An Analysis Of Cultural Ecology And Artistic Characteristics Of Jin Opera And Qitai Yangge

Known as the cradle of Chinese opera art,Shanxi Province can be referred to as one of the regions with the richest heritage of Chinese drama art.Drama has a long history.It has existed in social life for hundreds of years and has even become an important part of people’s cultural life.Since the commercial development of Jinzhong region in the Ming and Qing Dynasties attracted worldwide attention,it played an important role in promoting the development and exchange of local culture.Jin opera and Qitai Yangko both belong to the genres spread in Jinzhong area,full of Jinzhong people’s humanistic connotation and aesthetic taste,with very distinct local characteristics.Due to the proximity of geographical location and the similarity of language used by the two plays,they have integrated and learned from each other in the historical development process,which makes the two plays have a close relationship and have certain particularity while having the similarity.Based on this research perspective,this paper analyzes the cultural ecology and artistic characteristics of Jin Opera and Qitai Yangge through the study of their living environment and historical context,singing and musical characteristics,performance fields,and musical forms,and tries to explore the relationship between the two operas.At the same time,with the increasing popularity of intangible cultural heritage protection,Jin opera and Qi Tai Yangge were listed in the representative list of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006 and 2008,respectively.This paper proposes feasible protection measures by analyzing the development status and current difficulties of Jin opera and Qi Tai Yangge,both of which are national intangible cultural heritages.In order to arouse more scholars to study and think about regional traditional music culture.