摘要
On September 21 st, the final of the Folk Song Competition under the 4th China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo kicked off in Ji＇nan, the city of fountain, Shandong Province. The competition was between altogether 170 singers from 17 ethnic groups including Han, Mongolia, Hui, Tibet, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Korea, Dong, Yao and Tujia. Xiang Zhaolun, Vice- Minister of Culture, watched the first session and encouraged singers to contribute to the promotion and preservation of traditional folk songs.
