【亚洲•中国】赫哲族伊玛堪说唱 Imakan of Hezhe Nationality(2010年)

伊玛堪是东北地区赫哲族的独特说唱艺术，表演形式为一个人说唱结合地进行徒口叙述，无乐器伴奏，采用叶韵和散文体的语言，这种独特的艺术形式在传承赫哲族语言、信仰、民俗和习惯方面发挥了关键作用。2011年11月23日，在巴厘岛举行的联合国教科文组织会议上，"赫哲族伊玛堪说唱"被列入《急需保护的非物质文化遗产名录》。

赫哲族人在长期的渔猎生活中，创造了具有鲜明民族特色的文学艺术，其中以说唱艺术--伊玛堪流传最广、最受欢迎。伊玛堪是赫哲族的曲艺说书形式，流行于黑龙江省的赫哲族聚居区。

伊玛堪或依玛坎，含义为鱼即哈(鱼)，也有的认为是故事之意或是表示赫哲族这个捕鱼民族的歌。其形式有说有唱，类似汉族的大鼓、苏滩、蒙古族的说书，是一种古老的民间说唱文学艺术，被誉为"北部亚洲原始语言艺术的活化石"。

Hezhen Yimakan storytelling

Imakan is a unique rap art of the Hezhe people in Northeast China. Its performance form is a combination of one person's rap and singing. It has no accompaniment with musical instruments and uses the language of Ye Yun and prose. This unique artistic form plays a key role in inheriting the Hezhe language, beliefs, folk customs and habits. On November 23, 2011, at the UNESCO conference in Bali, "Hizhe Imakan Rap" was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage in urgent need of protection.

In the long-term fishing and hunting life, Hezhe people have created literature and art with distinct national characteristics, among which Yimakan, the art of rap and singing, is the most widely spread and popular. Imakan is a form of Quyi storytelling of the Hezhe people, which is popular in the Hezhe people's inhabited areas of Heilongjiang Province.

Imakan or Imakan means "fish" or "salmon". Others think it is a story or a song of the Hezhe fishing people. It has the form of talking and singing, similar to the Han drum, Sutan, Mongolian storytelling, is an ancient folk rap literature and art, known as the "living fossil of primitive language art in northern Asia".

【批准时间】2010年11月

 Approval date，December 2010