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The blue sky is filled with white clouds, and horses are running beneath them... "The noon sun shines into the practice room, and the clear singing is carried by the wind. Behind the melodious singing is a young man who continues the torch. From listening to and watching Ulan Muqi, to becoming a member of Ulan Muqi. "Su Lete, born in the 1990s, is an actor, director, and young inheritor of the Ulan Muqi family in Hohhot. This sentence is a summary of his own growth trajectory, and his story also showcases the inheritance and innovation of the new generation of Ulan Muqi.

 

 

 

Hulan Muqi actor and director Su Lete from Hohhot City

 

The fate between Su Lete and Ulan Muqi has long been engraved in the years of growth. My father is a member of the Ulan Pastoral Cavalry Team, and my aunt, brother, cousin, and cousins are all doing this. My whole family has been doing this all our lives. "His earliest memory of grassland singing was when his grandmother comforted him and taught him to sing" The Rising Sun on the Grassland ".

 

Ulan Muqi "means" red tender sprouts "in Mongolian language, and later also extended to" red artistic light cavalry ". When it comes to inheritance, Su Le has his own unique understanding: inheritance is not simply a matter of inheriting the original, but rather integrating new era thinking and expression while preserving the classic core. On the basis of retaining the classic melodies of the older generation, the team members incorporated Western music and electronic music, giving traditional folk songs a trendy arrangement, gradually accumulating and adding artistic thickness. In his view, the times are changing, the way of life on the grasslands is changing, and the service forms of Ulan Muqi are also iterating, but the spiritual core hidden inside has never changed.

 

 

 

Hohhot Ulan Muqi Theater

 

It is reported that Ulanmuqi in Hohhot was established in 1979 and was reestablished in 2018. It is a first-class public welfare institution under the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television. Relying on the development model of "public welfare+market", the Wulan Animal Husbandry and Cavalry Headquarters is responsible for creating a "reservoir" for artistic talents and undertaking public welfare services; The Municipal Culture and Tourism Investment Group is responsible for the market-oriented operation of literature and art, promoting the complementarity of fiscal funds and market revenue, and has initially formed a development mechanism that combines social benefits and economy. In this team, the vast majority of members are born in the 1990s and 2000s. Su Lete smiled and said, "I'm pretty big, I'm from 1993

 

To become a member of this team, "one specialization and multiple abilities" is a mandatory threshold, and team members need to master three or more professional skills. Su Lete introduced, "My major is vocal music, and I am a singer. However, in my workplace, I also work as a screenwriter, creating stage plays, dramas, operas, and musicals." With young blood, I inject new expressions into this long-standing career.

 

In recent years, performances that benefit the people, cultural and tourism promotion, and cross regional exchanges have become new battlefields for young team members. Ulaanmu Cavalry in Hohhot has entered rural areas, communities, military camps, campuses, scenic spots, historical districts, commercial districts, internet famous check-in points, and rural pastoral areas, and has carried out nearly 600 performances for the benefit of the people. Relying on the "dual performance integration" model of online and offline, we aim to help the Chilechuan grassland cultural and tourism brand expand and attract traffic. The team also went to urban areas such as Beijing Tianjin Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area in small teams to carry out cultural flash mobs and cultural tourism promotion, continuously expanding the influence of Hohhot's cultural and tourism brand nationwide.

 

 

 

Ulan pastoral cavalry members are rehearsing

 

At the end of the interview, we walked into the rehearsal hall, where the fingertips of the young Ulan pastoral cavalry members flowed, traditional ethnic instruments blended with modern rhythms, and ancient grassland melodies resonated with the times.

 

Generation after generation of Ulan pastoral cavalry members relay the torch of red literature and art. The older generation traveled thousands of miles on the grassland, using the sky as a backdrop and the earth as a stage; Young team members born in the 1990s and 2000s, take over this baton, guard their roots, and boldly innovate. The melody is overlapping, the stage is expanding, and the form is updating, but the original intention of Ulan Muqi singing for the people and rooting in them remains unchanged. In Inner Mongolia, this red branch is facing the wind of the times and continues to grow. (Image/Text by Zhang Yi, reporter from China Economic Net)

 

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