He Linyi, national-level inheritor of Baishaxiyue

我叫和凛毅，纳西族。我的家在云南省丽江市玉龙县。我是国家级非物质文化遗产白沙细乐的国家级传承人。

I’m He Linyi, a member of the Naxi ethnic group. I live in Yulong Naxi Autonomuos County in Lijiang City in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. I’m a national-level inheritor of Baishaxiyue, an ancient musical piece and national intangible cultural heritage.

《白沙细乐》至今最少已经有了800多年的时间，所有的纳西人只要听到白沙细乐，心里就会产生一种认同感，就会一种情感在心里面。白沙细乐不仅在精神上有了一种鼓舞，行动上也有了一些指引。比如对上一代的老人的孝顺，孝敬，应该怎么去做，这些都会在白沙细乐当中体现。

Baishaxieyue has a history of at least more than 800 years. When hearing it, all Naxi people will feel a sense of identity and an emotion at heart. Baishaxiyue not only inspires people, but also guides their actions. For instance, Baishaxiyue teaches people how to be filial to the parental generation.

从2005年（起），我带着我们的乐队，没有任何报酬的情况下，去了丽江古城玉和广场进行公益性演出，一演就是演了三年。这三年期间我们就把白沙细乐传播给了将近50万的游客。

From 2005, I started to give charity performances with our band at Yuhe Plaza in the Old Town of Lijiang. We didn’t get any rewards. We put on performances for three years, and during those years we spread our music to around 500,000 tourists.

有个别的一些游客，他们听了音乐之后真的哭了，流泪了。说我们在丽江古城听到了真正的纳西文化，看到了真正的纳西文化。

Some tourists became tearful after listening to our music, saying that they saw and heard the real Naxi culture in the Old Town of Lijiang.

在公益性演出的时候，很多国外的人，有人来到丽江旅游，听到了我们这个音乐，就喜欢得不得了。

There were many foreigners coming to see our charity performances. Some of them were taking a trip in Lijiang. They heard our music and loved it so much.

后来我受邀请去了欧洲五个国家演出，我们去了德国的法拉克福、明斯克、莫斯科，还有匈牙利的布达佩斯、杰尔市等等一些地方去演出。他们听了之后非常感叹，基本上都是说I love you，love your Chinese music，Chinese music is good，竖起两个拇指给我们。

Then I was invited to give performances in five European countries. We went to Frankfurt in Germany, Minsk in Belarus, Moscow in Russia, and Budapest and Gyor in Hungary. People marveled after listening to our music. Basically, they gave the thumbs-up and said, “I love you, love your Chinese music. Chinese music is good.”

美丽的山水，说白了世界到处都有。但是这个文化它的独特性，独一无二。这个文化只有丽江纳西族有，所以这是我们的文化自信，这是我们的文化个性，所以我们一定要让外面的人了解我们的民族，我们的文化。

Beautiful landscape, to be honest, can be seen everywhere around the world. But our culture has its uniqueness. It only belongs to the Naxi people in Lijiang, so it’s our cultural confidence and our cultural individuality. Therefore, we must let the outside world know about our ethnic group and culture.