Uygur Dastan is a kind of Uygur singing and playing music. It is a narrative long poem with both speaking and singing. It is long and often has a complete story and characters running through it. It is a folk art form with a long history. The music is narrative and lyrical. From the 3rd to the 7th century AD, there was a Dastan work called "Alifu? Ertu'e'a" circulating among the Uygur people, singing the people's hero Ertu'e'a. Its music is deep and gentle, with ups and downs in the tune, and it emphasizes both narrative and lyricism. It is often accompanied by instruments such as Bur, Dutar, and Rewab, and is very popular among the masses. It was put on the stage as early as the 1940s, and it has been performed for a long time because of its tortuous and touching plot and beautiful music. . "Dastan" is a folk art form with a long history of the Uygur people in Xinjiang. "Dastan" is a Uygur language, meaning "narrative long poem". As a kind of music, Dastan is characterized by the long story of singing and rapping rhymes. The reason why "narrative poems" became a form of folk art for rap performances is that the Uyghurs borrowed the tunes from their own large-scale music suites and the ancient "Mukham" to sing and perform. It is said that as early as the 3rd to 7th century AD, among the Uyghurs living in Xinjiang, China, there was a Dastan program called "Alifu Erdu'a", which showed the heroic deeds of the national hero Erdu'a. From then on, showing heroes became a tradition of Dastan rap. Artistic characteristics and performance forms During the Dastan performance, one to three people perform, among which the leading actors hold national musical instruments such as Rebab or Dutar, Tanboer, Shatar, etc. and play and perform by themselves. Other actors hold hand drums or stone pieces to beat the rhythm and sing. The performance venue is also very flexible, and it can be performed in markets, teahouses, and banquets. It is said that the famous heroic epic "Manas" of the Kirgiz people in Xinjiang was also performed and circulated in the form of Dastan. It is said that Siyiti is the most famous artist who plays and sings Dastan. His deeds were compiled into a dastan program, named "Good Man Siyi". The main content of Uyghur dastan is very extensive, including historical events, heroes, love stories, etc. It reflects the history and real life of the working people, and also reflects the folk culture, aesthetic values and philosophical thoughts of the nation. According to the content and form of Uyghur dastan, it is divided into hero dastan, love dastan, history dastan and Jiangnamei (religious dastan). Uyghur hero dastan is longer and covers a wide range of life. It takes major historical events and heroic legends as the theme, and reflects the myths and legends of the Uyghur people, as well as the wars between tribes and ethnic groups and the great achievements of heroes in the form of poetry. For example: "The Biography of Oghuz", "Hero Qin Temur" (chintomurbatur), "Son of the Grave" (goroghli), "Yusup Ahemaiti", "Alipartunga", "Rustanmi" (rustemdastani), etc. Take the Biography of Oghuz as an example: The Biography of Oghuz is divided into two parts. The first part describes Oghuz's birth, growth and experience of becoming a Khan; the second part describes Oghuz Khan's war deeds, including the ancient Uyghur creation myths, national origin legends, folk beliefs, customs and habits. The content of Uyghur love dastan includes fantasy love plots and life love plots. Fantasy love dastan begins with the male protagonist falling in love with a beautiful fairy, fighting against demons and monsters, and working hard to get the fairy's love. It is rich in fantasy colors. For example: Kemershahweshemsijanan, Horlikahamrajan, Senuber, etc. Life love dastan takes real love life as the clue, mainly reflects the young people's yearning and pursuit for free love, and exposes the tragedy caused by the interference of the society in the marriage and love of young people at that time. For example, "Ailifu and Sai Naimu", "Tayir Zuhela", "Parhad Xiren", "Laili Majinun", "Rebiya and Saiyidin", "Kizilgulum", "Kakkuk and Zainaipu" are representative works of Uyghur life and love dastan. Uyghur history dastan takes major events and historical figures' activities as the theme, and mainly describes the historical figures' selfless dedication for the benefit of the people. Its representative works include "Nozgumu", "Syitinuoqi", "Abdureheman Khoja", etc. Jengname takes the religious wars that occurred during the introduction of Islam into Xinjiang as the main theme. It describes the war scenes between the Uyghurs who accepted Islam at that time and the Uyghurs who believed in Buddhism in the Hotan area who refused to accept Islam, and the heroic deeds of some leaders who emerged in the war. This type of dastan retains the expression method of the epic of Turkic-speaking ethnic heroes. On June 7, 2008, “Uyghur Dastan” applied for by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region was approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.