Tacheng, Xinjiang postal code: 834300
Tacheng area is located in the northwest of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the central part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, belonging to the arid and semi-arid climate zone of the middle temperate zone. It has five counties and two cities under the jurisdiction of Tacheng City, Emin County, Yumin County, Toli County, Wusu City, Shawan County, and Hebuksaier Mongol Autonomous County, and five counties (cities) bordering with Kazakhstan*** and the State, with a 546-kilometer-long border. The region resides in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps agricultural seven, eight, nine, ten divisions belonging to the 36 agricultural reclamation farms, the hinterland of the oil town of Karamay, Dushanzi petrochemical base and the city of Kuitun. There are 39 townships, 27 towns, 8 street offices, with a total area of 104,546.958 square kilometers, accounting for 6.12% of the total area of the autonomous region.
Region: China? Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region? Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Government Location: 169 Xinhua Road, Tacheng City
Telephone Area Code: 0901
Vehicle License Plate Code: Xin G
Dialect: Chinese, Kazakh, Uyghur
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Language
The Daur people have their own language, which belongs to the Mongolian group of the Altaic language family, and there is no writing of their own; most people use Chinese.
Clothing
The clothing of the Daur people is made from a variety of raw materials such as cloth, roe deer skin and sheepskin. In the early days, men's clothing was mainly made of roe deer skin, and only summer clothes and underwear were made of cloth. Their elk-skin garments are divided into two types: winter and spring and fall. For late fall, winter, early spring of the elk skin made of leather robes called "Deli", thick velvet, cold ability, lightweight and warm, in order to facilitate horseback riding, the front and back of the leather robes of the hem slit; used in late spring, summer and early fall of the elk skin made of leather robes known as the "Hazhmi" Because the velvet has been shed, thin hair, suitable for spring and fall wear, is the hunter and into the mountain loggers ideal coat. Daur people called "its Kami" boots, is the lower leg of the roe deer fur outward sewing into the boot leg, roe deer neck skin for the bottom. People wear felt socks, and then set of "its Kami", warm and lightweight, suitable for walking in the snowy plains of the forest, is the hunter's necessary cold boots.
Musical Instruments
There is a musical instrument in the Daur folklore, known as the "Mukulian", which is translated into Chinese as the "Harmonica". Iron for the frame, embedded in the middle of a thin steel reed, placed between the lips and teeth, fingers rhythmically plucking the tip of the reed to send out the sound of music, Mukulian volume is weak, the range is narrower, but the music is soft, and can play a variety of tunes, quite a favorite of the Daur people.
Dance
The Daur ethnic group is a people who love to sing and dance. "Ruzhgele" is circulating in the Daur ethnic group, to hoot for the rhythm, more than one woman to participate in the side of the hooting and jumping folk dance, this dance originated in their ancient hunting life times, "Ruzhgele" word meaning " Burning" or "prosperity", may be due to the Daur ancestors in ancient times around the bonfire wild dance and got its name, Ru Ri Geler is generally two people dance, other people to watch and cheer, to reach the climax of the multi-people down the field of dance.
Daur's Ruri Geler dance has a complete structure, hooting and hollering, to slip or slip stomp for the basic pace, the formation of concise and so on. The main programs are "Yingshanhong", "Hockey", "Hippie Girl", "Joyful Mountain Village" and so on.
Carving
It is an important aspect of Daur folk art, mainly woodcut and birch bark carving. In the past, where the more substantial life of the family in the construction of the house, in the windows and doors, especially the partition doors and door frames, carved a variety of landscape patterns. Folk carving is a more common form of expression, is the daily use of the Daur people made of birch bark boxes, barrels, baskets and boxes and other utensils, carving a variety of natural scenery, animals and other images. This carving using a sawtooth shape staggered compression of the process, or with painting, pointing, stamping and other methods, so that the carving of the image of a complete and beautiful.
Embroidery
It is another important aspect of the traditional folk art of the Daur ethnic group, and the girls near marriage age learn to do needlework and embroidery is one of the most important contents. Brides get married for everyone to bring pillows, cloth shoes, smoke purse embroidery level how, traditionally, people evaluate the bride of an important content.
Embroidery techniques, in addition to flat embroidery, patch embroidery, folding embroidery is the most distinctive. Embroidery patterns of geometric patterns, good luck and folk tales of the characters, nature, birds, birds and animals as the content.
Songs
The Daur folk music has various forms, such as songs, duets and dances, which are characterized by passionate and exuberant tones, varied euphemisms, distinctive rhythms and strict beats.
Songs, the Daur people called "Zasdale", usually in the field production of labor in between or to catch the car on the journey, the lyrics to see the scene, can be improvised lyrics. Tunes high, melodious, more trills, with the unique style of Daur ethnic songs, Daur folk artists in the national folk songs based on processing and adaptation of the "sweetheart", "mountain township", "lullaby" and other songs, can be said to be the outstanding works of Daur folk songs today.
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