HeartheHeavenlyMusicoftheMongolianGrasslandthroughitsHorse-headedFiddle_GuangmingOnlineKnownas“Khuur”intheMongolianlanguage,thismusicinstrumentgotitnameafterthehorse-headdesignatthetop.Thehorse-headedfiddlewaslistedin2006astheoneofthefirstbatchofnationalintangibleculturalheritages.AsarepresentativeoftheMongolianmusicculture,itsshape,thematerialsitismadeof,itssoundqualityandtimbre,itsstylishexpressionandthewayitisplayed…allreflectthecharactersofMongolians,theirnomadiclifeaswellastheirphilosophyofnatureandtheuniverse.Whenthehorse-headfiddleisplayed,onecan’thelpbutpicturethevastgrassland,thehowlingwind,thesoundofgallopinghorsehoovesandthejoyfulherdingmelodies.Overthecourseofhistory,asthesoundofhorse-headfiddlehaspasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration,themusicalinstrumenthasalsoevolvedunderthehandsofperformersandartists,whonotonlyimproveditsstylishdesign,thewayit’sperformedanditsmakingtechnique,butalsomadeitknownbypeopleacrosstheworld.Producer:YangGuChiefSupervisor:ChenJiandong,SongLeyongChiefPlanner:CheJingwen,JinLinghanScriptWriter:YuePeiCoordinator:ZhouShuodi,TaoYanyan,YangJingyiCo-producedby:ChinaInternetDevelopmentFoundationandGMW.cnEditor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.