A Report On The Music Of Funeral Rituals In Zhibu Town, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province

Confucianism is a funeral ceremony in Xiangtan County of Hunan Province Town area people of Shebu funeral ceremony was held in the form of the usual music ceremony which used local people to save hundreds of years of cultural heritage, funeral rites and rituals as an important carrier of folk music, continues to this day, explore folk music become an important window.This article will shoot Funeral Music Town Confucianism as the research object to research activities in the area of civil funeral ceremony process to proceed, the Confucian ritual funeral music as a research focus. Through fieldwork methods, detailed record of the process and customs and ceremonies; music based on the body, the funeral ceremony in the Confucian divided by vocal and instrumental music in two parts, with music morphological method, recording vocal music, vocal music, musical instruments, instrumental music and combinations, notation and analysis of the characteristics of the music. Through multiple investigations, to explore the drum band, instrument executed by Confucianism and night song singer’s internal structure, as well as the survival of the state of inheritance and development.This paper is divided into five sections, respectively, from the "History and the Present Situation Town Confucianism shot Funerals", "Funeral Music of the Shebu Town Confucianism included vocal music, instrumental music," "Radio Town enforcement instrument and drum band survival before " these three aspects of the relatively detailed exploration and research. Situation on the radio by Town Confucian funeral ceremony and music activities description, understand the importance and influence of Confucianism funeral ceremony in the local people living in the music produced, potential cultural meaning and value.