Taoketaohu
01 · Historical Records
Taoketaohu is a Mongol narrative-singing folk literature produced at the beginning of the nineteenth century, created by folk artists from a real person and real events, chiefly the Mongol long narrative fiddle-book, the uliger narrative-singing, with folk songs and various legends and stories as its content, and is still widely current in the Mongol-concentrated areas. The long narrative fiddle-book and folk song Taoketaohu takes as its material the Taoketaohu uprising that took place in Gorlos from 1906 to 1914, recounting in full Taoketaohu's righteous struggle in leading the poor herdsmen against land reclamation and the Qing and against the seizure of land by the feudal princes and the warlord government.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
Gorlos has a distinctive and rich national culture. Since ancient times nomadic, fishing-and-hunting and farming cultures have collided and interpenetrated here, forming the uniquely styled Gorlos culture. The vast Mongol folk literature enjoys high repute at home and abroad; the Mongol fiddle-books and folk songs current in Gorlos number more than a thousand, several hundred of them produced in Gorlos. Among them Taoketaohu is a representative long narrative fiddle-book and folk song and one of the representative works of Gorlos Mongol folk literature. The work shapes the heroic image of Taoketaohu upholding justice, pleading for the people and fearing no violence to guard the land of his home, and extols the indomitable spirit of struggle of the Mongol people.
The Long Narrative Fiddle-Book Taoketaohu
The Mongol long narrative fiddle-book chiefly in uliger narrative-singing.
The Taoketaohu Uprising
The uprising that took place in Gorlos from 1906 to 1914.
The Biographical Literature Taoketaohu
A folk literary work cherished by the disciples of the family.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
Taoketaohu has the Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County in Jilin as its core area of circulation; in Gorlos nomadic, fishing-and-hunting and farming cultures have collided and interpenetrated since ancient times, and the Mongol fiddle-books and folk songs current there number more than a thousand.
04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
Taoketaohu is chiefly transmitted as a Mongol fiddle-book, and afterwards there appeared sung folk songs and published literary works. Whether fiddle-book, folk song or literary work, it has a vivid and winding plot, concise language, resonant rhythm and rising and falling tune, with extremely strong artistic power; its folk-literature value is extremely precious and it also has very high historical and ethnological value.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Baoguanglin 05-2022
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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