Preserving Tradition through Innovation: Northeast Folk Music in Wang Danhong's Works for Chinese National Orchestra

This paper aims to explore how Wang Danhong revitalizes the traditional music of the Northeast region through tuneful founding inputting new orchestral arts. This paper explores the security of intangible cultural heritage by analyzing the work of Danhong as globalism and modernization endanger traditional music. Through the collection of secondary data such as musical scores, recordings, and critiques, this research studies thematic analysis to analyse themes in her works. The learned major themes include The Cultural Imperative, Creativity and Tradition, Modernity and Truth. It is evidenced from the study that Wang’s compositions are rooted in the musical elements of Northeast folk music but have employed new modes of orchestration to appeal to the modern sensibilities. This paper emphasizes the conservation of reverence music through modern adaptations and offers safeguard measures regarding cultural democracy. It has relevance regarding the discussions about the preservation of heritage in a constantly globalizing world.