People's Daily Online, Beijing, December 28 (Reporter Liu Yingying) The new album "Distant Telling" of the Chagan Orchestra sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Huolin Gol Municipal Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Huolin Gol Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism was launched on various ** platforms at 0:00 on December 27, and the entity ** was also officially released on the same day.
Chagan Orchestra. Photo courtesy of the organizer.
The Chagan Orchestra was founded in 2010. Chagan, which means "white" in Mongolian, is a symbol of the source of life. The orchestra was originally formed by 3 people, and now has 13 members, using Mongolian traditional musical instruments, including bowed string instruments, percussion instruments and plucked instruments, etc., playing folk songs based on the traditional narrative of Mongolian Horqin, combining the world's ** and modern ** style elements, and has been active in the depths of the grassland and the majority of herdsmen for a long time, practicing the spirit of Ulan herding and bringing joy to farmers and herdsmen.
It is understood that the new album released this time will integrate traditional Mongolian musical instruments and performance forms such as Humai, create and adapt a first-class chapter with Mongolian characteristics, highlighting the connotation and charm of Chinese culture, bringing unprecedented auditory enjoyment to the audience, and allowing more audiences to understand and appreciate Horqin art.
The new album consists of 12 tracks, including "The Saddle of the Walking Horse", "The Broad World", "The Refreshing Valley", "The Song of Kissing", "The Sun Rises", "Alun Gaova", "New Shuaier", "Once Upon a Time on the Prairie", "Four Seasons", "Haili Haidan", "Kantzhima" and "The Peak of Hometown". Among them, there are 9 folk songs, 1 creative theme song, and 2 creative songs. The release of this new album will further enrich the literary and artistic works of Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and also contribute to the beautiful scenery of the northern Xinjiang of the motherland.