西部百戏刍议——以甘肃省民间表演艺术为例

Study on Western Baixi——Take Folk Performance in Gansu as an Example

本文在对唐诗中有关西部民间祭祀乐舞、军中宴乐等伎艺表演诗歌考察的基础上,提出西部百戏的概念;以今天甘肃民间丰富的伎艺表演为对象,考察、寻绎西部百戏遥远的身姿,认识其文化形态与价值,比较系统地梳理了西部百戏的种类、特征,介绍了西部百戏情况。认为西部百戏具有百戏之"祖"的性质,西部百戏之研究具有百戏艺术原型研究的意义与价值。

On the basis of studying poems of Tang Dynasty about western sacrifice dance and performance of music in army, the concept of western Baixi is put forward. Research on the richness of folk performance in Gansu, in pursuit of posture of western Baixi, the cultural value is recognized and its characteristics and types are introduced and studied sys tematically. Western Baixi has the most primitive feature among all the theatre performance. The study of its prototype will have great value and significance.