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The Ritual Dancing Expression And Value Research Of Duangong Sacrifice Dance In Kaixian County

Posted on:2017-04-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L M FuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330509954369Subject:School of music and dance
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The history of Duangong Sacrifice Dance in Kaixian County of Chongqing City has thrived for over a thousand years since the ancient times, and now it becomes a national culture image with local characteristics. Ritual dancing refers to dances in a ritual, which can't be existed in isolation, so a study of dance is actually a study of ritual, dance has been closely linked to the ritual since its birth. Through the mediumistic form of "homeopathy" and "sympathy", ritual dancing can even achieve the human and god image-building of "communicating with deity" and "healing human", so it has the effect of expelling the evil spirit and blessing. Dances, music and dramas that interspersed in a ritual are important parts of Duangong Dance Culture. In this study, it regards the Duangong Sacrifice Dance in Kaixian County as a case, with the main study vision of body language to reveal and explore the background of Duangong Dance history, the ritual dancing expression and culture value, with the purpose of exploring the culture root of body language generation, so as to contribute modest force for the culture of Duangong Sacrifice Dance in Kaixian County.In this paper, Zhonghe Town and Yihe Town in Kaixian County are considered as study objects. Through in-depth field research, the ritual dancing is exposed to a macro, historical and rural field domain; besides, culture collection, organization and classification are also conducted. The main body of this article is divided into four parts. The first part describes the concept of Duangong Dance in Kaixian County, the history, ritual dancing form and content. Data from field survey is used as the basis for analysis to reveal the reason of why Duangong Dance remains in Kaixian County.The second part is about the body language classification of Duangong Dance in Kaixian County, morphemes for analysis include speech forms of bare-hand and props, which are concrete embodiment of communicating with God. Through the analysis on specific dance segment, it analyzes the inherent metaphor through the action of breathing, rhythm and movement rule; in addition, through the body language, costumes, props, musical instruments, scheduling, lines and other morpheme, as well as speech in a particular time and space, it helps us to understand this cultural context that beyond the reality.The third part is the study on the cultural values of Duangong Dance in Kaixian County. In the long history, Duangong Dance always existed in people's lives in different forms, which not only embodies its strong life force, but also highlights its multi-cultural values, such as aesthetic value, enlightenment value, psychological adjustment value and so on.The fourth part investigates the inheritance status quo of Duangong Dance in Kaixian County, analyzes the existing problems, and puts forward some protection recommendations combined with the characteristics of Kaixian County and national non-genetic policy, the first one is inheritance noumenon protection, and the second one is inheritor protection.
Keywords/Search Tags:Duangong Dance in Kaixian County, ritual dancing, body language, art form, value presentation, inheritance
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