Editor's note: If the Golden Festival is a Manchu celebration, the Xibe clan celebration is the Westward Migration Festival. On the eighteenth day of the fourth lunar month of the 29th year of Qianlong (1764), the Qing government recruited 1,018 Xibe officers and soldiers from Shengjing (present-day Shenyang) and other places, together with their families, a total of 3,275 people, led by Manchu officials, to move west to the Ili region of Xinjiang to carry out tun reclamation. The eighteenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar thus becomes the westward migration festival of the Western Border People, and the national spirit of the Westward Migration is also the soul of the Xibe ethnic group. Through the cooperation of Manchu and Xibe artists, this historical work was created, "The Legend of Westward Migration".
The finale of 2021, "Legend of Westward Migration" was shockingly released
Background of the creation and distribution of "Legend of Westward Migration"
In 1764 (the 29th year of Qianlong), after quelling the Dzungar rebellion, the Qing government mobilized 1,018 officers and soldiers of the Xibe (descendants of the Xianbei ethnic group) along the Nen River and Songhua River in the northeast to strengthen the northwestern border defense, together with a total of 3,275 of their families, led by Manchu officials, and moved west to the Ili region of Xinjiang to carry out tun reclamation. On the eighteenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the xibe compatriots who moved west to Ili and stayed in their hometown gathered at the Taiping Temple of the Xibo Family Temple to kill pigs to pay homage to their ancestors, pray for peace, and prepare a feast for the relatives of the expedition.
In May 2021, Manchu lyricist Yun Gege was invited to serve as a judge of the Ili Division of The Voice of China, and in June he composed the lyrics of "The Legend of Moving West". This song, which integrates the historical and cultural background of the Westward Migration of the Xibe people, deeply touched the winner of this year's Ili good voice, the Xibe singer Guan Xiaoqiang, and his uncle, the Xibe artist Tong Zhixian, and they agreed to compose and sing. In September, Tong Zhixian composed the music. The cloud art team cooperated sincerely, and after three or four months of post-production polishing, it was exclusively launched on Tencent Music at 00:00 on December 29.
The Legend of Westward Migration
Lyricist: YunGege
Composer: Tong Zhixian
Singer: Kwan Siu-keung
Harmony: Hu Yuchen
Arrangement: Wang Junyang
Recording/Mixing/Mastering: Mr. Perman
Co-ordinator: Botu
Producer:
Lin Xi YunGege Liu Bijun Gu Zhihua
In your past life, you were fishing and hunting in Daxing'anling,
I'm whipping in Hulunbuir.
In this life we meet on the banks of the Ili River,
The story of the quest is the legendary westward migration.
Zeng recalled 418,
The hero's Ancestors of Thebe,
Leaving Shengjing,
Driving a wooden-wheeled ox cart,
Pack your bags,
Carrying a bow and arrow,
Step on the horse,
With a great mission
Tunken Shubian,
Make an outstanding contribution to the frontier,
Outstanding contribution.
Bounce up the beloved "East Bull",
Dance the Belém Dance,
Blowing up the moving "Merkner",
Missing loved ones,
The Moon of Chabuchar, the Moon,
Always as round as the homeland!
Acknowledgements:
Xinjiang Dongsu Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd
Audio of "Legend of Westward Migration"