Research On The Folk Culture Of Puppet Show In Xiaoyi Country Of Shanxi Province

Xiaoyi puppet show spreads in Xiaoyi country of Shanxi province which is the origin of its name, and the main form of puppet show in this area is zhangtou puppet show. It is performed by artists who are under the puppetry. A stick through the body of puppet which is very important to support puppetry, and two sides of the body, there are other two sticks for dominating the hands of puppet. All above makes puppet do action similar to human being and cooperate with artists to performance in a play. Xiaoyi puppet show is not native, about the end of Song dynasty and the early of Jin dynasty, which is introduced into this district from the capital city Bianjing. Because Xiaoyi has the custom of acting, Xiaoyi puppet show is able to quickly be absorbed into the local culture tradition, except Shanxi opera outside, Shadow puppetry is native. Every holiday and some important ceremonies, people have acting to wish their dream come true. After introduced, Xiaoyi puppet show cooperated with Xiaoyi Shadow puppetry, which is a"rational"results that public board with their limited social experience to allocate resource. In the development of China's long history, the puppet show gradually became part of XiaoYi people's daily life. That is the crystallization of the wisdom of people behind the"pure substance"of puppets making skill. In traditional society, XiaoYi puppet show is not only a kind of"pure art"drama, it is also a part of"ceremony activity". As a"ritual drama", XiaoYi puppet show is to beautify the public life, definition ethnic boundary, strengthen social order and inherit the national memory cultural. During the development of the times, modernity subverts the traditional folk society, at the same time take away the connotation of Xiaoyi puppet show, leave"puppet symbol"alone. Intangible cultural heritage protection engineering let"power discourse"intervene the development of Xiaoyi puppet show. Around the reconstruction of Xiaoyi puppet show'"brilliant prospects", the interest groups also have established. Therefore, Xiaoyi puppet show is considered as"cultural products"and the aesthetic requirements of Xiaoyi people are in accordance with the construction, in this process the aesthetic"puppet symbol"be strengthened.There are three aspects to elaborated this introduction of this essay, including the following parts: the main topic of this paper, the research present situation and the intent of theoretical innovation, research methods and deficiencies in the process of writing paper.In the first chapter, it is a summary of Xiaoyi puppet show. First, etymologies the puppet show, from puppetry idol in ancient times to later puppet with"funeral– entertainment"colour, until kinds form of puppet show. Then introduce the origin and development of Xiaoyi zhangtou puppet show and its formation of natural and social cultural environment.The second chapter describes the folk resources of Xiaoyi puppet show, containing the static folk resources and dynamic puppet show. Finally, focus on Xiaoyi puppet show repertoire and analysis the unique folk culture connotation of Xiaoyi puppet show.The third chapter analysis the roles of Xiaoyi puppet show on people's life. First, reconstructs the"function panorama"of Xiaoyi puppet show in the traditional society, points out its change of functions in new period and analysis the status changes of Xiaoyi puppet show in daily life and explain its deep-seated reasons.The fourth chapter analysis the"benefit mechanism"of Xiaoyi puppet show in the context of modernity. With the help of"carnival"theory,"cultural products production"theory, and"aesthetic daily life"theory, points out that it is very important for Xiaoyi puppet show to keep its aesthetic characteristics in modern society.In epilogue part, prospects the development trend of XiaoYi puppet show in modern society. In the Future, Xiaoyi puppet show will appear these differences: in cities and villages, traditional drama and innovation plays, new carrier and the traditional form. But the development track of Xiaoyi puppet show is neither pure aesthetic in form, nor pure consumer on contents, but the perfect balance point between the two.