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Whose Flute, Song, Dance and Drum？： The Music of Bei People in Dangchang, Longnan, Gansu Province under the Discourse of Ethnic Group

感谢论坛主办单位,尤其是厦门闽南文化研究会会长陈耕老师的邀请。抱歉!我几场会没有来,对会议论文了解得不是很完整,主要责任在我自己。我曾在安溪调研,结识了一些朋友,这几天来来往往耽误了时间,失去了听会的机会,但是我利用这个时间把各位的文章翻阅了一遍，学习到很多。

There lived a group of people calling themselves ＂Bei＂ in Dangchang, Longnan, Gansu Province. For a long time, they think they are Tibetan because the pronunciation of Bei is very similar to ＂Bod＂, the self-claim of Tibet. But they are quite different from Tibetan in other areas in terms of language, dress and customs. Recently, some local intellectuals argued that they are the descendants of ancient Di and Qiang according to old documents, which idea is supported by the County government to develop tourism. It is the ethnic alternation caused debates on ethnic identification among villagers, intellectuals and people of various ages and the changes of Bei＇s traditional culture and music. Based on the fieldwork about Bei＇s existing music, the author tries to explore such issues as how the Bei＇ s music has been changed and how Bei understand the changes of their music during the reconstruction of their ethnic identity.