Folk Cultures and Artistic Characteristics of “Yisheng Goddess” Festival Lantern Drama

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220205.029How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Yisheng Goddess Festival Lantern Drama; Folk custom; Culture; Artistic characteristic; Intangible cultural heritage

Abstract

“Yisheng Goddess” Festival Lantern Drama, which is an ancient folk cultural activity of Han nationality in Xiushui County of Jiujiang City, was added on Jiangxi Provincial List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (X-10) in 2007. It is regarded as one of the folk and artistic culture forms in Jiangxi Province. And in this paper, its overall development status is analyzed and explained by studying the embedded folk cultures and artistic characteristics. As a matter of fact, the folk culture is the context and ecological basis for the survival and development of the folk art. Therefore, in this study, a series of properties of Yisheng Goddess Festival Lantern Drama are explored, including its origin, development, cultural investigation, and artistic characteristics, etc. Meanwhile, the typicality of Yisheng Goddess Festival Lantern Drama as one of the Jiangxi festival lantern forms is explored from the perspective of folk art and folk culture, thereby showing the unique charm of Jiangxi Lantern Art in the grand context of Jiangxi Folk Culture, and the vital social significance of various Jiangxi festival lanterns in the development of rural cultural resources and the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Jiangxi Province. The purposes of this study are, on one hand, to conduct in-depth research on and carry forward the Chinese folk culture and folk art, while on the other hand, to carry out scientific analysis and research on the status quo and artistic characteristics of the folk art of Yisheng Goddess combining with local culture.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhenhao Li
AU  - Dandan Zhou
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/15
TI  - Folk Cultures and Artistic Characteristics of “Yisheng Goddess” Festival Lantern Drama
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Art and Design: Inheritance and Innovation (ADII 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 173
EP  - 178
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220205.029
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220205.029
ID  - Li2022
ER  -