贵池傩戏对宗族社会的反哺作用探究

The Social Function of Gui Zhou "Nuo" Ritual Theatre in Patriarchal Society

贵池傩戏是一种原始形态的"代言体的初级戏曲",历数百年不缀,搬演于宗族社区,也积极地反哺宗族社会,表现在它具有祭祖敬祖、娱乐宗亲、巩固同宗情感、宣教规范维护传统及和睦宗族社区等作用,这种反哺作用契合了宗族社会的需要;因之,数百年来,贵池各宗族势力倾情于傩戏的演出,使得这一活化石性质的戏曲形态能够较完整地保存下来。

Guichi Nuo is a primitive form of ＂representative opera＂ active for hundreds of years in clan communities where it performs such functions as worshiping ancestors, entertaining clan members, consolidating clans＇ emotional ties, inculcating etiquettes, and preserving traditions. As these services have answered the needs of the patriarchal society, clans in Guichi enthusiastically sponsored performances of the Nuo, helping to preserve this primitive opera as a living cultural fossil.