The History Of Lanzhou Xigu Army Exorcise

Nuo dance of army is an integrated art which blend ancient Chinese religion, folk customs of war, totem worship, the historic culture of dance, traditional sports, ancient as well as folk sculpture and painting. As one kind of Nuo culture in ancient China and the crystallization of ancient Chinese folk culture, Nuo dance of army is also a representation of Nuo sacrifice which existed in Yin and Zhou dynasty, more than four thousand years ago. Praying for the victory, Nuo dance of army, in Lanzhou Xigu District, was considered as a great ritual when the military went out to battle. Meanwhile, it was regarded as historical arguments which incorporated traditional sports into ancient ritual, that is, ZhaUiao activities. From the point of origin of the traditional sports, this thesis tries to study the main forms of Nuo dance of army. Serving as one of folk performing, Nuo dance of army provides a great space of research and thinking value due to Nuo dance’s long history, profound religion, various and mysterious performance. And the starting point of this research comes from traditional Chinese sports.Aiming at "replay" the Nuo dance, this thesis, incorporating the role traditional sports played in the Nuo dance of army, carries out an historical study on Nuo dance of army, in Lanzhou Xigu District, and summarizes the origin, development and the status quo of it. By "replay" the history of Nuo dance of army, in Lanzhou Xigu District, this analysis attempts to promote the construction of intangible cultural heritage in Gansu Province, provide references for the development and inheritance of nation traditional sports and offer reliable documents as well as records for the future study, research, archeology, etc.First, this thesis fully demonstrates the topic basis, elucidates the definition, origin and distribution of Nuo dance, analyzes the development of Nuo dance’s culture, then fully studies the history of Nuo dance of army in Lanzhou Xigu District, and finally analyzes and represents its status quo. After the studies mentioned above, it is clear for us to find the great impact Nuo dance of army exerted on the development of the traditional Chinese sports’ branches. And Nuo dance of army, full of national colors, promoted the development of both cultural and sport activities. By the field trips on the ancient sites in Lanzhou Xigu District, we studied the origin, development and advancement of Nuo dance of army, and classified as well as arranged the significant stamps according to Nuo dance’s religious influence, folk influence, cultural characteristics, historical heritage, modern development, etc. Finally, a relatively and historically complete result comes out.Through the painstaking field research. the "first-hand" materials we got are sorted, and then the literature and the documents are classified and analyzed according to the local folk customs, and historic culture, thus, the cultural reasons why Nuo dance culture was so popular in the civil society are presented, and, meanwhile, the huge impact that the primitive and mysterious ghosts culture and religious culture exerted on the folk culture is analyzed deeply. Thereby, the essence of folk adds color to our history and culture, which makes us easier understand the profundity and essence of ancient Chinese culture. On account of its combination of anthropology, ethnology religion history, folklore, and other academic elements, Nuo dance of army in Lanzhou Xigu District, full of meaning and value to be studied, must be an academic subject worth of a sustainable and further study. Through "replay" the history of Nuo dance in Lanzhou Xigu District, fully and systematically analysis of local Nuo culture, the profound meaning of its wide popularity and Inheritance is illustrated, and the profound connotation of the Chinese traditional culture, folk custom as well as the humanistic education is thoroughly explored. Thus, we deeply study the changes in the history of Nuo dance of army in Lanzhou Xigu District.