The Transmission of Hukou Qingyang Opera, Jiangxi Province, China

Abstract

This research is called the transmission of Hukou Qingyang Opera, which is a qualitative research, aimed to 1) To study the musical context of Hukou Qingyang Opera, China; 2) To analyze the music characteristic of Hukou Qingyang Opera, China; 3) To study the transmission process of Hukou Qingyang Opera, China.

These data are collected from written documents and fieldwork. This dissertation observes and interviews a series of problems in Hukou Qingyang Opera. Fieldwork data were obtained through observation and interview. The research results are presented in the form of analysis and description. This dissertation discusses the origin of Hukou Qingyang Opera from a historical perspective and holds that the rise of Qingyang opera in Hukou is closely related to the geography, humanities, economy, folk customs and religion of Hukou County. I discuss the context of Hukou Qingyang opera music from four parts: the morphological context of music, the emotional context of music, the social context of music, and the impact of Qingyang Opera for people in community. I discuss the characteristics of Qingyang opera Qupai music from the aspects of melody, beat rhythm, tonality, characteristic charm, through the analysis of Qingyang opera Qupai music. I learned about the transmission process of Qingyang opera through the transmission of informal places and formal places.

The development of traditional music in modern society is not optimistic, and even faces an endangered state. We should continue traditional operas in social life and protect and transmit Hukou Qingyang Opera. As an important form of artistic expression of traditional Chinese culture, Qingyang Opera art should be vigorously inherited and developed under the background of the current cultural prosperity.

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