走进虔诚宗教信仰下的广州“巧克力城”——非洲人教堂音乐生活初探

Walking into the “Chocolate Town”of Guangzhou under a Pious Religious Belief——A Primary Investigation into African Church Music

生活在广州的非洲人有很大一部分都来自尼日利亚的伊博(Igbo)族,并且他们几乎有着同样的宗教信仰——基督教。这些非洲人在广州的基督教礼拜形式大致有三种,而不同的礼拜形式又带来了不同的基督教音乐。宗教信仰在这座"巧克力城"当中有着重要作用和影响,而音乐作为基督教崇拜仪式中必不可少的部分,对他们具有极为特殊的意义。

A large portion of Africans living in Guangzhou come from the tribe of Igbo of Nigeria , who have almost the same religious belief-Christianism .They have three forms of liturgy , and different forms bring about different Christian music .As the religious belief has played an important part in the “chocolate town” and exerts a big influence upon the people there , music is of an extremely special significance to them as an essential part of worship in Christianism .