On The Extant Form And Culture Of Nuo Dance In Yongjing Gansu Province

Exorcism,the ritual of banishing plague ghosts in the ancient lunar month,also called Nuo,Nuo dance,Nuo opera,is a mysterious and ancient primitive ritual.With repeated,largescale program dance action performance,mostly in the fixed festival performance."Zhou Li Xia Guan" recorded "Fang Xiangshi,crazy husband four." Fang Xiangshi.The palm is covered with bear skin,gold four eyes,Xuanyi Zhu Chang,holding Ge Yang’s shield,Shuai Baili and difficult(Nuo,the room of the rope drive out epidemic;big mourning,first armature,and tomb,into the expansion,to fight four corners with the war,drive out Fang Liang(evil charm)."This paragraph refers to the dress,structure and function of Nuo.Song Gaocheng: " Li Wei: there are three sons in Gaoyang,born and dead as an epidemic devil,two living in the river and the water as malaria,one in the corner of the palace room,and one in which the children are frightened."So in the year of December to worship the official holding Nuo in the room and exorcism." It can be seen that since the Han Dynasty,there have been the names of "square dance" and "twelve gods dance".After the Han Dynasty,Nuo gradually became an important part of the national orthodox etiquette system.To drive out plague,pray for peace as the main purpose,has a strong participation in the masses.During the performance,dancers wearing masks,shouting and chasing,attracted a lot of bystanders,the scene was very lively.At the same time,there were exorcism(the spirit of exorcism in legend,exorcism(exorcism,exorcism,exorcism),exorcism(singing in the ritual of exorcism),exorcism(beating drums in the ritual),and so on.Through the collation of the "primary materials" and the existing documents and materials obtained from the field investigation,the emergence,customs and culture of the main research objects are expounded,and the religious spirit behind the primitive and mysterious form is expounded.The folk belief of exorcism Naji is analyzed,and the standpoint of this paper is placed on the premise of "present".