The Form And Cultural Interpretation Of Zhenping Jiulian Lantern Song And Dance

The Nine Lotus Lantern is a folk form popular in Henan,Shanxi,Fujian,Sichuan,Guangxi,and other places,mainly featuring song and dance performances.With the changes in public aesthetics and the times,the Nine Lotus Lantern has gradually evolved from a ceremonial activity to an entertaining and ornamental folk song and dance.In the game between traditional culture and modern development,the Nine Lotus Lantern exhibits strong vitality,integrating tradition and modernity,localization and nationalization,forming a unique cultural landscape of the Nine Lotus Lantern.As an important component of the Nine Lotus Lantern culture,Zhenping Nine Lotus Lantern has unique artistic characteristics.Zhenping Jiulian Lantern is deeply loved by the general public,with diverse and popular performances.It was included in the list of representative intangible cultural heritage projects in Henan Province in 2009,and has a good development trend and room for progress in inheritance.Therefore,this article selects the Zhenping Nine Lotus Lantern as the research object.Through sorting out the development process of Zhenping Nine Lotus Lantern and analyzing the music itself,it reflects on its interaction and sharing with traditional art in the Nanyang region during the localization process,and explains the cultural connotation of the constituent elements of Zhenping Nine Lotus Lantern,"lotus" and "lamp".This article combs and classifies the different forms of the Nine Lotus Lanterns in different places by combining literature and field research,and divides the Nine Lotus Lanterns into three basic forms: ritual,accompanying ceremony with singing and dancing,and folk singing and dancing.Summarize the common characteristics of the Nine Lotus Lantern,which coexists with festivals,is characterized by lotus flowers,and entertains the gods and people in the development process based on their respective actual dissemination situation.Through the cultural phenomena behind the Nine Lotus Lantern,the cultural connotations based on ritual needs,survival needs,and historical continuity are revealed.Tracing the development process of the Pingjiulian Lantern in Liqing Town from history,analyzing its musical form based on the research results of "Chinese Traditional Music Structure",and exploring its localization process through other art forms in the Nanyang area.Interpret the transformation of Zhenping Jiulian Lantern in its current form from the perspective of "New Light and Rhyme Reproduction",and propose feasible suggestions for the healthy development of intangible cultural heritage in the present.From the branch of Zhenping Jiulian Lantern,this article explains the folk culture behind Jiulian Lantern and the cultural functions of Lianhua Huasheng and Yizi belief,revealing the internal connection between Jiulian Lantern and folk social fire and Yangge culture.Based on tracing its origin and flow,this article proposes opinions on the inheritance and development of traditional music culture.This article aims to explore the issues related to the inheritance and protection of Zhenping Jiulian Lantern and grasp the overall culture of lantern customs,hoping to achieve a practical effect of seeing the big from the small,and obtain an overall reference for the development of traditional Chinese culture.Striving to be the inheritor and promoter of excellent traditional Chinese culture is of great significance in promoting the creative and innovative development of Chinese traditional culture.