A Study On The Collation Of Zhuangzi 's Drum Songs

ShiGong Drama Script is the scared scripture of the civil religion in the Zhuang nationality,and is chanted when the Shigong holds various religious rituals.The Script recorded different Zhuang dialects by Sawndip and Chinese characters,and the pronunciation of the script also varies from place to place.Because the script is carried on from generation to generation by the ShiGong,the content and phonetic form are usually fixed. According to the material contained in the script,such as the ancient Zhuang characters,Chinese loanwords,nationality words and so on,we can research on the vocabulary of a Zhuang dialect,the history of the Chinese dialects and the rhyme problem. To file the civil ancient books such as the ShiGong Drama Script,can enrich the word stock and meaning of the Sawndip,as well as provide original information for the data processing of the Zhuang ancient books.This paper takes the ShiGong Drama Script “Chuang-tzu drum basin song” in Guxing Village,Jingsheng Town,Du’An County,Hechi City of Guangxi as raw material,analyzes it’s phonics and words. This article mainly includes the following several parts:Chapter One,an introduction of the “Chuang-tzu drum basin song”;Chapter Two,a brief introduction to the phonology of Jingsheng Town to undertand the drama script’ content;Chapter Three,sort description of the Sawndip in terms of shape,pronunciation and meaning;Chapter Four,an analysis of the phonics and vocabulary of the Chinese loanwords in the script;Chapter Five,an analysis of the value of “Chuang-tzu drum basin song”in terms of linguistics,literature,literary characteristics and ShiGong culture;Chapter Six,conclusion.