Wenzhou The Guci Development Course Exploration

Wenzhou guci, a kind of folk art forms, comonly called "changci", also called "mangci" or "guci", is popular in the south of Zhejiang province, Oujiang river basin. That its long history, special instruments, flexible singing types and deep relationship among the people are all rare in domestic narrative art fomrs.This theme plan to comb the development of Wenzhou guci out systematically from such angles as the folk customs, the national music and the humane history. Meanwhile, the theme probe tentative into the origin, the varations, the opratic tunes, the instruments of Wenzhouguci and its different branches formed in different periods. Especially to one of the branches "Niang niang ci" of Daci, which has the biggest influence and spread most, the theme gives a theoriotical analysis on its formation, national religion, art value and its unique position in Wenzhou guci.