A Study On Creation And Cultural Inheritance Of The Xinjiang Quzi Opera

In the middle and late Qing Dynasty,in order to further strengthen the management of Xinjiang,the Qing government actively implemented the policy of reclamation and resettlement,and the residents of Shaanxi and Gansu regions brought the local folk songs and minor tunes to Xinjiang to exchange with various ethnic arts in Xinjiang and other local operas.In the process of integration,a kind of drama with local characteristics of Xinjiang gradually emerged which was called Quzi opera of Xinjiang.The Xinjiang Quzi opera had been widely spread in the living areas of Han,Hui,Xibo and other ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang,while growing up and rooting in the indigenous society of Xinjiang.Furthermore,it has been developed from a stall play to a local major opera in nearly a century,reflecting the development and changes of modern social culture in Xinjiang as well.It’s a vivid witness for the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to jointly develop and build this area,and it is also a concrete manifestation of the integrated diversity of ethnic cultures in Xinjiang.This article is based upon a perspective of folk literature and art,focusing on the theme of creation and culture inheritance of a century opera named Xinjiang Quzi opera.The article shows a very specific research of Xinjiang Quzi opera from its historical origins and development,interpretation and commentary of the play,performance field and community relations,inheritance and development path and etc.This article is divided into five chapters.The first chapter systematically reviews the origin and development of Xinjiang Quzi opera,and summarizes the development characteristics of different periods.The second chapter focuses on the classification of representative repertoire of different subjects,through a cultural analysis of the themes and aesthetic features of different repertoire,to exploit the value of ideology and culture in different repertoire.The third chapter will restore the performance of Xinjiang Quzi opera to the specific performance field,to show the scene of field research,and analysis the interaction of performance occasion,performance repertoire and performance function,and then discusses the function of the performance of Xinjiang Quzi opera in the people folk life.The fourth chapter investigates the inheritance and development of Xinjiang Quzi opera under the guidance of the policy of Intangible cultural heritagenon in the new period,pointing out that the development process of Xinjiang Quzi opera has faced many problems,such as the shrinking of the performance space,the wastage of audiences,the aging of folk artists,the bottleneck of creation,the lack of social supervision and etc.The fifth chapter puts forward some operable suggestions on the future development of Xinjiang Quzi opera on the aspects of media record and communication,resource mining and repertoire creation,talent cultivation and audience cultivation,the inheritance and innovation of stage performance skills,and the construction of drama ecology and folk culture space.