Research Of CangZhou LaoZi

CangZhou LaoZi is a form of folk dance, it is loved by the people of JiZhong area, andit is a form of expression of emotion. The birthplace of CangZhou LaoZi is NanPi, and itshistory is about200years. CangZhou LaoZi s local style is rich, it and ChangLiDiYangGeand JingXingLaHua are known as “Three HeBei folk dance”. It was included in the secondbatch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list in2008June.The researching approaches and perspectives of this article include field visit, thestudies of sociology,folklore, art, biology and morphology of dancing and the anthropolohyof dance culture.By these, We are going to conduct a deep probe into the history and origin,culture and style, and the development and preservation of the CangZhou LaoZi.Thearticle consists of five parts: the introductory chapters gives an account of current studies ofthis dance, the source of studies, researching approaches, and the purpose and significanceof the studies,chapter one concerns the natural and social environment of the dance, itshistory and the distribution of its branches, chapter two;the main body of this article sumsup the typical movement, style of movements, array of dance and musical accompariment;chapter three distils and interprets the cultural meaning of the dance, enriching thetheoretical study of this folk dancing art; chapter four analyzes the present situation of theCangZhou LaoZi and discuss afficient ways for preserving and developing it. Finally thearticle comes to a summary of all the main points and a discussion about the CangZhouLaoZi s feature development.