Yanying Xiao, female, Han nationality, member of ViolinProfessional Committee of Shaanxi Musicians Association, director of Yangzhou Violin Association. Now he is a graduatestudent in Music Education, Conservatory of Music, YangzhouUniversity. He has presided over 4 research projects, mainly onviolin education and the development trend of violinnationalization.

CHAPTER 1 THEORY AND METHODS OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY ..................1
1.1 NEW THINKING ON THE RESEARCH ISSUES OF HISTORICAL ETHNOMUSICOLOGY .... 1
1.2 INTERTEXTUALITY AND SEMIOTIC INTERPRETATION OF RITUAL MUSIC TEXTS ....... 22
1.3 THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ORAL TEXTS IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY RESEARCH 40
1.4 PROSPECTS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE MUSIC
ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS ................................................................................. 79
1.5 FIELDWORK OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY ......................................................... 94
CHAPTER 2 CHINESE MINORITY MUSIC DISCIPLINE ISSUES ...................106
2.1 REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION OF CHINESE MINORITY MUSIC
RESEARCH............................................................................................... 106
2.2 POSTMODERN THINKING IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH .................... 134
2.3 RESEARCH ISSUES ON CHINESE MINORITY MUSIC....................................... 153
CHAPTER 3 ETHICAL FOCUS AND NEW TRENDS ....................................177
3.1 ETHICAL ISSUES .................................................................................. 177
3.2 GENDER AND MUSIC ........................................................................... 191
3.3 MUSIC INDUSTRY................................................................................ 208
3.4 PRESERVATION OF WORLD MUSIC........................................................... 222
3.5 NEW TRENDS OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY IN RECENT YEARS.............................. 239
CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH ON YAO NATIONALITY MUSIC............................266
4.1 REVIEW AND REFLECTION ON THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC CULTURE OF THE
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YAO NATIONALITY IN CHINA........................................................................ 266
4.2 REFLECTIONS ON THE PROTECTION AND INHERITANCE OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN A
MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT .......................................................................... 285
4.3 RESEARCH ON YAO TRADITIONAL CULTURE FROM THE INTERDISCIPLINARY
PERSPECTIVE............................................................................................ 298
CHAPTER 5 PRACTICAL REFERENCES .....................................................306
5.1 RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR ETHNOMUSICOLOGY ....................................... 306
5.2 MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTION............................................... 313
5.3 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM....................................... 324
REFERENCES .........................................................................................335