The Research On Funeral Music Class In Subei From The Perspective Of Anthropology

Subei rural funeral music class as the research object in this paper, is discussed from the perspective of anthropology in terms of the internal structure and social character of the group, with the members and the description of the performance activities as the foundation. Then analysis social change of the group.Therefore the paper hope to discuss the funeral music class through in-depth interviews and participant observation method. The particularity of the field is that the performance of music class is limited to the funeral activities. On the border of Shandong and Jiangsu province, the field has a history of funeral music for hundreds of years. Based on the field work for 10 months and a large number of field data, the paper will present live case for related academic research.Funeral music classes are an integral part of Subei funeral activities, and its activities is limited to the funeral, which is the Subei Suona different from that in other places. In Subei rural, funeral music class,attached with great importance to the funeral ceremony o, has its unique way of organization and inheritance. As performers of threshold ceremony, the state of the group is changing.The paper embarks from the funeral activities as a whole through the description of the local funeral customs and tells that the funeral music class is just an organization to live performance in the funeral activities and play secondary role in a funeral ceremony, as like the other organizations or individuals and all listen to the arrangement of the Liaoli and the family.In terms of the internal structure of the funeral music class and organizational characteristics. The four parts of funeral music class have close cooperation between each other, forming a temporary and relatively stable performance group, and form its own internal rules and formal behavior logic.The funeral music class focuse on building and sustaining genetic relationship, professional relationships, competition relationship, employment relationship. All the relationships are intertwined, and for any music class members, how to maintain and deal with the above relationships will affect their survival in the industry. Various relations is contradiction but also balance.The paper focuses on social change of the funeral music class, including the performance change,the joint of women,government management and social status change, the sense, etc. Then this part will discuss the funeral music class in today is in the face of the influence of the network shopping into rural areas, electronic equipment, and intangible cultural heritage project. The author will analysis ofthe bottom edge group in the local social status from two aspects of subjective and objective.As folk artists, funeral music class has its own culture, the paper intends to truthfully present the life of the funral music class, and proves that they are not the abandoned sticking to feudal tradition foolishly and not the worshipiners of mammon, but are blood and flesh who are actively expressing themselves.