The Plateau Music Project

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These songs were recorded by Wen Xiangcheng during June of 2008. All these songs were recorded in the Sanchuan area of Minhe County (Haidong Region, Qinghai Province). The Sanchuan area includes Guanting Town, Zhongchuan Township and parts of Gangou, Xing’er, and Qianhe Townships and is home to approximately 40,000 Monguor people. Wen Xiangcheng [...]

In January and February of this year, ten project members from ten different counties in four provinces, went to their local communities and recorded 120 endangered minority songs. The total length of these songs is approximately 354 minutes. We believe that it is very important for our members to use their free time to do [...]