英文摘要
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In 2013, a batch of archives retrieved from the Ostasien-Institut, Bonn, Germany brought back memories of important episodes in the history of Taiwanese music. Institutions such as "Arbeitsgemein-schaft China-Europa," "Music Library for Chinese Youth," "Chinese Music Center in Bonn," etc., that were long forgotten, resurfaced in these archives and regained people's attention. Information yielded from these records reveals that many folk singers participated in the Chinese Folk Song Competition in 1967, with the most majority performing Hakka folksongs. In the brochure for the Competition, there are several pictures of the Hakka Folksong Competition as well as documentation of aboriginal people's music. These are from the Folksong Documentation Movement, led by Shih Wei-liang in 1967. One picture substantiates the content and date of the Competition. Furthermore, the same catalog preserves audio recordings of the Competition of that year. It recreates circumstances of the final contest "live" and the voice of Huang Chinfeng's singing. After reviewing relevant documents and my interviews with Huang Chin-feng, I attest to the authenticity of the recordings and confirm that Huang was not the champion of the year. Intensive cross-examining uncovers a close relationship between the Chinese Folksong Competition, Hakka Folksong Competition, and the Folksong Documentation Movement of 1967. Because of the on-site visit of the Documentation team, a greater proportion of Hakka singers also entered the Chinese Folksong Competition. I infer that the Chinese Folksong Competition inclined more toward promotion rather than competition, and the participants were closely related to the singers "uncovered" by the Documentation team.
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