Chi Bulag

He was born in Hoshun, which was then called Dunke-Zhongqi (“The Middle Banner of the Eastern Khorchins”) in the territory occupied by Japanese troops and included by them in the puppet state of Manzhou-go (now these lands are part of the Hoshun Khorchin-Zoizhongtsi Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia of the People’s Republic of China ) At the age of three, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the fifth living Buddha and he moved to a Buddhist temple in Khorchin. There he studied many academic disciplines and especially excelled in music. As a boy, he independently learned to play the morin huur. Many years later, impressed by the performances, he was taken to the local ensemble. So he began to perform on stage. He was a student of the national artist and laureate of the State Prize of Mongolia G. Zhamyan ^[2] .

In 1958, he began his professional and creative career at the Student Experimental Theater in Hohhot ^[3] . He became its director. During the Cultural Revolution, he was imprisoned in a labor camp.

Translated into Mongolian and published a Chinese treatise on music and dance. In 1979, he participated in the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. During the celebration he gave numerous recitals and participated in various concerts, for which he received commemorative gold and silver medals ^[3] . At the same time, he composed the play “The Steppe Leading to Beijing” and other plays that he performed on Chinese radio. He also composed “Tүmen agtyn tөvөrgөөn” (“Ten Thousand Galloping Horses”) - one of his most famous works, which was written under the deep impression of fierce horse racing, in which one horse reached the finish line, and then fell and died from overvoltage. This work has received positive reviews on China International Radio and China National Radio ^[3] . He played this composition in 2005 on the stage of the Vienna Golden Hall ^[4] and on August 8, 2008 during the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing .

To bring more expression to the sound of Maureen Hoora, Chi Bulag modified the design of this instrument. Thanks to his efforts, Maureen Huur now has a wider range and louder sound. Chi Bulag stated that now Maureen Huur can play almost all kinds of music. However, some musicians from Mongolia consider the sound of Maureen Huurov designs by Chi Bulag to be too adapted to Chinese traditional music.

In 1989, he founded the Chinese Dance Society in Hohhot, becoming its chairman ^[5] . He performed in many countries, in particular gave a concert in Vienna, Austria ^{[6] [4]} . Currently has more than 20 thousand students around the world.

In 2001, he held the International Youth Dance Festival ^[5] .

He is president of the Morin Khuura Association in Hohhot , honorary chairman of the Mongolian Dance Association ^[5] , vice president of the National Song and Dance Ensemble of Inner Mongolia, honorary doctor of the Buddhist Mongolian University, professor at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and Central University of National Music in Hohhot .

• Special Prize at the Osaka International Music Competition (1993)
• Fukushima International Music Festival Award (1993)
• China National Matouqin Competition Award (1996)
• Music of the World Award at the Yokohama International Music Festival of Arts (1997)
• Genghis Khan Prize and Gold Medal of the Mongolian Academy of Social Sciences and Nomadic Culture (2003)
• The title of "National Executive". Assigned by the Chinese Ministry of Culture under the Intangible National Cultural Heritage Act (2007)
• Literary Award for Contribution to the Art of the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia (07.15.2009)
• The title "Cultural Worker of China for 2014"
• Order of the North Star

• Či Bulag - Inner Mongolia (China) - Morin Huur, The Folk Music Traditions 2

• “The steppe leading to Beijing” (“草原 连着 北京”);
• “Mandah Nar” (“The Rising Sun”, “初升 的 太阳”),
• Rondo
• "Ten thousand galloping horses"

• Charlotte D'Evelyn, Chi Bulag and the morin huur in Inner Mongolia, China, Yearbook for traditional music XLVI [2014] pp. 89-113
• Elizabeth A. Davis, A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings // Music Library Association, p. 617

• World Morin Huur Master Chi Bulag
• Či Bulag and the morin huur
• Movie about Chi Bulag (Duration - 25 minutes) on YouTube
• 草 原 金 曲 (Chinese)
• “Mongol Tulgatny 100 Erham” novtrүүlgiyin zochnor morin huurch Chi Bulag urigzhe (unavailable link)
• Khorvoog Bayasgasan Khaan Khujim - Maureen Huur