The Research Of Niang-niangci Ritual Music Of Pingyang County

Niang-niangci ritual is one of the most grandest etiquette in Wenzhou Guci.This etiquette,as a cultural heritage,is prevailing in the areas of Wenzhou at present,which is an important channel for researching into the Wenzhou culture as well as folk-music.This dissertation,focuses on two cases,is established in visual angle of musicology. To log the process of rituals;To note the music from the local actors;To analyze the music and found the relationship between music and ritual;To expound the function of music in ritual;to illuminate the function of social and culture in ritual.