Study On Tujia Maogusi Dance Propagation

Maogusi dance in west Hunan is an ancient and mysterious form of cultural performance of Tujia people, which incorporates multiple cultural elements including the drama, dance, primitive religion, history and Tujia language. Maogusi dance is spread in four counties of west Hunan: Longshan, Yongshun, Baojing and Guzhang. The characteristics of Maogusi dance is that it must be performed in Tujia language, can't walk upright and speak enunciation unclear. They show primitive life of ancient Tujia people in the hunting, collection and agrarian age and plays an important role in many areas such as ethnic culture, primitive religion, arts and sports. In May 2006, Maogusi dance in west Hunan was enrolled in the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage list.Dianfang Town in Longshan County is one of areas where Tujia language is preserved most completely and there is deep and rich Tujia culture. There is an important link between Tujia language and Maogusi dance. The local Maogusi dance heritage is still in the stage of spontaneous succession. Mainly rely on the heritage of people. In the aspect of communication, television is the most widely used medium of communication. Restricted by regional social economic and cultural development level, the application of new media is very little.Maogusi dance is a living fossil of dance and Drama, shows the life of the ancestors of the Tujia Nationality. However, few people know Maogusi dance that has a heavy sense of history. No good inheritance mechanism of Mao gusi dance has been yet formed. And Maogusi dance faces a number of bottlenecks and difficulties in the exploitative and protective development process. Its performance content, clothing and today's mainstream values are different, the lack of financial support, there is no individual to improve the protection of policy, the young generation of its ancient cultural forms are not interested. These problems need to be resolved, more important is the good family completely spread and inherit, avoid Maogusi dance die on the concept of two different value of the times of collision and conflict.