The Talking-singing Art of Damanchuan and Its Cultural Analysis
Damanchuan is a kind of talking-singing art produced in Henan Province in the late Qing Dynasty for the purpose of begging and it was performed by a singer who was driving the Damanchuan boat along.Along with the migration of people from the north to the south,this art spread to the Taihu Lake area.This paper takes Sheng Zhilin,a Damanchuan artist,as a case study,and utilizes fieldwork method,comparative method and oral history to sort out the historical origin,lineage of masters,cultural con-notation,performance characteristics,inheritance and dissemination of the art.Combining the theories of population migration and the oral performance of performance anthropology,this paper illustrates the improvised performance folk beliefs of praying for luck and the avoidance of calamities,and the overall cultural memory of the folk performance.It is hoped that this kind of intangible cultural heritage skill and culture will be promoted and society's concern about its inheritance can be aroused.
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