Symphony Of Sanctity And Folk

As the special local sort of opera, Dacheng opera has been always covered with a more mystery veil than other opera sorts such as Liyuan opera and Gaojia opera. On one hand, it is specially born by religious ceremony. On the other hand, it used to be criticized as blind worship and concealed under other operas'brightness for a long time. However, Dacheng Opera is the very one which can reveal close relationship between China religion and folk opera best. As one of the rare cultural legacies, Dacheng opera has more historical and cultural value rather than pure artistic one. This article is designed to study Dacheng opera's forming history by three parts.First of all, Dacheng opera's developing history is hackled from the foundation of earnest collection of historical materials. Secondly, its history and character are concluded through several times of campestral research. Thirdly, the factors which act on Dacheng opera's forming are analyzed according common rule. The author will also convince that from ritual playing to independent opera, Dacheng opera has been improved by two essential factors as local religion and folk arts of southern Fujian Province. For the local religion of southern Fujian, the concept of worshiping heaven and ancestor improved the creation of Dacheng opera's playing market. Also, various arts of southern Fujian such as puppet, wushu and acrobatism enriched the features of Dacheng opera. In a word, with the special cultural environment of southern Fujian , religion made an excellent amalgamation with opera and finally created the specially charming Dacheng opera.There are three innovations in this article. Firstly, several new historical materials are found and concluded. Furthermore, campestral researches are used to enrich history study. Another innovation is that the surrounding which acts on Dacheng opera's forming is reviewed.