Dingxiang Dingxiang Folk Music And Folk Ritual Research

Dingxiang County is located in the eastern side of the basin Xinding Realm of the total area of865square kilometers. The county is surrounded by mountains on three sides, East and West, Hutuohe from northwest to southeast through the whole territory, Wrangler River, the same river two wings according to flow around the Hutuohe three rivers and fertile river a pelvic floor small plain. Thousands of years, the dingxiang stick to this small basin arduous pioneering, tenacious struggle, not only to survive, multiply themselves, but also to create a colorful cultural wonderful, creating a simple, honest, hard-working, kind of rural folk. Folk observation and understanding of a country, the culture of a nation is the most direct, the most vivid window, different times, different nationalities, different regions, different social classes, the basic necessities of life, weddings and funerals, interaction with others, speak behavior different ways, this is the type of culture. The Yangge dingxiang, also known as "stilts Younger","sing Yangko." Men and women foot wooden Rocker twist singing, it is the masses of the county favorite, the most popular kind of square Performing Arts. The main activities during the Lantern Festival. The Dingxiang octave, weddings and funerals plays an important role, both urban and rural areas of the annual Lantern Festival variety of cultural activities, such as stilts, scratch Court, run the ship, sedan chair, the fire agency, dragon and lion dances and other folk art activities, all octave Council as accompaniment. Octave will also play a contrast to the festive atmosphere, the the Dingxiang folk wind and percussion music, is a precious pearl in the cultural activities of the masses, either alone significantly splendor, but also for the whole thespians. The folk dingxiang Folk Song within dingxiang, not a single designated Xiang "tou", the lyrics, melody colorful, beautiful sounds, handed down a lot of excellent traditional repertoire, has repeatedly singing is not bad. Its expressed in the combination of techniques of realism and romanticism, in plain dialects from different angles, different sides reflect the different times of social life, to express the voice of the people, to express the feelings of the people.This paper discusses the activities characteristic of of Dingxiang folk music in a variety of folk rituals. By Folk Music Festivals in the first month "prosperous downtown, the process of ritual blessing" fishing for children "," exchange of goods "," God", and weddings and funerals, participation in the civil ceremony and performances showing folk music and folk culture interaction.