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Research On The Shaman Accent Of Ethnic Minorities In Heilongjiang Province

Posted on:2017-10-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330509457736Subject:School of music and dance
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China is a country composed of different nationalities. Due to mutual integration and common development of different nationalities, it has created the outstanding ancient culture of China with such a long history. As an important component of the ancient culture, religion has always runs through the development of human beings. However, Shamanism, the northern ethnic minority, has occupied a quite important position in the development of historical religious culture. Tone of Shamanism is the language for Shamanism to communicate with Gods while carrying out the Shamanistic practices, which is an important carrier for the entire culture of Shamanism, an important component of the Shamanistic music culture, and also the important way to communicate the Shamanistic music culture. Since the ancient times, Heilongjiang has always been the region where numerous ethnic minorities live in. Of which, the Oroqen nationality, Daur nationality and Hezhen nationality are small minorities. For a long time, existence and development of these minorities cannot be separated from the music culture of the nationality. To understand and study the folk songs of one nationality, it has played an irreplacable role in understanding the music culture of the nationality and country than other research methods. By tracing the origin of Shamanism, sorting out the origin and development vein of Shamanism, this paper analyzes and illustrates the origin and connotation of “Shamanism”, and also briefly explains all rituals of Shamanism. By applying the knowledge and theories of sociology and folklore, it mainly introduces the Shamanistic rituals and characteristics of Shamanistic music of the northern ethnic minorities. In addition, it respectively illustrates different music characteristics of the Oroqen nationality, Daur nationality and Hezhen nationality. By applying the theories of musicology, Aesthetics of Music and Music Performance, it focuses on studying the artistic characteristics of Shamanistic music of ethnic minorities in Heilongjiang, including the Oroqen nationality, Daur nationality and Hezhen nationality.
Keywords/Search Tags:Shaman music, origin and development, artistic characteristics, performance features
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