Hero epic "Manas": Cultural treasure of the Chinese nation

Anyone who has Korgizi lives, "Manas" will be circulated.

The Kurgiz is an ancient nation in northern my country. It is calculated from the relevant records in the Historical Records. The context of its historical development has exceeded 2000 years. "Manas" is the heroic epic of the Korgiz, which describes the heroes of the hero Manas and its seventh generations, leading the Corgiz people to fight with foreign invaders and various evil forces.

"Manas" is called "the encyclopedia of the ancient life of the Kirgiz" by the academic community at home and abroad. Tradition, life experience and aesthetic taste, show the vitality and creativity of the Korgiz's spiritual and culture. It absorbs nutrition from the ancient Kirgiz epic and the rich Corgzi folk literature, tolerance the ancient myths, legends, custom songs, folk narrative poems and folk proverbs, and the masterpieces of Korikzi folk literature. Multi -disciplinary value.

▲ On October 14, 2021, the "Anti -Material Cultural Heritage Exhibition of 19 provinces and cities in Xinjiang" opened in Xinjiang. At the opening ceremony, the actor sang the selected section of Korgiz Epic "Manas". Xinhua News Agency reporter Faye Wong Photo

"Manas" mainly adopts the form of singing, and through the melody and rhythm, it shows the changes in epic plots and the joy and sorrow of the characters in the epic. It is mainly circulated in the Kizilu Cirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In addition, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and other countries in Central Asia are also circulated.

"Manas" was originally produced in the 9th to 10th centuries. According to literature, "Manas" has been circulating in the 16th century. During the process of circulating, through the refinement of the Cirkzi genius singers, it was integrated into the wisdom of the whole nation. Essence

The folk singer who sings "Manas", Korgiz, is called "Manasch". Whenever festivals are invited to "Manasch" to sing "Manas", it has become the traditional custom of Cirgizi herdsmen. When singing, "Manasch" is not accompanied by musical instruments. In the "Manas" singing competition, he often sings for a few days and nights.

The census work of "Manas" began in the 1960s. In the census, many singers singing "Manas" recorded various different texts of "Manas". Since the 1960s, the eight "Manas" (230,000 lines, 18 volumes) of Kirikzi, which recorded, sorted, and published Hostef Maru. At present, there are many translations such as Britain, Russia, Han, Tu, Japan, and Ha.

"Manas" and the Tibetan folk rap hero epic "Gesar" and the Mongolian hero epic "Jiangger" is also known as the three major hero epic in my country, all of which are included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage The representative project list, and has been selected as the UNESCO Human Non's List. As the country has increased protection, mining and inheritance, it has effectively promoted the intergenerational heritage of the three epic. At present, only nearly 500 inheritors of the "Manas" epic.

Source ｜ Jingbao APP

Reporter: Lin Fei

Edit: Chen Zhangwei

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