Moved Westward To The Context Of Xibe Opera Khan Spring

This thesis is a special study on Handucun, traditional opera of Sibe ethnic community of Chabuchaer, Yili Zhou, Vygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. The thesis is based on research of abundant reading of materials and papers and of lots of self research and recording. It tries to comb the history, analyze and explain the artistic cultural quality of Handucun from the aspects of history, musicology, drama, cultural anthropology, linguistics and folklore.The basic structure and contents of the thesis is as follows:history,culture and folk-custom of Sibe ethnic community; history and status in quo of Handucun; research of artistic feature of Pingdiao and Yuediao; comparing and analysis of Handucun and Xinjiang Xiaoquzi; explaining of Handucun phenomenon from cultural aspect; and suggestion about the carrying over of Sibe ethnic community traditional culture.The new and creative academic opinions put forward here include:clearly description of the origin and appellation of Handucun and finding of the origin of the name of Handucun and a clear description of it; approving, through demonstration, that Pingdiao of Handucun originated from Quyi and traditional opera of Han and Hui artists, who immigrated to Xinjiang, which corrects the view of Pingdiao is originated from northeast China; description in detail of the history and status quo of Handucun in different district of Sibe ethnic groups; recordings of reserved Qupai and opera and collecting many valuable recordings and more than 60 plays.The thesis makes complete comparing Handucun with its same source opera Xinjiang Xiaoquzi and emphasizing the special historic and cultural meaning of Handucun as a separate branch in Xinjiang. According to the historical recording and self recording, the writer rewrite the score of 84 of the 90 Qupai of Handucun. In chapter V, the main part of the thesis, through the analysis of the history of fuse of Sibe with Mongolia, Man, Rusia, Han, ect., and its recognition of ethnic groups, the writer points out the cultural structure of Handucun, that is the quality of all-embracing but not losing its self. Using the ethnic feature of Sibe ethnic community to explain the rising of Handucun phenomenon should be the academic exploring and new direction of research of the writer.