A Study On Tangut’s Musical Instruments And Dance

There are many kinds of dances and musical instruments in Xixia.Among them,Tage is a kind of dance belongs to the nation of Xixia.Tage is a reflection of nationality and national cohesion as a kind of cultural symbol.And it has a certain relationship with the dance of modern Guozhuang and Salang.The main content of Wuwan Dance is a lot of dancers standing on the supporting point of platform,in Han Chinese Clothing,waving the long sleeve,bending knees and twisting waists.The musical instruments of Wuwan Dance should include clappers and drum.This kind of dance reflects Xixia absorbed and borrowed from the folk culture and art of the Southern Song Dynasty and presents the trend of cultural and artistic communication between Xixia and Song Dynasty.Huxuan Dance and Huteng Dance of Xixia should be absorbed and retained in Hexi region during in the process of transmission from western region to central area.And the dancing posture,costume and musical instruments are all the same as in the Tang Dynasty.The funeral music and dance in Tangut inherits the national folk music and dance of the party before the founding of the regime,absorbs the elements of the funeral and dance of other ethnic groups,and reflects the "natural worship","the spirit of the gods" and the "pure land" Faith.The dance for ceremony of the Buddha not only shows the extreme worship for Buddha,but also presents the Indian Buddhist culture and the Tibetan Buddhism cultural exchange integration trend.And there are a lot of musical instruments,such as the singing,the conch,the harp,the flute,the cymbals and the pipa.The image of dancer should be derived from"Buddha’s Mother" in Tibetan Buddhism.The essence of Demons dance in Xixia is the Tibetan Tantric rituals,and it is also the predecessor of 16 demons dance in Yuan Dynasty.The dancing posture,costume and musical instruments are all the same as 16 demons dance of Yuan Dynasty.The image of dancer should be derived from "Buddha’s Mother"or "King Kong".Zhezhi Dance in Xixia on the foundation of Tang Dynasty has some development.It should be the soft nature of dance.Musical instruments and dance of Xixia reflect living environments,customs,national characters and beliefs.On the foundation of the national musical and dance culture,it presents the absorption for the culture of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo Regime.Musical instruments and dance of Xixia plays an important role from the Tang and Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynast and exerts deep influence on the Yuan Dynasty and even the offspring.