A Study On Oral Formulaic Theory Of Xin Tian You

Xin Tian You is a common impromptu singing art form in production and life ofpeople in Chinese northwest. Its content is extensive and deep and the form is free andflexible, which is rich in local flavor and fresh vitality of culture. ts content is rich, freeand flexible in form, have full-bodied local flavor and fresh vitality of culture. As a kindof oral tradition continues to spread and development of the living form of art, in dialectXinTianYou is singing, and according to the rhythm of some specific pattern andsemantic rules in form of poetry. There are a lot of repetition in the XinTianYou lyrics ofalternative phrase or a sentence is the same meaning, these can be regarded as theconcrete application of XinTianYou programs. The singer traditions in the process ofsinging, according to the principle of frugality, flexible use of the program creation way,so as to form a new system.As a live and oral traditional art, Xin Tian You is a kind oforal poetic form which is sung in dialect, organized by specific models of rhyme andsemantic rules. There are a lot of repeated sentences or alternative phrases with the samemeaning in lyrics of Xin Tian You, which can be regarded as specific application offormula in Xin Tian You. On the basis of traditional singing, the singer creates the newformula system, according to the principle of frugality, flexible use of the formula.“Bi-xing” skill commonly used in Xin Tian You is also a kind of formula creation,which is similar to the theme of Oral Formulaic Theory. When creating the theme, thesinger usually follows some fixed themes established maturely to express original eventsor special feelings. Although the number of these themes is limited, they appearfrequently. These themes usually indicate the theme by natural scene or objects of life,which not only presents the continuity of singing, but arouses the shareable emotionbetween singers and audience. Oral formulaic study of Xin Tian You is to place Xin Tian You with characteristics ofobvious oral tradition in the culture context with oral tradition and analyze the formula ofits creation and spread to reveal its rules of inner creation.