Mansuer Zakeer
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Mansuer Zakeer, Male, Uzbek, from Kashidi, Xinjiang, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Uzbek Aixilaiyelai (Ⅱ-117). The tradition is documented in Kashidi, Xinjiang. Within the regional tradition and school record of Uzbek Aixilaiyelai in Kashidi, Xinjiang: The Uzbek eshira and yele circulate in Kashgar city, Shache city and Yecheng county of Kashgar prefecture, and in Yining city of the Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture; they are performed mostly at mass occasions such as the Nowruz festival, weddings and family gatherings, with singers accompanying themselves on the dutar, rawap and ajek. The inheritors in the Kashgar and Shache area can sing both the eshira of local poets and traditional Central Asian eshira, and are also able to sing yele folk songs. The Uzbek people have an excellent music-and-dance tradition; as early as the historical period from the Wei, Jin and the Northern and Southern dynasties to the Sui and Tang, the “Kangguo music” from what is now Samarkand, the “Anguo music” from Bukhara and the “Shiguo music and dance” from Tashkent travelled east together with other music and dance of the Western Regions such as “Kucha music”, “Shule music” and “Gaochang music”, exerting a major influence on the development of the music-and-dance culture of the Han people of the Central Plains and of East and South-East Asia.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Mansuer Zakeer is anchored in the documented technical standards of Uzbek Aixilaiyelai in Kashidi, Xinjiang. Within the documented technical tradition of Uzbek Aixilaiyelai in Kashidi, Xinjiang: The Uzbek eshira and yele are current mainly in Kashgar city, Shache city and Yecheng county of Kashgar prefecture, and in Yining city of the Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture, in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Uzbek folk songs are the foundation of its folk music and even of its classical music and primitive religious ritual music, while eshira and yele are in turn important representatives of Uzbek folk song. Eshira is of great length, strictly structured and wide in range, and its melody combines depth with impassioned uplift. It is sung mainly at mass entertainments such as the “odurush”, and individual pieces may also be used to accompany dancing. Yele is comparatively short, its metre and rhythm rich in variation and its tune light and lively; it is sung and played mainly to accompany the popular self-amusement dancing at festive occasions of the seasonal calendar and of the rites of life. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Eshira": One of the important representatives of Uzbek folk song, of great length, strictly structured and wide in range, its melody combining depth with impassioned uplift. "Yele": One of the important representatives of Uzbek folk song, comparatively short, its metre and rhythm rich in variation and its tune light and lively. "Nowruz and wedding performances": The inheritor has long performed at various mass activities such as the Nowruz festival, weddings and family gatherings, and has taken part many times in national literary and art activities.
Eshira
One of the important representatives of Uzbek folk song, of great length, strictly structured and wide in range, its melody combining depth with impassioned uplift.
Yele
One of the important representatives of Uzbek folk song, comparatively short, its metre and rhythm rich in variation and its tune light and lively.
Nowruz and wedding performances
The inheritor has long performed at various mass activities such as the Nowruz festival, weddings and family gatherings, and has taken part many times in national literary and art activities.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Mansuer Zakeer was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Uzbek Aixilaiyelai, with Kashidi, Xinjiang as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Uzbek Aixilaiyelai in Kashidi, Xinjiang: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2008 (batch 2), with Kashidi, Xinjiang as its declared area, and Kashidi Cultural 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 Uzbek people have an excellent music-and-dance tradition; as early as the historical period from the Wei, Jin and the Northern and Southern dynasties to the Sui and Tang, the “Kangguo music” from what is now Samarkand, the “Anguo music” from Bukhara and the “Shiguo music and dance” from Tashkent travelled east together with other music and dance of the Western Regions such as “Kucha music”, “Shule music” and “Gaochang music”, exerting a major influence on the development of the music-and-dance culture of the Han people of the Central Plains and of East and South-East Asia.
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.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paizila Yisakejiang | Kashidi, Xinjiang | 03-0874 | Same declared area |
| Mansuer Zakeer | Kashidi, Xinjiang | — | This page |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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