认同与协商:街子乡春节期间的社火表演

Identity and Negotiation:Shehuo Performance during Chinese Lunar New Year Days at Jiezi Township

作为具有强烈地域特征的春节文化符号,社火是甘肃天水地区春节期间举行的一种重要的传统艺术表演形式,通常以行政乡(或镇)为一个相对独立的流行和表演区域,均属于表现秦腔剧目或演义小说中精彩有趣、矛盾冲突集中之情节的造型戏。这种艺术活动的组织和表演,深刻地表达着人们对于传统的理解,对于集体的理解,对于村落关系的理解,对于欢乐的理解以及他们的超自然信仰。同时,它也为处于大众传媒及通俗文化多种影响下的农村地区的人们,提供了一种表达自我、协商文化认同与地域认同的资源和重要途径。

As one of the most important cultural symbols with regional characteristics, Shehuo is a popular conventional performance held regularly at specific time during the Chinses Lunar New Year Days in Tianshui area, Gansu Province. It is usually organized and conducted in a range of a township, and presented as a traditional posing show that selects the highlight of a classical story of Shaanxi Opera or other traditional legends to represent. It is by organizing and performing Shehuo that performers and audience, who share a common repertoire, express and communicate their perception towards tradition, community, relationship among villages, joy, and supernatural beliefs. Meanwhile, it serves a resource and an entrre for people, who are heavily affected by the mass media and popular culture, to represent themselves, to negotiate cultural and local identities.