The Field Presentation And Cultural Exploration Of The Sheep Dance Of The Sheep Skin Drum In Panxian, Guizhou

Pan county sheep-skin drum ritual dance was originally derived from Duangong ritual activities.It is often used to sacrifice to the ancestors,to eliminate the evil and cure of disease,to pray for safety and fulfill one’s promise.The sacrificial rites contained a rich variety of art form,such as talking and singing,exorcising opera,dance,witchcraft,etc.Sheep-skin drum dance in the driving of the history and cultural development,gradually formed the stylized dance movement,and developed into a unique folk dance,its form is more freer and dance language is more richer.Nowadays,whether in ancestor-worship celebration or festival celebrations,weddings,funerals,we all can see the sheep-skin drum dance in the pan county.Through the fieldwork,recording the whole process of the sacrificial ceremony and art elements,describing and analyzing the typical of dance movements "twenty-four moves".Combining the theory of "dance ecology",from two aspects of sacrificial ceremony and dance moves to explore its cultural connotation and cultural origin.This thesis is divided into four parts.The introduction part of the paper,including the origin and significance of thesis research,the research status of the subject,the difficult points and research methods.The first chapter introduces the survival environment of sheep-skin drum ritual dance,the basic situation of the sheep-skin drum props,and the present situation of inheritance.The second chapter applies the method of field research in Yuni Yi township Pan country,Zhang family ‘s ceremony of "god" as an example,detailed records and describes the basic situation of sheepskin drum ritual activities and processes,and does a lot of description of the dance form,props,clothes.In addition,from the inheritance vein of Qian Haiqing’s branch to understand inheritance content,inheritance way and taboo.The third chapter is to explore the cultural connotation of sheep-skin drum ritual dance.As can be seen from the natural human environment,sheep-skin drum ritual dance contains profound nuo culture and Taoist culture.The unique dance action form reflects the ancestor worship and farming belief.From the pace of "twenty-four moves",traces the cultural origin of "Yubu" track.In the developing of sacrificial ceremony to see National cultural integration and communication.