Baijinhua
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Baijinhua, Female, Yugur, from Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Yugur Folk Songs (Ⅱ-19). The tradition is documented in Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu. Within the regional tradition and school record of Yugur Folk Songs in Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu: The Yugur folk songs circulate mainly in the Yugur areas of settlement of Minghua, Dahe, Kangle and Huangcheng townships of the Sunan Yugur autonomous county in Gansu and the Huangnibao area of Jiuquan, and extend with the pastoral production and life of the Yugur to the grassland pastures at the northern foot of the Qilian mountains. The formation of the Yugur folk songs is closely bound up with the history and language of the Yugur. The Yugur forebears may be traced to the Uighurs of the Tang and Song periods; their language belongs to two branches, the “Yaohur” language of the Turkic group of the Altaic family and the “Anger” language of the Mongolian group, so their folk songs share an origin with Uighur and Mongolian folk songs, their lyric metres are similar, and they preserve many common features of ancient languages.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Baijinhua is anchored in the documented technical standards of Yugur Folk Songs in Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu. Within the documented technical tradition of Yugur Folk Songs in Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu: The Sunan Yugur autonomous county lies in the middle of the Hexi corridor, at the northern foot of the Qilian mountains. The Yugur use two languages: one called “Yaohur”, belonging to the Turkic group of the Altaic family and closely related to Uighur and Kazakh of the same group; the other called “Anger”, closely related to Mongolian of the same group. Judging from the historical origins and language of the Yugur, their folk songs share the same origin as Uighur and Mongolian folk songs, their lyric metres have many similarities, and they also have many features common to ancient languages. The Yugur folk songs may be divided by subject into narrative songs, love songs and work songs, and by genre and function into short pieces, work chanteys, short tunes, banquet songs, wine songs, felt-rolling songs and songs for suckling the young of the herds. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Narrative Songs, Love Songs and Work Songs": The categories of Yugur folk songs divided by subject matter. "The Felt-Rolling Song and the Song for Suckling the Young of the Herds": Song kinds directly connected with pastoral productive labour. "Banquet Songs and Wine Songs": The ceremonial song kinds of the Yugur divided by genre and function. "Sarimak and The Song of Going Out to Be Married": The western Yugur-language folk songs and wedding songs that bearers such as Du Xiulan and Du Xiuying can sing in full.
Narrative Songs, Love Songs and Work Songs
The categories of Yugur folk songs divided by subject matter.
The Felt-Rolling Song and the Song for Suckling the Young of the Herds
Song kinds directly connected with pastoral productive labour.
Banquet Songs and Wine Songs
The ceremonial song kinds of the Yugur divided by genre and function.
Sarimak and The Song of Going Out to Be Married
The western Yugur-language folk songs and wedding songs that bearers such as Du Xiulan and Du Xiuying can sing in full.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Baijinhua was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Yugur Folk Songs, with Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Yugur Folk Songs in Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2006 (batch 1), with Sunanyuguzuzizhi, Gansu as its declared area, and Sunan Yugur Autonomous County Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding and Transmission 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
Historical origin
The formation of the Yugur folk songs is closely bound up with the history and language of the Yugur. The Yugur forebears may be traced to the Uighurs of the Tang and Song periods; their language belongs to two branches, the “Yaohur” language of the Turkic group of the Altaic family and the “Anger” language of the Mongolian group, so their folk songs share an origin with Uighur and Mongolian folk songs, their lyric metres are similar, and they preserve many common features of ancient languages.
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
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