中国民间面具（英文版）

图书标准信息

• 作者 龚宁 著；邵达 译
• 出版社 五洲传播出版社
• 出版时间 2008-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787508512846
• 定价 68.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 24开
• 纸张 铜版纸
• 页数 102页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 中国民间工艺系列

【内容简介】

TheearliesttracesofChinesefolkmasks,datingbacktotheprehistoricage,havebeenfoundintherockpaintingsinMtHuashanofNingmingCounty,GuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion,andMtYinshanofInnerMongoliaAutonomousRegion.Besides,humanimagerywearingmaskswasoftenthesubjectforarchaicearthenandmuraldecorations.
Intheprimitivesocieties,theearlyformsofmaskingwereusuallyconnectedwithmagicpractices,totemworship,musicanddance.Forinstance,asaritetodriveawaypestilenceinthe12thmonthoftheancientlunarcalendar,theexorcisingdancewithwoodenmasksappearedinthelateShangDynasty(c.21st-11thcenturyBC)；exorcisingactivitieswereprevailingandevenbecameinstitutionalizedduringthefollowingZhouDynasty(c.11thcentury-256BC),withFangxiangshiasthechiefexorcist.

【目录】

DancingMasks
TheatricalMasksforNuoOpera
TheatricalMasksforDiOpera
TibetanMasks
SacrificialMasks
ExorcizingMasksofaHouse
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