traditional music mostly evolved from the folk songs and can be divided into five repertoires, such as the original ballad, the heroic epic song, the horse step melody and the music developed from folk music and ancient Han tunes. The names, structures, tones and performance styles vary from place to place. The instrument has a long history, and it was quite popular with the Mongolian people during the early period of the 13th century. It is called the horse-head fiddle because the top of the pole is carved into the shape of a horse head. The matouqin, or horse-head fiddle, is a traditional Mongolian bowed string instrument.
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