Rachel Harris
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197262979
- eISBN:
- 9780191734717
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197262979.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year ‘long march’ from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of ...
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The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year ‘long march’ from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of the Qing Chinese empire. They preserved their military structure and a discrete identity in the multi-ethnic region of Xinjiang and are now officially recognised as an ethnic minority nationality under the People's Republic. They are known in China today as the last speakers of the Manchu language, and as preservers of their ancient traditions. This study of their music culture reveals not fossilised tradition but a shifting web of borrowings, assimilation, and retention. It is an informed account of culture and performance in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. The book approaches musical and ritual life in this ethnically diverse region through an understanding of society in terms of negotiation, practice, and performance. It explores the relations between shamanism, song, and notions of externality and danger, bringing recent theories on shamanism to bear on questions of the structural and affective powers of ritual music. The book focuses on the historical demands of identity, boundary maintenance, and creation among the Sibe, and on the role of musical performance in maintaining popular memory, and it discusses the impact of state policies of the Chinese Communist Party on village musical and ritual life. It draws on a wide range of Chinese, Sibe-Manchu language sources, and oral sources including musical recordings and interviews gathered in the course of fieldwork in Xinjiang.Less
The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year ‘long march’ from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of the Qing Chinese empire. They preserved their military structure and a discrete identity in the multi-ethnic region of Xinjiang and are now officially recognised as an ethnic minority nationality under the People's Republic. They are known in China today as the last speakers of the Manchu language, and as preservers of their ancient traditions. This study of their music culture reveals not fossilised tradition but a shifting web of borrowings, assimilation, and retention. It is an informed account of culture and performance in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. The book approaches musical and ritual life in this ethnically diverse region through an understanding of society in terms of negotiation, practice, and performance. It explores the relations between shamanism, song, and notions of externality and danger, bringing recent theories on shamanism to bear on questions of the structural and affective powers of ritual music. The book focuses on the historical demands of identity, boundary maintenance, and creation among the Sibe, and on the role of musical performance in maintaining popular memory, and it discusses the impact of state policies of the Chinese Communist Party on village musical and ritual life. It draws on a wide range of Chinese, Sibe-Manchu language sources, and oral sources including musical recordings and interviews gathered in the course of fieldwork in Xinjiang.
Evelyn S. Rawski
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520231269
- eISBN:
- 9780520927797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520231269.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter provides an account of the books written and published in non-Han languages in China during the Qing Dynasty. It describes the materials published in non-Chinese languages, and their ...
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This chapter provides an account of the books written and published in non-Han languages in China during the Qing Dynasty. It describes the materials published in non-Chinese languages, and their authors, publishers, and readers. The chapter argues that the publication of literatures in Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan languages was stimulated in both direct and indirect ways by Qing rule.Less
This chapter provides an account of the books written and published in non-Han languages in China during the Qing Dynasty. It describes the materials published in non-Chinese languages, and their authors, publishers, and readers. The chapter argues that the publication of literatures in Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan languages was stimulated in both direct and indirect ways by Qing rule.
Carla Nappi
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- August 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780198866398
- eISBN:
- 9780191898532
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198866398.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
Chapter 4 tells the story of the Manchu-language primer (Qingwen qimeng), composed by Uge in the eighteenth century. Uge and his friend Cheng Mingyuan lead the other translators through the sample ...
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Chapter 4 tells the story of the Manchu-language primer (Qingwen qimeng), composed by Uge in the eighteenth century. Uge and his friend Cheng Mingyuan lead the other translators through the sample dialogues in a conversation manual intended to help students learn to speak Manchu. As they do, they consider the ways that language learning is a form of socialization, and that Manchu language education makes the student into a particular kind of Manchu man.Less
Chapter 4 tells the story of the Manchu-language primer (Qingwen qimeng), composed by Uge in the eighteenth century. Uge and his friend Cheng Mingyuan lead the other translators through the sample dialogues in a conversation manual intended to help students learn to speak Manchu. As they do, they consider the ways that language learning is a form of socialization, and that Manchu language education makes the student into a particular kind of Manchu man.
Carla Nappi
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- August 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780198866398
- eISBN:
- 9780191898532
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198866398.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
Chapter 5 follows the story of Qing Dynasty Manchu poet and translator Bujilgen Jakdan, following the course of the Manchu and mixed-verse Manchu–Chinese poems included in the final volume of his ...
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Chapter 5 follows the story of Qing Dynasty Manchu poet and translator Bujilgen Jakdan, following the course of the Manchu and mixed-verse Manchu–Chinese poems included in the final volume of his poetry collection. It considers the integral relationship between the Manchu and Chinese languages in helping to create a formal poetic register of Manchu. It also follows Jakdan’s poetic descriptions of his own life as a translator, and discusses the broader context of translation in nineteenth-century China.Less
Chapter 5 follows the story of Qing Dynasty Manchu poet and translator Bujilgen Jakdan, following the course of the Manchu and mixed-verse Manchu–Chinese poems included in the final volume of his poetry collection. It considers the integral relationship between the Manchu and Chinese languages in helping to create a formal poetic register of Manchu. It also follows Jakdan’s poetic descriptions of his own life as a translator, and discusses the broader context of translation in nineteenth-century China.
