Analysis Of Images Of The Dance And Music In The Pictorial Stones Of The Han Dynasty From Nanyang

In the Han Dynasty, the central government was reinforced and developed, the society was stable and the economy was flourishing, the level of the people’s life was greatly improved, at the same time, culture and art had a thriving development. The Dance and Music of BaiXi became very popular and gradually went into the lives of the people of each class. In addition, there was a specialized institution in charge of the Dance and Music matters, which was responsible for the collection and management of the YaYue and the Folk Music. A large number of artists with a high professional level were trained because of the establishment of the institution. The collection of the folk on a large scale played a positive role in the Dance and Music development of the Han Dynasty. In Han Dynasty, portrait stones or bricks were building materials used in the graves of the noble people, the contents of the sculptures were rich and had a lot of dance and music images. In our country the portrait stones or bricks of Han Dynasty unearthed are mainly distributed in Henan Province, Shandong Province, Jiangsu Province, etc. Among which the distribution of Han Portrait Stones or Bricks in Nanyang city is relatively concentrated and numerous which has a very high value for study.This paper will carry out a study on the perception Dance and Music images on the Han Portrait Stones or Bricks on the base of intuitive perception to the Dance and Music images. It will study the historical time background of the Dance and Music in Han Dynasty in detail. The grave Portrait Stones or Bricks of Nanyang City were summarized in order to explore the artistic connotation of the Dance and Music images and aesthetic characteristics so that we can understand the art of Han Dynasty and folk culture. Then the paper will make a probe into the influence of dance in Han Dynasty on the history of Chinese dance from the angles of costumes, dancing, body charm with and skills.The first part of this paper mainly makes an introduction about the research states on the Dance and Music images of the Nanyang Han Portrait Stones or Bricks as well as the study contents and methods. From the current monographs and subjects under the current situation, little study is made on the Dance and Music images of the Nanyang Han Portrait Stones or Bricks. The study on certain areas of the dance history remains blank. Combining the unearthed pictures with documents, this paper makes an objective analysis about the the Dance and Music images of the Nanyang Han Portrait Stones or Bricks.The second part analyzes the background and general situation of the Dance and Music images of the Nanyang Han Portrait Stones or Bricks. During the Han Dynasty period, the social productive forces and national strength were greatly enhanced, the cultural art also obtained a great development, some music special institutions appeared in courts, which promoted the development of the Dance and Music, the kinds of dance became various. Then the paper introduces the unearthed burial rooms in Nanyang, in details, it analyzes the unique artistic style of Nanyang Han Portrait Stones or Bricks different from that of other areas.The third part of the paper talks about the aesthetic connotation and characteristics of the Dance and Music images of the Nanyang Han Portrait Stones or Bricks. The study of the aesthetic connotation is mainly made from three aspects:the rich diversity of music, the lyrical expression of dance, the exaggerated but plain images of dancers. The dancers’forms----“warped sleeve counted waist" and "light, soft, flying", these two aspects display the aesthetic characteristics of Han Dynasty dancing.The fourth part makes a detailed analysis about the Dance and Music images of the Nanyang Han Portrait Stones or Bricks, then discusses the Han Dynasty dance influence on the later ages’dancing from four aspects. From the aspect of Clothing, the influence of ShuiXiu on Tang Dynasty’s Music and Dance costume and ShuiXiu in the opera as well as Chinese classical dancing is well discussed. The research on dance gesture, dance vocabulary is made from the elements of ShuiXiu action and the gesture of dance. The study made on the body charm is mainly from four aspects-the Chinese classical dance "shape, spirit, strength and pitch," to demonstrate to the development and inheritance to the Han Dynasty dancing made by Chinese classical dance. Finally from the aspect of the combining of skills with the aspects above, the paper makes a conclusion that the Han Dynasty dancing is no longer the showing off skills, but it was arranged according to the change of the content and inner feelings of dancers, which made an extremely profound influence on Chinese classical dancing.