A Study And Fieldwork On Music Social Classes In The Hakka Folk Ritual

Dabu is one of the important Hakka people inhabited the eastern region, gave birth to thecharacteristics of the local Hakka culture, such as the rich folk beliefs, these folk beliefs through largeand small folk ritual closely linked with people’s lives; while these folk ceremony, ritual music isessential, the main variety of music is "Guangdong Han music"; according to fieldwork, the ceremonycan provide a more stable and ritual music, it is the local folk music social classes–Zhongjun class.Therefore, in this thesis, based on the above “holistic view” and combined with the application of“Oral text”,“Field text” and “Literature text”, seven rituals cases of three kinds have been selected fora study and fieldwork. After the analysis of the construction of “family”,“clan” and “faith”, in theseseven folk rituals, it can be known that the ritual is for the Hakka people to build identification for theHakka subgroup, so Zhongjun class culture and its music are main means to build and strengthenidentification. First, because Zhongjun class owns complete system both in personnel and organization,which ensures Zhongjun class to provide a set of stable ritual music, Zhongjun class can be worked asan important troupe in ritual. In addition, in the process of ritual, the living heritage of Guangdong Hanmusic in the spot of folk ritual “Luoguchui”,“eight instruments” and “string music” is characterizedwith “near-far faith” because they are used in different ritual process. The presider of the ritualsfollows the characteristic of Zhongjun class music to reach and strengthen the identification of Hakakapeople to Hakka subgroup cultural tradition and belief system. At the same time, Guangdong Hanmusic relies on Zhongjun class in the ritual, and supported by folk ritual, thus it becomes the mainreason why Han music can grow and be prosperous...