An Exposition on the Quanfeng Lantern Opera and Its Cultural Characteristics

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10.2991/assehr.k.200907.110How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Quanfeng Lantern Opera, performance, characteristics, culture

Abstract

Quanfeng Lantern Opera (also “Quanfeng Hua Deng”, “全丰花灯”), an important local folk art form of Jiangxi Province, was included in the First National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of China in 2006 (500IX-52). It has developed a unique performance form and characteristics after long-standing as the folk-art form closest to the people of northern Jiangxi Province. This paper analyzes and discusses all elements of the Quanfeng Lantern Opera from the perspective of art culture. It re-approaches and interprets, in a manner that may benefit the modern researches, the Quanfeng Lantern Opera based on its history and current situation, research of characteristics of all performance elements, regional characteristics and folk customs. The re-interpretation will allow us to understand the meaning behind the Quanfeng Lantern Opera, and its influence on the thoughts and behaviors of the general public. It further makes us recognize the role of the traditional cultural and artistic performances in the construction and maintenance of a harmonious socialist society. Last but not least, it sets an example for culture researchers on how to study local art.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dandan Zhou
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/07
TI  - An Exposition on the Quanfeng Lantern Opera and Its Cultural Characteristics
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 602
EP  - 606
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200907.110
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200907.110
ID  - Zhou2020
ER  -