The Longdong Affections Investigation And Study Its Value Inquiry,

"Tao Tsing"came from the ceremonial music such as"ChengTian","JiuZhen"in Tang Dynasty. It's the song that Taoists sing when preaching or collecting alms, whose name was seen in"The Old Tile Of The Swords Men"of Zhou Mi as early as Song Dynasty. In North Song Dynasty there were"Fa Qu Tao Tsing"which followed the royal ceremonial music, and"Su Qu Tao Tsing"in society. In South Song Dynasty there were"Tao Tsing Yu Gu"with accompaniment of"Yu Gu"and"Jian Ban". Taoists who peregrinate on the ground brought it to the mortal world, and it was gradually made into folk music. In the long way of developing, it formed different musical systems in different region. One of them is QuPai in the north of China,it turned into drama Tao Tsing in Shanxi,Shanxi, Gansu, and He'nan. This paper will discourse upon the Tao Tsing which was gestated and now growing on the great ground of Gansu,"East Gansu Tao Tsing".In the long history and the very nature environment of East Gansu, the Tao Tsing formed an art type with Tao Tsing as music and shadow puppet as performance which shows great region feature, and has been popular. At the early age of the East Gansu Tao Tsing, it contains deep religion feature, But along the time goes by, it broke through the bondage of religion and covered all the life of people. Yet the trace of religion is obviously in the aria, the musical instrument, and the list of plays. That provided stuff for the study on the East Gansu Tao Tsing.There are innumerability relation between Taoism and East Gansu Tao Tsing which is a local drama that still popular in the East Gansu. Because of the hinterland, the East Gansu Tao Tsing has much"greenhouse"effect in the spread and art style. Its deep background of culture, the brand of religion, and the folk-custom feature haven't been investigated. This paper based on the field survey, discuss the East Gansu Tao Tsing from the point of culture. Through the deep, meticulous, and full-scale research to dig the connotation and the value of Tao Tsing, Taoist culture, East Gansu Tao Tsing, and East Gansu culture.