Talking about"Xiang":A Preliminary Study on the Origin of Chinese National Dance(Part Two)
The concept of"Xiang"represents a cultural presence in the origins of Chinese national dance.Xiang Dance was a significant ritual dance during the Zhou Dynasty.Known as Xiang Xiao,the"Xiang"in the Zhou Gong's meritorious dance,refers to"using Xiao as a ritual",which points to the"Xiang"in the Yi(I Ching)as an emblem or image.During the Han Dynasty,there was a type of professional performer known as"Xiang Ren,"whose masked performance was associated with funeral rites,similar to the"Xiang Ren"of the"Fang Xiang Shi".The philosophical underpinnings of Xunzi's Fei Xiang are embedded in the forms of"figures"and"masks",and Zhang Heng's Western Capital Rhapsody refers to"dancing figures",indicating the overall"dancers".The term"Xi Xiang Wu Xiang"from the Han Dynasty was derived from the phrase"Xi Chang Wu Xiang",which originated from"the abandonment of corpse rituals and the rise of symbolic acts".The connection from"Xiang Ren"to dolls,figurines,and puppets leads to puppet theater,which is clearly far removed from Zhou Gong's meritorious dance"Xiang"and is also unrelated to XunziCon-fucian Teachings.The term"Xi Xiang"was evidently evolved from the phrase"Wu Xiang".
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