Second interview with Xuan Ke – Lijiang 21.10.2003
Duration: 1 hour 48 mins
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| Description: | Interview of Xuan Ke in Lijiang by Alan Macfarlane, with the assistance of Sarah Harrison and Xiaoxiao Yan |
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| Created: | 2014-10-04 18:02 |
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| Collection: | China |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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| Explicit content: | No |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
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| Bumper: | UCS Default |
| Trailer: | UCS Default |
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Second interview with Xuan Ke – Lijiang 21.10.2003 Talking about how he uses humour to make serious points in his performance because of difficulty of being too open in China; his own research interests in music and dance; plagiarism in China Account of his father's life; worked for Dutch missionaries; 1928 joined Roosevelt expedition to the panda area Own life: born 1930; educated in mission schools; went to school in Kunming run by Americans, all musicians, during the war; 1948 joined Communist guerrilla army as a song writer; chased by Kumintang; from 1949 became conductor for a song and dance group in Kunming; 1957 imprisoned as a result of 'hundred flowers bloom' when described Mao as the second Christ and money sent from sister in Kalimpong via a Kumintang bank in Hong Kong; gaoled for 4 years at first; then sent to tin mines for 18 years; kept going by singing and storytelling Re-education and thoughts on Mao; struggling; torture; unable to work in mine so sent to be a shepherd; how he preserved his hands; shepherding Released in February 1978; refused to go back as conductor of group in Kunming; returned to Lijiang; official apology and given 5800 yuan; sent to wood-cutting factory; after three months could do anything and opted to teach music in Lijiang Middle School in September 1978; photo aged 49 looked so young because of work in tin mine; lack of air pressure in mine allowed one to lift rocks easily; taught until 1990 also taught English in another school where He Ying was a pupil Currently running the Naxi orchestra; future not good as the young are not interested; hopes for China as old men disappear will see changes in five years; children of the middle aged politician go abroad for education; encourage parents to change and to visit the outside world; China changing economic system and making money fast; marxism seems irrelevant; need to save face; capitalism with Chinese aspects Appearance in Bruce Chatwin's 'Song Lines'; Sarah reads; Chatwin's visit and later bone disease; photos Visited by Chris Patton; books; reflections on Mao's doctor's book |
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