Recently, the results of art project funded by 2013 National Social Science Fund have been announced. Professor Yin Aiqing's research project ("The Vicissitudes and Cross-border Dissemination of Xibo Ethic Minority's Music and Dance in Northwestern and Northeastern Regions") got approved with a funding of 150,000 RMB.
By collecting information and comparing changes in Xibo’s folk songs, opera, instruments, and dances, the research aims to explore its causes and features, putting forward the measures and suggestions for its cross-border dissemination in modern times.
(From News Center, translated by Wang Yingchao, revised by Hou Dan)