Ritual Sounds: Mirror Image Of Benzilan Guozhuang Music Cultur

Benzilan Guozhuang is a collective song and dance with both ceremonial and self-entertainment functions.It is an intangible cultural heritage protection project in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and an important carrier of Tibetan history and culture.This paper takes the music culture of Benzilan Guozhuang as the research object,adopts the multi-disciplinary research theories and methods of musicology,anthropology and folk art,adopts the research perspective of both "insiders" and "outsiders",and based on field investigation and literature review,describes the ritual music and ritual process of Benzilan Guozhuang,analyzes the music noumenon art,and explains the characteristics of its music culture.Reflecting on the inheritance,protection and development status of the music culture of Benzilan Guozhuang,conducting in-depth research on the music culture of Benzilan Guozhuang comprehensively not only provides the basic theoretical basis for the study of Tibetan traditional music,but also lays the theoretical basis and research foundation for the re-study of the music culture of Benzilan Guozhuang.This paper makes a comprehensive study of the music culture of Benzilan Guozhuang,and on this basis,carries out a comprehensive and systematic analysis from the perspective of ethnomusicologists,in order to provide basic theoretical basis for the research of the music culture of Benzilan Guozhuang.The specific contents of the chapter are discussed as follows:The first chapter describes the cultural origins,geographical environment,historical origins,social background,religious belief,cultural relics,historical sites,clothing features and other cultural events of Benzilan Guzhuang based on literature and field investigation.The second chapter,on the basis of field observation,literature review and interview,explains in detail the ceremony process of Benzilan Guozhuang music culture in the two important ceremonies of Ras Festival and wedding ceremony,as well as the presentation forms of Benzilan Guozhuang music culture in other folk fields.The third chapter mainly expounds the music categories of Benzilan Guozhuang,and analyzes the melody,rhythm,tonality and form structure of its Guozhuang music.Chapter four explains the cultural phenomenon of Benzilan Guozhuang music culture from a multidisciplinary perspective.The fifth chapter focuses on the analysis of the current situation of Benzilan Guzhuang and carries on the academic reflection from the perspective of intangible cultural heritage.