The Research On 'Lian Hua Lao' Of Xingan County

'Lian Hua Lao'in Xingan County is one of folk art forms when blind artists made begging in Chinese old society. It is a representative form of'Lian Hua Lao'in Jiangxi Province and plays an important role in folk art forms. It is a historic evidence of folk cultures and regional customs, a precious heritage of Southern ancient singing-talking genres, and a weighty project of protecting non-material cultural heritages in Jiangxi Province.The author has got ideas from'participant-objectivation'method proposed by French anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu and has accomplished this research. The features of this method have many aspects. It not only emphasizes the researcher's personal participation in cultural exact affairs he explores, and also demands'inside and outside'communicative mergence, full objectivation and highly objective acquisition. The writer has combined many concepts from ethnology, anthropology, folklore, sociology, linguistics, and environmental studies, and he has clearly illustrated'Lian Hua Lao'of Xingan County from macro and micro levels, with the help of the'subject-object'idea emphasized by national musicology and with several textual means such as sound-picture, music, diagrams, etc.The contents of'Lian Hua Lao'in Xingan County mainly focus on advising people, advocating goodness and amercing evils, and getting blessings and propitiousness. It plays functions of teaching and learning from happiness, and purifying folkways, which is positive and beneficial for constructing socialism harmonious society, strengthening spiritual civilization, and richening people's cultural life.'Lian Hua Lao'in Xingan County, filled with rich cultural connotations and deep cultural foundations, becomes one national cultural phenomenon and element of Xingan County, and also one important component of Luling culture and even Gan culture. As one folk cultural heritage,'Lian Hua Lao'of Xingan County has enormous contents, basic features and its inherited history, which occupies a special position in Chinese ancient cultures. Rescuing, excavating, inheriting and protecting'Lian Hua Lao'of Xingan County will promote its development of Jiangxi'Lian Hua Lao'ancient cultures. It is highly valuable for researching regional social folklores and folkways from Song Dynasty to the early stage of Liberation of China.The writer, as the first one who studies'Lian Hua Lao'of Xingan County from its academic level, clearly illustrates its historical contexts, styles, contents, music for voices, music features, cultural connotations, historical inheritance, and practical meanings of'Lian Hua Lao'in Xingan County. The researcher has made full use of textual materials of most complete music scores , and tried hard to make the ancient music forms with especially regional features exhibit its academic values and special attractions by the means of personal interview, exploration, and researching relevant materials.