A Research Of Huan Xi Sha

Huan Xi Sha is a music song of the Tang Dynasty, with instrumental music, singing,dance music forms in Tang and Five Dynasties. Then it goes around as the popular tune, andreaches peak in Song Dynasty. It is also preserved as the form of Pezzo and Crooked Cards insouthern classical opera in Jin, Yuan and Ming period, even retained until the Qing Dynasty,which stills has long vitality, which occupies an important position in the history of theacademic literature. This article mainly adopts the "academic" research theory and method,from the aspects of the music, literature, systematically sort out text characteristics and musicforms of the Huan Xi Sha in different times, and its name, melody, lyrics，style and posterity,with a view to its founding, evolution, sung, performance etc. for a comprehensive study.This paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter mainly examines the title of Huan Xi Sha. This chapter questionedabout the claim of Yang Shen’s "Huan Xi Sha retrieved from Shaoling poetic". Through theword discrimination and analysis to Dunhuang Quzici Huan Xi Sha, it is speculated that namesource of Huan Xi Sha maybe related in Xishi Huansha.From the existing Huan Xi Sha works,the direct chant tune of the name does not exist, which involves musical essence of the folktunes is in the "tone", not in the "problem".The second chapter combs the spread and development of Huan Xi Sha tune in the Tangand Five Dynasties. The forms of music and lyrics theme style are discussed. In this period,Huan Xi Sha has musical state in instrument, singing, dance of the different forms. Tang andFive Dynasties Huan Xi Sha folk lyrics rich in theme, such as female, seclusion, near,patriotic theme, its language likes slang, rustic style; literary word themes tend to unify, moreabout erotic, acacia, in terms of bright-colored, mildly implicit style.The third chapter combs the inheritance and development of Huan Xi Sha compared tothe Song Dynasty and Tang and Five Dynasties. In music forms, the tune" the fixed format ofHuan Xi Sha writing is established, which combines the lyrics and melody of music. In orderto adapt to the different sentiment, it also appeared changes in the form, such as "broken"," Shorten", and one poet created a Slow Huan Xi Sha. In lyrics, the literates creation in Song Dynasty more prosperous, and greatly expand the selection scope, which has wide and broadthemes. The style is highlighted with two both ends of keyed and mildly,cheerful and smart.The fourth chapter combs the development and evolution on music morphology andlyrics text of Huan Xi Sha in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition to the form word, Huan XiSha also appeared in the Yuan Ming southern melody as a tune. This part is respectively fromthe two parts of word and opera, to study the inheritance and situation of Huan Xi Sha.In this paper, through combing the tunes musical morphology, lyrics and theologycharacteristics of Huan Xi Sha, its development venation is clearly presented.