National cultural traditions in music education of students Chinese universities

Recently, in the People's Republic of China, great attention has been paid to the modernization of education at all levels - from preschool educational institutions to universities. The Chinese government has developed a program of strategic objectives for the modernization of education in China until 2035, the content of which pays special attention to the system of teacher education. One of the conceptual provisions of this program is the need to combine innovative approaches in education with the cultural and educational traditions of China. In this regard, Chinese researchers have joined in the search for cultural and educational traditions that contribute to the effective training of future teachers in schools, teachers of the preschool education system. Higher musical education is no exception in this regard, contributing not only to the artistic development of the younger generation, but also to the formation of moral and patriotic feelings in them. At the leading universities in China, the task of combining innovation with tradition is carried out through the active inclusion of works of Chinese musical culture, Chinese theater productions, and fragments of song and dance compositions. However, among university teachers, it is still not meaningful enough in terms of combining the new with national traditions to include a system of gestures developed by the propagandist of Chinese opera, Mei Lanfang. Introduction to the process of vocal learning, as well as to the methodological training of students of pedagogical universities of motor activities is a certain innovation introduced into the education of students in foreign countries. The introduction of elements of Chinese culture into this process in terms of stage movement and gestures, in particular, taken from the traditions of Chinese opera, is an opportunity to reproduce and consolidate Chinese students' national value cultural dominants. Another traditional cultural component of China is recited poetry, which can be performed in a collective way. The innovativeness of this form lies in a new approach to the formation of speech and articulation skills of future teachers, which were previously not given due attention. In this regard, a certain innovation is the collective reading of literary texts and poetic works by the entire team of the student group studying the art of music. In this regard, this article reveals ways to include examples of Chinese culture that combine traditions and innovations, which are effective for teaching students about vocal performance at the Pedagogical University. These are the system of gestures of Chinese opera developed by Mei Lanfang, the technique of collective reading "Gundoku", Chinese motor practices "on the embodiment of the body".