蒙古长调即长歌，它的特点为字少腔长、高亢悠远、舒缓自由，宜于叙事，又长于抒情;歌词一般为上、下各两句，内容绝大多数是描写草原、骏马、骆驼、牛羊、蓝天、白云、江河、湖泊等。蒙古族长调以鲜明的游牧文化特征和独特的演唱形式讲述着蒙古民族对历史文化、人文习俗、道德、哲开云kaiyun(中国)和艺术的感悟，所以被称为“草原音乐活化石”。中国、蒙古国联合申报的“蒙古族长调民歌”在 2005年11月25日被联合国教科文组织宣布成为第三批“人类口头和非物质遗产代表作”。
Mongolian Urtiin Duu
Mongolian Urtiin Duu, also called the traditional folk long song, is a ballad featured by few words, long and resounding vocal voice as well as slow and free rhythm. It is suitable for narration and expressing emotion. The lyrics are in couplets and the contents are mostly about grasslands, horses, camels, cattle, sheep, blue sky, white clouds, rivers and lakes etc. Mongolian Urtiin Duu expresses the Mongolian perceptions of history and culture, cultural customs, ethics, philosophy and art with distinctive characteristics of nomadic culture and unique singing form and thus is called the "Living Fossil of Prairie Music". Mongolian Urtiin Duu which was jointly applied by China and Mongolia was declared as "Representative of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 25, 2005.
