Research Jin Zezhen Traditional Ritual Reconstruction Activities

The Chinese traditional ritual is an important part of traditionalculture, but it has been losing all the times. In response，a variety ofplaces are reconstructing these ritual. Jinze town is one of them. Jinzetown is a classic watery regions lies in the west of Shanghai, withabundant folk cultures resources. Yingxiang cultural and creativeindustries park has succeeded on developing the rejuvenation of wateryregions cultural project with Shanghai Theatre Academy and number ofunits. Reconstructing ritual is a critical part. Jinze town’s ritualreconstruction activities carry out the on Life Etiquette and FestiveCeremony. The former’s completed sections is traditional wedding whilethe latter’s is the festival events of the Dragon Boat Festival, theMid-Autumn Day and the Lantern Festival. This reconstruction activitieshave put a priority of ceremony’s cultural content, which has partlyconsidered the local. Characteristics and has delivered some successes.Also there is still have room to improve the content and form. Among thereconstruction activities, they used the music, dance and drama to deepenthe participator’s feelings. Ultimately， the real thing should bereconstruction is a kind of provincial spirit.