A Historical Anthropological Study of the Chui Sheng Ta Gu of Pingdiyao in the Border of Hunan and Guangxi Provinces
The zoned Chui Sheng Ta Gu[Playing Sheng and Drum]is a comprehensive folk-art form in the Pingdi Yao that includes singing,dancing and instrument music which functioned as ritual.Its formation is the result of the interaction between the music&dance culture and the politics,society,history,economy,etc.The article,which is an interactive study which in three dimensions,i.e.image,literature,and fieldwork,not only reveals the historical evolution of the music&dance culture in the ancestral ritual,but also discusses the basic logics about how it from"all over the villages"to"just few survivings"and the"temporal separation"to"identity reconstruction".It also interprets the intertextual relationship between the historical memory and image narratives of Pingdi Yao's Chui Sheng Ta Gu;the connection relationship between historical memory and field-work remains;and the dialogue relationship between image narratives and field remains.The explicit cultural symbol of Chui Sheng Ta Gu is placed in both static and dynamic contexts of the Pingdi Yao,so as the author strengthens the collective memory and cultural identity of the Pingdi Yao's ancestral history,production life,beliefs and folklore,and to provide a reference and historical basis for the overall study of the Pingdi Yao music&dance culture.
ImageFieldworkLiteraturePingdi YaoChui Sheng Ta Guhistorical anthropology
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