So many different countries that have lost a bit of their cultural music are steadily attempting to keep that music. China, along with many other countries, seems to be trying to keep their traditional music alive for their future generations. The Manchu, as you mentioned, is the group that really has kept their traditional musical practices and it seems to have been because of their religion. I believe that when a musical tradition has a tie to a religion, it is much more likely to last a longer time because people believe that straying away from a certain type of music would mean straying away from the religious beliefs. The song fairs for the youth of China seems very remarkable and a nice time to form acquaintances and find others that
