TENDENCIES OF HISTORICAL-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF FOLK SINGING ARTS OF THE CHINESE NATIONALITY OF THE SALAR PEOPLE
The article considers the tendencies of historical-cultural development of folk singing arts of the Chinese nationality of the Salar people. It shows the functions of folk arts: adaptive, cognitive, axiological, information-communicative, regulative, semiotic, educating, aesthetic, hedonistic, ethnic-marking, creative, etc. The folk singing arts of the Chinese nationality of the Salar people is presented as the continuation of cultural tradition. It is shown that folk singing arts is an integral self-sufficient subsystem of the folk culture of the Salar people. The paper characterizes the cultural features embodied in the vocal singing of the representatives of the Chinese nationality of the Salar people. In spite of the sociocultural changes occurring in the modern period, it is marked that singing arts of the Chinese nationality of the Salar people has high potential for preserving, spreading and development.