一场巫事一台戏——广西凌云县泗城壮族巫术调查报告之一

A Piece of Witchery:a Play——Survey of the Witchcrafts of the Zhuang People in Sicheng,Lingyun County,Guangxi

广西凌云县泗城巫术是壮族民间信仰极为独特的一种,年代久远,保持着壮族民间信仰的原生状态;仪式形式比较灵活,内容具有针对性和不确定性;巫歌内容丰繁,曲折反映壮族先民的生活;音乐性强,"七十二巫调"可谓中华民族民间曲调的珍品。

The witchcrafts of the Zhuang People in Sicheng,Lingyun County, Guangxi,is a kind of quite unique folk belief prevailing among the Zhuang people.It has a long a history,reserving the primitive state of Zhuang people s folk belief.Its ritual is comparably flexible,with the contents pertinent and uncertain.The songs in the witchery are in great variety,indirectly reflecting the life of the forefathers of the Zhuang people.The music is rhythmical,especially the Seventy-two Witchery Songs,which is a sort of treasure of the folk songs of the Chinese people.