《神弦歌》的文化阐释

南朝乐府民歌中的《神弦歌》,是江南地区的巫觋祭歌。它的产生,与其故楚地区巫鬼文化的传统有关,其音乐远源可追溯到先秦时期的“楚声”;《神弦歌》在祭祀地区性的杂鬼小神的过程中,表现出叹惜生命、向往爱情、钟情山水等世俗化的情感和愿望;《神弦歌》十八首,大多短小精练,且形式多样,语言清丽自然,音调婉转,达到了很高的艺术境界,并对后世文学产生了一定影响。

CULTURAL EXPLANATION OF SHENXIAN SONGS

Shenxian Songs of the Nan Dynasty which belongs to Yuefu folk songs is sacrifice songs used by the witches and wizards in the area of Jiangnan.Its birth was relevant to the tradition of the culture of witchcraft and ghost in the past area of Chu ,and its music origin can trace back to the voice of Chu in the time of previous Qin Dynasty.In the process of sacrificing unorthodox small spitits and ghosts, the Shenxian songs expressed various kinds of desire and emotion, sighing for life,looking forward to love,especially enjoying the natural scenery with hills and streams etc. Eighteen pieces of the Shenxian Songs are mostly short and exact,which have great diversity of forms, nature and beautiful language,melodious tone.In a word,it achieved very high art realm and brought about a certain influence.