China: A Living Repository of Cultural Legacy. With a civilization spanning five millennia, China has cultivated a wealth of cultural legacies through its profound humanistic traditions. Among these, Shandong Dagu (Shandong Drum Song) emerges as a distinctive folk performative tradition, intrinsically woven into the sociocultural fabric of Shandong communities. This rural-originated narrative artform encapsulates the agrarian ethos of diligence and resilience inherent to its progenitors while serving as an acoustic archive of regional identity. As a performative medium blending oral storytelling with rhythmic instrumentation, it embodies both aesthetic sophistication and anthropological significance. However, its contemporary viability confronts existential challenges in preservation methodologies and intergenerational transmission, rendering its extant manifestations an urgent priority for cultural safeguarding.

Shandong Drum Song;Living transmission;Intangible cultural heritage;Sonic architecture

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DOI： https://doi.org/10.62639/ssperi04.20250102

Published： 2025