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Anshun Di Xi

Anshun  Di  Xi  (Di  Xi  literally  means  the  Field  Drama)  and  is  known  as  the  Living  Fossil  of  Chinese  Drama.  The  performance  of  the  Di  Xi  indicates  the  minority  people  worshiping  the  god,  expelling  the  ghost  and  praying  for  peace.  You  may  find  the  Di  Xi  performances  in  some  minority  villages  such  as  Tianlong  Tunbu.

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[ Di Xi played in a small village ]


[ Masks used for Di Xi ]

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Dixi Drama, usually called "sorcerer's dance in a trance ", is a kind of local drama spreading in Anshun City of Guizhou Province, whose birth is closely related to the station troops in Anshun who came from Anhui Province, Jiangsu Province, Jiangxi Province, Zhejiang Province, Henan Province, etc. The Ming troop set up 24 Military Stations  and 26 Thousand-household Garrisons in Guizhou, among which 3 stations and 2 garrisons were in Anshun, and the soliders in these military administrative communities were called "tun-pu ren"(station people) in the historical materials, and it was due to the tun-pu station people that the Dixi drama appeared accordingly.

Dixi drama was a particular kind of folk drama played by the station people, in which wood carving masks were used. The birth of Dixi drama was related with the station people's living situation. The main body of Nuo Culture was originally Central Plains Culture. The military Nuo which integrated offering sacrifice, exercising drills and recreation had existed in the troops for a long time. The military Nuo and the folk Nuo popular in the common people in Central Plains were brought to Guizhou after the troops entered this area, and they combined with the local conditions and customs to become Guizhou Dixi Drama centering on Anshun.

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