The Research On Changes Of Sending Plague Ceremony In Yang Quail Southeast YU Village

Sending plague ceremony as Yavigquan southeast YU village aunique folk culture matters, has orality, inheritance， variability,regional, collectiviiy and other folk characteristics. Because ol thefrequent natural disasters in history, low levels of health care,geographic blocking, sending plague ceremony rises. Coupled withthe flourish of religious activities, folk tierifage^inheritance aciddevelopment of long-t趋rm sending plague ceremony is so far. Thisarticle,which is based on field research, combined with folklore，theory and research methods of cultural anthropology, researchs theforming space, traceable history, ceremony evolution and change afsending plague ceremony, hoping to explore the historical rootsbehind social changes and folk implication.The thesis consists of introduction^body and conclusion. Themain part based on th#literature and local history informationdescribes and analyzes the iitiique geographieal environifieiit, ancient folk customs, sacred beliefs space in Yangquan southeast YUvillage,in order to show the soil formed by sending plague ceremonyand briefly analyze the historical evolution and ritual performances ofthe ceremony. The ceremony, as a Nuo, is the combination product forNuo and Xiang Li. In the Ming Dynasty, the rural folk Nuo and Xiang Liare mixed into one. Nuo is held in the altar,which is the reason thatsending plague ceremony is held at the northwest corner of thevillage of altar. The evolution of sending plague ceremony is dividedinto three stages including preparation process, the tour of plagueand sending ceremony, and flooding blast and ritual combines, theinvitation of god, the entertainment of god, the worship of god andsenging god is always throughout the evolution. Based on theliterature, combining fieldwork, oral information anddocumentation,the changes of the ceremony is deeply analyzed bythree aspects of the village, the country, and the people.Sendingplague has being for centuries in the southeast YU village,which isdeeply influenced by the country,society and people living forgenerations,so exploring the impact of changes and inherentimplication in the ceremony is of great significance. Sending plagueceremony presents a series of interlinked nature, so based onsummarizing the changes of plague ceremony, the paper explores thedevelopment of interwoven traditional and modern plague ceremony and the chooses of the public. The introduction is mainly about thepurpose and significance of the paper, the review of academic andresearch methods. The conclusion on the basis of summarizing theabove subject, explores future trends of sending plague ceremony inYangquan southeast YU village by excessive intervention fromoutside forces, we hope to provide a reference to present researchand the changes of ritual ceremony.