Jia Daoerji
Lineage & School of Heritage
He began studying long-song singing with his father at the age of fifteen, and later studied folk-song singing under Dawa and Purwa, folk singers of Tiebuken Wusan Township.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He could sing with ease long songs on such subjects as marriage songs, wedding opening songs, closing songs and praise of the homeland; he could not only sing songs about historical figures and songs on the history of the Torghut, but also recount the historical origins of the songs. The series Mongol Folk Long Songs of Hoboksar and The Chinese Ballad Compendium, Xinjiang Volume, Mongol Fascicle include, respectively, twenty-one and ten long songs that he sang.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Mongol, born in October 1942, died in October 2013, a native of Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. National representative bearer of Urtiin Duu, Traditional Folk Long Song, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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