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Gada Meiren
Khorchin Mongol, Han name Meng Qingshan, born 1892 and killed near the Xinkai River on 5 April 1931, whose story is told in the Mongol folk song Gada Meiren
Mural of the cultural record “Mongolian and Northern Peoples' Songs”, which this person is tied to.
Also known as Chinese name Meng Qingshan · Yexi
Gada Meiren, also called Yexi and known by the Han name Meng Qingshan, is the man whose story is told in the Mongol folk song Gada Meiren. Born in 1892 in Darhan Banner of Jirem League, today Horqin Left Middle Banner in Tongliao, he held banner posts including janggi, jalan and meiren, was dismissed for opposing the opening of banner pasture to farming, and died near the Xinkai River on 5 April 1931. The song is still sung on the Khorchin grassland; An Bo arranged and translated four verses, and Xin Huguang wrote the symphonic poem Gada Meiren on it in 1956.
Life and times
Dates 1892 CE–1931 CE