Study on Protection and Inheritance of Expressive Arts of the Oroqen Nationality: A Case of Music School of Heihe University

摘要

The Oroqen nationality is one of 6 small national minorities of China and inhabits in Heilong River Valley of northeast China region. Although without a writing system except language, the Oroqen nationality has a long history and splendid culture. In the beginning, life of the Oroqen nationality was mainly based on nomadic hunting and such way of life has created national expressive arts with distinctive characteristics. Having been through changes of a long history, the Oroqen nationality has greatly changed in the living environment and as a result, the original music forms are ignored, destroyed and lost. As a carrier of the national spirit and ideology of the Oroqen nationality, its expressive art is an important piece of Chinese traditional culture, and its protection and inheritance is also a critical part of inheriting art education of colleges and universities. Located in Heihe, Heilongjiang, known as "the Jewel of the North", Heihe University is the first common institute of higher learning of China on the Sino-Russian board line of over 4300 kilometers. Over the past decade, relying on the regional advantages and local high-quality educational resources, the music school of Heihe University has made it its mission to carry forward traditional national culture, strengthen cultural confidence of students and cultivate talents with both political integrity and professional competence to serve the development of the border area. The music school carries out and implements the advice on improvement of art education work of colleges and universities and adapts to the developing trend of higher education of China to make teaching practice, reform and innovation, based on meeting local cultural demands. Especially, the application of expressive arts of the Oroqen nationality in the teaching practice shows the characteristics of our school and forms an particular education brand.