The Researches On Folk Music Of Shangrao’s "Yushan Performing Arts"

"Yushan Performing Arts" is one of the intangible cultural heritages of Jiangxi province,which has been widely spread across the country since the Song dynasty.It is the predecessor of Jiangxi opera and enjoys the reputation of "living fossil of drama".Jinxi village,Huaiyu town,Yushan county,Shangrao city,is known as the hometown of Jiangxi opera.Huaiyu mountain,the famous mountain in Jiangnan region,is also located here.There is not only the ancient folk opera "Yushan Performing Arts",but also many traditional folk activities,such as "celebration wine","hold the lamp" and so on.As a kind of local folk opera,"Yushan Performing Arts" studied in this paper has been passed down and developed for nearly a hundred years in the local area.It has a wide range of groups,plays,Qupai and actors,and has strong characteristics of ancient operas in northeast Jiangxi.It is a necessary celebration program for villagers in every festival."Yushan Performing Arts" is a kind of complex and unified performing procedure,which is mainly composed of "drama language","Qupai act","instrument prop","costume set" and other parts,presenting the human’s character and story plot by combining with poetry,music,dance and other forms.Its primitive and crude performance style is unique,especially the early plays are original ecological forms,which have high ornamental,aesthetic and research value.In addition,the origin of the old-type opera school and props of "Yushan Performing Arts" fill the gap of Chinese theater history’s research.The author made a case study on the field of "Yushan Performing Arts",from the history and culture,current situation of the development and music form,the paper analyzes the history origin of "Yushan Performing Arts",cultural background and living environment,theater composition,music style,folk custom activity,and the plight of the inheritance in the process of development,the core content is the relationship between the "Yushan Performing Arts" and Jiangxi opera,the research of music form and custom of "Yushan Performing Arts".This paper researches on "Yushan Performing Arts" and it is divided into six parts.The first chapter is the introduction,which mainly discusses the research status at home and abroad,research significance,research focus,difficulty,and research methods and ideas of "Yushan Performing Arts".This chapter is the basic work of the study of "Yushan Performing Arts".The second chapter analyzes the data obtained from the field,introduces the historical evolution and living environment of "Yushan Performing Arts",explains the reasons why "Yushan Performing Arts" has been developing continuously for a hundred years and the inseparable relationship between it and Jiangxi opera.The third chapter combs the internal structure of "Yushan Performing Arts" and elaborates the current living situation of "Yushan Performing Arts",including the organization scale,performance site,repertoire content and troupe management;The fourth chapter analyzes the music form of "Yushan Performing Arts",mainly on the aspects of Qu pai,Ban style,Qiang style,melody and orchestration.The fifth chapter is a comprehensive investigation and research on the performance content and folk custom activities of "Yushan Performing Arts".The author adopts the method of observation and experience to conduct the field survey.By analyzing the relationship between "Yushan Performing Arts" and folk customs,the author comes to the conclusion that "Yushan Performing Arts" depends on folk customs and thus it can live for a long time.The sixth chapter mainly studies how to better inherit and protect "Yushan Performing Arts" under the adverse environment of gradually decreasing traditional opera culture heat and weakening folk custom atmosphere,and mainly analyzes the protection and development principles of "Yushan Performing Arts" and puts forward suggestions.