Investigation And Research On Dongshan Song Album In Fujian

This dissertation chooses Dongshan song album in Fujian province as the research subject,and makes a comprehensive investigation and research on its origin,content,structure,artistic form,inheritance and so on.Dongshan song album is a kind of popular rap art in Dongshan,singing with Minnan Dialect.It is generally believed that it was formed in the Ming Dynasty.After introduced to Dongshan from Chaozhou song album,it has developed into a folk art locally.It is performed mainly by singing.It is mainly composed of seven words in form,and belongs to the poetic style of rap literature.This dissertation is divided into three chapters,the main content of each chapter is as follows.The first chapter discusses the origin and the localization of the song album.After introduced to Dongshan from Chaozhou song album,Dongshan song album has been localized into a folk art.Dongshan Song album did not have a fixed name at the beginning,it was called "Chaozhou Song Album" due to its introduction from Chaozhou.It was also called "Fucheng Song","Seven Words Song","Chaozhou Song Lyrics","Minnan Dialect Song Album","Minnan Song Book","Gezai Book".Finally,it gradually evolved into "Dongshan Song Album".Chapter two discusses the artistic form of songbook,including structure,tune,singing characteristics and so on.This section analyzes the sentence patterns and rhymes of Dongshan song album,points out the diversity of sentence patterns used in song album,analyzes the singing characteristics of the song album and the relationship between ballads and tunes in the process of adaptation.The third chapter studies the current inheritance situation of Dongshan Song album based on the inheritors’ oral narration and interviews.The section mainly analyzes the present situation,existing problems and future prospects of the inheritance of Dongshan song album in Fujian province.The appendix includes the interview record of some specialists in Dongshan song album,such as You Mingyuan,CAI Wanxiang and Huang Chunhui.Besides,the singing fragments of the Dongshan song album collected during the field research is also included.There are 24 pieces in the collection,including singing records of 2 national inheritors,2 provincial inheritors and several senior folk artists.