Shannxi Shehuo Investigation And Research

The"shehuo" is a kind of large and folk literature performance activity that is hold by the farmer. Its organization unit is" village" or" agency",its function is to greets the New Year's Day and offers sacrifices to the spirit ,in particular banishes the ghost. The development of this kind of traditional civil literature performs chaperonage agriculture civilization but prosperous.This text draws lessons from the countryside investigation of sociology. Its main contents is the history and present condition,the order of appear,performing route and time,organization and management,the plan of the contents,disguise and theatrical mask,finance management,manufacture of clothing and prop,gong and drum,entertainer of shehuo. At the same time, it will make use of the history,sociology,ethnology and art to study the content,function,beauty of shehuo.The shehuo of the shannxi province contain a lot of performance forms, its cultural content is very abundant. Especially, the Baoji that Located the guanzhong western plain region is the place that zhou was origined. Its history is particularly long。The category of the baoji shehuo is very abundant, the atmosphere is very warmly. The way that people participate is very special.Under the complicated surface, there is abundan content.This kind of content involves to banish the ghost,offer sacrifices to the land spirit,celebrate the religious meaning, and drama of the spirit, dance, stunt, art, music。The origins of the shannxi shehuo theatrical mask is a consciousness that wears to disguise the mask. Along with the development of the society, the consciousness of the utility and witchcraft in the mask is gradually weak thin,but amusement,appreciate be strengthen. During the Ming and Qing dynasty, the disguise of the drama is very mature。That Bring about very big influence on the shehuo. The development and the maturity of the shannxi shehuo theatrical mask have the close contact with the qin drame. The Style of theatrical mask of qin dramar gradually have variety from crude and uncivilized to simple and cleanness. But the theatrical mask of shehuo existing in the folks have kopt the original style. Actually the difference of art style between dramar theatrical mask and shehuo theatrical mask is the"horary margin"of development of them.The shehuo theatrical mask has abundant diagram type structure and the symbolize meaning in color. In regard to the diagram type, it uses different"type" and" eye" to mold the personality and the body of the role;At the same time,it enhances this kind of body and personalities by exaggerates the wood grain of the forehead. It expresses docile and crafty of the role by the different symbolize meaning of red,black,green,blue,green,yellow,white,gold and ilver. The creation reason of this kind of symbol implied meaning is the fusion of the traditional" Wuxing" philosophy and the gestalt psychology.The cultural content of the shehuo is constitute by many factors that present a time successively. These factors were absorb by shehuo gradually. According to the"geologic strata theories"of archaeological, The shehuo contain following"geologic strata" relation: 1,floor——the agency and the exorcise;2,center-——the Stunt;3, upper level-——drama。The shehuo contain a lot of cultural functions.There are four function. First,it is amusement revel that is the most important amusement method of farmer north in China;second,it is the spirit coagulate which come from the adoration consciousness of the spirit toward the land and the witchcraft thinking of Exorcise;third,it is organization that come from folk" agency" which changed from the original group to basic government.