At the Tacheng Cultural Square in Xinjiang, · Dao Wuran (second from left), a teacher at the Accordion Cultural Heritage Center, leads students to practice the accordion (photo taken on July 24).
Children practicing the accordion dance to the sound of the piano at the Tacheng Cultural Square in Xinjiang (photo taken on July 24).
Children practice their accordion at the Tacheng Cultural Square in Xinjiang, and citizens dance to the music (photo taken on July 24).
At the Xinjiang Tacheng Accordion Cultural Heritage Center, teacher Dao Wuran · to Shanhan (first from left) gives accordion lessons to students (photo taken on July 24).
At Tacheng No. 4 Middle School in Xinjiang, students practice their accordions in preparation for the upcoming 2024 Xinjiang · Tacheng 4th International Accordion Culture and Arts Festival (photo taken on July 24th).
Tourists visit the accordion culture exhibition hall in Tacheng, Xinjiang (photo taken on July 24).
Tourists visit the accordion culture exhibition hall in Tacheng, Xinjiang (photo taken on July 24).
Xibe accordion artists interact with each other at the accordion culture exhibition hall in Tacheng, Xinjiang (photo taken on July 24).
This is a Belarus-style accordion on display in the accordion culture exhibition hall in Tacheng, Xinjiang (photo taken on July 24th).
Visitors enjoy an accordion performance at the Accordion Culture Exhibition Hall in Tacheng, Xinjiang (photo taken on July 24).
Tourists visit the accordion culture exhibition hall in Tacheng, Xinjiang (photo taken on July 24).
In the accordion culture exhibition hall in Tacheng, Xinjiang, folk artists bring accordion performances to tourists (photo taken on July 24).
The accordion is a cultural symbol of Tacheng City, Xinjiang, which is known as the "City of Chinese Accordions" (photo taken on July 24).
Tacheng City, Tacheng District, Xinjiang, is an important post station on the ancient Silk Road, with good ecology and beautiful scenery, and has been a place where Eastern and Western cultures blend since ancient times, inhabited by more than 20 ethnic groups such as Han, Kazakh, Hui, Uygur, Mongolia, Tatar, and Russia, forming a multicultural fertile soil for ethnic unity.
The accordion is the most widely circulated musical instrument among the people of Tacheng City and is one of the city's business cards. Accordion classes are offered in all primary and secondary schools in Tacheng, and accordion artists and enthusiasts of all nationalities can be seen performing on the streets and in restaurants. The accordion is not only an important way for Tacheng people to enjoy their daily leisure and entertainment, but also an important medium for people of all ethnic groups to communicate and mingle. In 2023, Tacheng was awarded the title of "Chinese Accordion City" by the Accordion Society of the Chinese Musicians Association.
In recent years, Tacheng has deeply excavated the unique accordion culture, and has successively held activities such as "1,000 Accordion Performances and Accordion Masters Performances" and "Xinjiang · Tacheng Accordion Culture and Art Festival", which attracted many citizens and tourists to participate, achieved good social repercussions, and further enhanced the atmosphere of unity and progress of all ethnic groups.
The flower of ethnic unity in Tacheng area has borne fruitful results, and it has been named "National Demonstration Area of National Unity and Progress" twice.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Lei
(Editor in charge: Chu Jialin)