Siqingerile

01 · Lineage & Regional School

Siqingerile, Male, Mongolian, from Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Urtiin Duu, Traditional Folk Long Song (Ⅱ-3). The tradition is documented in Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia. Within the regional tradition and school record of Urtiin Duu, Traditional Folk Long Song in Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia: The Ujumchin long song is a form of traditional Mongol musical expression current in the Xilin Gol region of Inner Mongolia; its core distribution area is the West Ujumchin banner and the East Ujumchin banner inhabited by the Ujumchin tribe, and it also circulates in Horqin Right Front Banner of the Hinggan league, in Xilinhot city and in Hohhot city. The Ujumchin are one of the Mongol tribes; in the thirteenth century they lived in the region of the Altai Khangai Ujumchin mountains and afterwards moved by stages to their present place of residence. The Ujumchin tribe sang such long-song folk songs as Bogda Mountain, Bolgan Khangai and Duren Saihan Khangai from generation to generation and at the same time continually composed new long songs, such as Durenzana, composed about 1880, and Bogda Peak, The Red Ambling Horse and The Holy Lama, composed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

02 · Mastery & Signature Works

The bearer record for Siqingerile is anchored in the documented technical standards of Urtiin Duu, Traditional Folk Long Song in Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia. Within the documented technical tradition of Urtiin Duu, Traditional Folk Long Song in Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia: The Ujumchin long song is one of the most representative of the traditional Mongol folk songs of Xilin Gol: vast in structure, wide in range, open and expansive, noble and elegant, with finely wrought and complex ornamentation, and famous above all for its long-drawn breath and its overtone singing in the high register. Many Ujumchin long-song pieces belong to the category of the “long-drawn long song”, the “aijim urtiin dau”, and demand the highest skill of the singer for a perfect realisation. The content of the Ujumchin long song is mostly the praise of ancestors and the depiction of all things in nature, rich in philosophy and admonition; its performance forms include solo and one-leading-the-many, and on folk occasions there is also the “turelge”, the antiphonal refrain section, generally accompanied by the horse-head fiddle, so that it is an inseparable part of local folk activity. Representative pieces include The Cool Khangai, Bogda Holy Mountain, Bolgan Khangai, Durenzana and Zhongheer Laoji Xili. Formerly the Ujumchin long song was transmitted from generation to generation mainly by natural acquisition at seasonal festivals, rites of passage and in daily life. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the leadership of such masters as Modeg and Zhaonasitu, the Ujumchin long song trained numerous performing talents through stage performance and classroom instruction. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "The Cool Khangai": Representative pieces include The Cool Khangai, Bogda Holy Mountain, Bolgan Khangai, Durenzana and Zhongheer Laoji Xili. "Bogda Holy Mountain, Bolgan Khangai": A representative Ujumchin long song, one of the pieces handed down by the Ujumchin tribe from generation to generation. "Durenzana": A long song composed about 1880 and listed among the representative pieces of the Ujumchin long song. "Zhongheer Laoji Xili": A representative Ujumchin long song current in the Xilin Gol region of Inner Mongolia.

03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status

In 2025, Siqingerile was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Urtiin Duu, Traditional Folk Long Song, with Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Urtiin Duu, Traditional Folk Long Song in Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2021 (batch 5), with Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia as its declared area, and Xiwuzhumuqin Banner Culture Tourism Shiye Development Center as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.

04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier

05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage

National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.

06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography

1. Siqingerile (Xilinguoleimengxiwuzhumuqinqi, Inner Mongolia) · China ICH Official Project Archive
2. Siqingerile · China ICH Official Archive