Daily And Revelry

Dong Ka Lau is one of the most representative cultural marks in the Dong Minority folk. Its distinctive quality in chorus art has aroused people's interest. As one kind of folk art, the formation, development and existence of Dong Ka Lau all has deep cultural soil and ecological environment; And, the existing universality and the revelry while singing tells us that Dong Ka Lau manifests Dong Minority people's aesthetic consciousness and pursue in daily life. This article attempts to launch aesthetic study of the Dong Ka Lau from the angle of"daily"and"revelry".First, make a simple introduction of Dong Ka Lau, summary the present study condition, then elaborate its ecological environment, insist that precisely its ecological and cultural environment makes Dong Ka Lau's development possible, and chorus art existing in Dong Minority people's aesthetic life possible. This article mainly embarks from two basic and close theory points, that is"daily"and"revelry". On the one hand, Dong Ka Lau's popularity in the Dong Minority folk society is an important performance of its"daily"aesthetic characteristic. Also, many contents in Dong Ka Lau display that it's an important constituent in Dong Minority people's daily life. Both the reality and the text have proven"daily"is the basic characteristic of Dong Ka Lau as one kind of aesthetic existence. On the other hand, no matter singing in daily life, or antiphon in holiday activities, both display the revelry characteristic that manifests in Dong Minority people's aesthetic pursue, one kind of spiritual revelry. It's this kind of spiritual pursue that sublime Dong Minority people's aesthetic consciousness.Daily and revelry, not only is the aesthetic characteristic of Dong Ka Lau, also is the aesthetic characteristic of Dong Minority people's aesthetic consciousness and aesthetic pursue .We could also see the close relation between Dong Ka Lau and Dong Minority's aesthetic view. Dong Ka Lau is important content of Dong Minority's aesthetic activities and important manifestation of Dong Minority people's aesthetic consciousness. Maybe we could also say that, as the performance of Dong Minority people's aesthetic consciousness, Dong Ka Lau finally is one kind of self assurance.