This series explores China’s rich and diverse musical heritage. The songs featured in this recording are folk songs of five minority ethnic groups of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang – Mongol, Daur, Oroqen, Evenki and Hezhen. As with Chinese traditional visual arts, the song titles explain their mood and origin.

Contents:

Mongol
1. Building Mongolian Ovoos
2. A Mongolian Song
3. Vast Grasslands
4. Brown Eagles
5. A Traditional Mongolian Song
6. Looking at the E’erdun Mountain from Afar (male solo)
7. Looking at the E’erdun Mountain from Afar (female solo)
8. A Pastoral Song
9. My Dear Horse
10. A Beautiful Lake

Daur
11. The Lover
12. When Can I See You? (excerpts)
13. The Curvy Tree
14. Missing My Mother (excerpts)
15. Zha En Da Le
16. The Daur since the Ancient Times
17. Rafting
18. What is the Most Beautiful Flower?
19. Celebrating with Good Wine

Hezhen
20. My Hometown Is Beautiful
21. Hawthorns are Ripe
22. Fishing Song (Missing My Lover Boy)
23. Lullaby 1
24. Lullaby 2 (Yimakan)
25. My Hometown Gaijin
26. Hunting Song
27. A Sip of the Amur River, the Mother River (chorus)

Oroqen
28. In Retrospect
29. Beautiful Forest
30. Beautiful Mountains and Clear Rivers
31. Sitting at the Foot of the Mountain and Singing
32. Lullaby (Oroqen)
33. Soulmate
34. A Traditional Song (Oroqen)
35. Leaves Falling on the Greater Khingan Range
36. Shaman Song 1 (Gankui Area)
37. Shaman Song 2 (Duobu’erke Area)
38. Oroqen Traditional Song

Evenki
39. A Maroon Horse
40. The Yalu River
41. Rising Sun
42. Green Oasis
43. Missing My Parents
44. Hometown
45. Song of Deer (excerpts)
46. We Will Suffer No More