The Contrastive Studay On The Etiquette System Of Court Yanyue Zaju In Song Dynasty

"Culture of the Chinese nation,which has evolved over thousands of years and was reborn in Song Dynasty." As for Chinese music development the music of Song Dynasty inherited the splendid Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty Yanyue Era,also innovated the folk music of Yuan Dynasty,Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty,were the important turning point of ancient Chinese music culture from "medieval Geisha music" to "near secular music".The musical transformation in Song Dynasty is characterized by the maturity of drama art represented by Zaju.The actors' skills of Song Zaju is becoming different and all-embracing,including the funny short drama of satirizing the dynasty's politics,the funny warning of the world performed by the palace from the Tang Dynasty to the army opera,and novel and song and dance operas.Since its popularity,it has become an indispensable skill in the performance of court Yanyue.It can be said that the ancient Chinese opera started from germination to maturity,and it also connects the two opera times before and after.It plays an extremely important role in the history of Chinese opera just like a bridge.In this paper,the Song Dynasty Zaju,which was developed from the Tang and Five Dynasties military operas,is taken as the research object,and the imperial of the system of the court Yanyue and the drinking ceremonies is taken as the background of ritual and music.The court Yanyue Zaju of the Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty is compared,and the inheritance and development of Zaju is investigated vertically and comprehensively.This article elaborates from three parts.The first part introduces the basic forms of Song Zaju,including the origin,spread and development of Zaju in the Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty;secondly,taking "Jiu Zhan Yanyue " and "Si Shi San Zhan Yanyue " as examples,elaborates respectively the banquet ritual system in the Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty,which paves the way for the further study of the following.The second part mainly introduces the presentation of court Yanyue Zaju during the Song Dynasty in the three major Yanyue,namely,opera banquet,internal banquet and imperial banquet by foreign envoys,as well as the court music institutions performing Yanyue Zaju,so as to deepen the understanding of the background of the existence of Song Zaju in the court.The third part is the most important part of this paper,which focus on the study.Author compares the operas between the different periods of Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty from the following aspects: content,structure,role and accompaniment band,and inspects the development of the Song Dynasty.From the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty,the content of Zaju performances was more clearly pointed out,and its position in court Yanyue was gradually prominent;the structure of Zaju performances changed from "one stage to two stages" to "one stage to three stages";the number of roles increased,the division of roles was refined,and the accompaniment orchestra's use of musical instruments changed with the development needs.Various changes reflect the development of Zaju during the Song Dynasty.In the process of argumentation,author takes historical records as reference,notes of Song people as the source of historical facts of music activities,and music archaeological materials as important evidence,trying to make the research conclusions more systematic,directive and persuasive.