The Research Of Telling And Singing Art “Yimakan” Of Hezhe Nationality

Hezhe nationality is one of the oldest m inority nationalities which lived on hunting and fishing.People live along with the Wusuli river,Songhua river and Heilong river.“Yimakan” is an ancient telling and singing art of Hezhe nation ality that influencing the lifestyle of Hezhe people by unique language and singing for ms.“Yimakan” recorded the spiritual culture of Hezhe nation ality,such as devel oping history,manners and customs.“Yimakan” has the research value of subjects,such as literature,linguistics,forklore and musicology.The introduction part of th e dissertation explains the research background,current situation,research significance,research m ethod and literature review of “Y imakan”.Objective to let the readers understand the reason for “Yimakan” study,the research results of present research and how will I analyze “Yimakan” in my essay.In the main body part,firstly,I will define three term inologies and give a brief introduction of Hezhe nationality's cultural background,;Secondly,taking “Mandumorigen” as an example to analyze characters,stories and ethnic characteristics of “Y imakan”,especially the unique telling and singing for m;Thirdly,I will analy ze the resea rch value o f “Yimakan”.Finally,the inheritance and protection of “Yimakan” telling and singing art.In this dissertation,I mainly use the methods of survey research.For now,the literatures of “Yimakan” is still lacking,therefore,I also use the m ethod of field investigation,interviewing “Yimakan” singers an d Hezhe pe ople,watching and reco rding performances.There are some points and ideas are not perfect and still need to improve.I will keep focusing on the research of “Yimakan” telling and singing art,in order to provide valuable literatures for other “Yimakan” scholars.