The Ancient Performance Arts in Shi jing – Feng

Abstract

           Shi jing is the earliest collection of poetry in ancient China. The research objective of this paper is to refine the types and performance forms of music and dance in the Shi jing-Feng, and to analyse the social background, cultural connotation and aesthetic characteristics of music and dance in the Central Plains during the Chun qiu  and the Zhan guo Period.

This paper adopts the literature method to collect and organise the information related to music and dance in the Shi jing-Feng. Using the interdisciplinary research method, the paper explores and analyses the music and dance in Shi jing-Feng from multiple perspectives and levels, such as music, dance, literature and history. And the method of mathematical analysis is used to test the validity of the obtained data.
          The research results of this paper are as follows: the types of music and dance and the forms of performance in Shi jing-Feng are clarified. The influence of the open and free social environment and cultural connotation on the development of music and dance in the Chun qiu  and the Zhan guo Periods is summarised. The aesthetics of music and dance in the Chun qiu  and the Zhan guo Period is diversified.