Integration of Music Teaching and Native Ethnic Music in Yunnan's Institutions of Higher Learning

摘要

Ethnic music is an important part of Chinese music treasure. It reflects minority's love and passion for life, expectation for happy life and positive spirituality during their laboring. Yunnan is a province that is inhabited by the most minorities and different minorities have diversified musical culture characteristics. The ethnic music of Yunnan Province has its unique natural and ecological environment, humanistic affection carrier and musical features. Therefore, in their teaching activities, the colleges and universities of Yunnan Province should pay much more attention on introducing local music into class. The spreading of original ethnic music in colleges and universities is helpful for protecting, inheriting, promoting our traditional Chinese culture, and a response to a national call that is protecting our nonmaterial culture as well.