On The Original Clan Music And Dance

Based on ancient literatures, primeval rocky paintings, cultural relics of musical archaeology and folk information in modem times, primeval musical-dance wo.S studied in the many angles, such as the expression of its contents, clerkship, etc. In order to recognize the meaning of it. The quality of clan in the primeval society was expounded in the first section. In one hand, it concluded the modality of primeval society with authoritative and conclusive tone, especially the conception of tribe, clan and nation and the relationship between them. In another hand, it suniniarized the movable area, geographical distribution and cultural region of ancient tribesand clans. Compilation and textual research about information of primeval musical-dance was done in the second section. There were three soifrces of information: the first was records about musical-dance in ancient literature, and translated 28 records into modem Chinese; the second was material objects?梙istorical relics of music and primeval rocky paintings, four rocky paintings about dances and historical relics were also listed, represented by ancient painted pottery in Qinhai Datong and osseous flute in Hcnan Wuyang. The last one was infonnation of musical-dances about nations, which still lived in a primeval clannish society nowadays. Folk musical-dances in China are very abundant, 搤Tradition is a river? so if we use a method with contrary researching thought, it can probably help us search the ancient primeval musical-dance and give us inspiration. 3 The third section searched the modality and meaning of primeval musical-dance, it was divided into six types. Some representative musical-dances were interpreted specifically. The six types were totemic musical-dances, musical-dances in memorial ceremony, musical-dances in farm working, musical-dances in hunting and war, musical-dances of mankind抯 reproducing and musical-dances in excelling ghosts. The quest for regional characters of primeval musical-dances preliminarily in the fourth section. Attempt to consult types of prehistoric cultural ruins and geographical distribution in ancient China with clannish traits that musical-dances expressed. The filTh section sununarized clannish traits of primeval musical- dances. Primeval musical-dance had sociality, clerkship and collective, etc. From literature records and primeval relics, we can make out some aesthetic characters that primeval musical-dance have. Musical-dance reflected intense regional character that a new developing subject?? geographic-musicology referred to.