The Opera In Spring Festival

Huating Quzi Opera was also called ‘Ditanzi',‘Shehuo',‘Zhezi'by the local people.By2006,with the establishment of intangible cultural heritage,it is also known as ‘Huating Quzi Opera'.Speaking of ‘Quzi Opera',it first came from the‘Quzi Words' of the Ming Dynasty.And later with the join of the dance,rap,musical instruments,clothing and other factors,it gradually developed into a ‘opera' model.This strong folk flavor of the opera,combined with the local customs,culture,dialect,based on the earliest Meihu county of Shanxi Province and the times development of people's speak habits,developed into a opera with Huating cultural characteristics,which is known as ‘Huating Quzi Opera'.This thesis includes six chapters to illustrate the Huating Quzi Opera.Chapter one: Firstly,depict the background of the Huating Quzi Opera.From the geographical environment the importance of communication can be seen.From the local history,the distribution of the main ethnic situation can be seen.From the cultural background,the psychological basis of the local people for the culture and workship of can be further understood.Secondly,through different literature to define ‘Huating Quzi Opera',we can know that the research scope about it is still not wide.Finally,the research method of this paper,the field investigation,is introduced.Chapter three: Mainly talk about the ceremony of Huating Quzi Opera in the entire field investigation process with more detailed,more clear and more traditional description of the process of performing.And in the process of ritual worship,the most typical and representative works which must show in the ritual,will be introduced.Chapter four: Analyze the Huating Quzi Opera in detain from the opera perspective,including the song,tunes,sound,musical instruments and props.Chapter five: explain the folk cultural custom presented during the play of Huating Quzi Opera in detail.Chapter six: Analyze the current situation of Quzi Opera and simply depict its inheritance,development and protection.In a word,Huating Quzi Opera is a play with the original ecology.It has a strong folk flavor of Quzi Opera,which is its unique charm,and eternal sunshine.This paper makes a more detailed description of the Huating Quzi Opera through the methods of field investigation,including video recording,sound recording,field survey,interview,induction and summarization.The traditional field investigation records the its original situation,which is my original intention of writing.