The Study On Qiuzi Music Culture Of West Part Of China

Music culture of west part of China represented by Qiuzi music, widely spreads in the Central China in the period of Han and Tang Dynasty, which has a great influence on the music culture of Central China and greatly promotes the variety and improvement of music culture of Central China. This paper is divided into three parts.Part I: Introduction of geographical conception of west part of China and its music. The conception of west part of China has a broad-sense definition and a narrow-sense one in different historical periods. The location of west part of China and its cultural characteristics have great influence on nationalities of west part of China. Regarding Music-accompanied Dance from culture point, it is impossible to separate the two definitions. Culture and art communication between west part of China and Central China lasts for a long time in the history. In Han Dynasty, this kind of communication prepares a firm basis for the development of Central China's traditional music. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, large-scale music exchange makes a good preparation for the prosperity of Music-accompanied Dance in Tang Dynasty, which is the highest point of this communication and mixture.Part II: Quizi Music Culture. Quizi lies in the thoroughfare of the China and west part of China, which is also the exchanging point of the two cultures. When Quizi Music-accompanied Dance is introduced to Central Plains, it becomes popular among officials and ordinary people and lasts for a long time. Buddhist culture permeates through Qiuzi music that is closely related with Buddhist music. A great deal of Qiuzi music is kept in the caves in Xin Jiang. Quizi musicians, such as Su Zhipo, Cao Poluomen, and Cao Miaoda, have vital importance in the music exchange. Pohanhu Dance is a Quizi carnival dance with mask which shows the hope for prospect of harvest and elimination of disasters. Sumozhe(a picture showing the dancing performance)with high artistic value is a mirror of prosperity, power and culture of Quizi. The Quizi Lion Dance, which has the Quizi style but not limited to Quizi resource, is introduced to Central China in Tang Dynasty and gains popularity. Therefore, the excellent Chinese culture is created by all nationalities and cultures of minority groups of west part of China are an important part in its development.Part III: Conclusion. Music and dance of west part of China represented by Qiuzi music, is introduced to Central China and plays an important role in its culture and art. Among prosperous western music-accompanied dances, Quizi Music is therepresentation of all kinds of styles of minority groups. The spread of Music-accompanied Dance of west part of China in Central China shows the following: First, Central China's culture is open to alien cultures; Second, western Music-accompanied Dance has great power to spread and develop. The special geographic location of Quizi makes its culture prosperous and unique. (The Quizi Music I mention here is the Music-accompanied Dances of Quizi area or the ones with Quizi style.) Quizi Music-accompanied Dance achieves great fame in Chang'an and Central China, it's because Quizi people is good at absorbing alien cultures, including Culture of Central China and improves itself in this process. Besides marriages between imperial families, the communication is realized by the spread of Buddhism ,war, diplomacy, and non-governmental contacts. Huization and Hanization is a clear symbol in the music culture communication between Central China and west part of China. In Tang Dynasty both the emperors and ordinary people show minority cultures in their music, dance, opera, drawing, clothes, food, housing and communication. Even the music-accompanied dances in the imperial palaces are greatly influenced. The full development of Tang Dynasty Music-accompanied Dance is based on the foundation of the Dynasty. The Li imperial kinfolks have a special preference to music of west part of China. The affection and promotion from the ruling class to some extent promote t...