현행 중국 제공악무(祭孔樂舞)의 무일(舞佾)에 대한 논의

Abstract

In this study we have discussed the restoration of music and dance of the home ritual sacrifice of Confucius festival, in China, which has been carried out from 2009 to the present. The restoration of the music and dance in the Confucius sacrifice ritual at home, was based on the Commentary on Ritual Music of the Institution of Higher Education (泮宫禮樂疏) of the Ming Dynasty. Music and dance were restored relatively well on the basis of historical data. However, differences were found with historical data concerning the form of the row dance. Therefore, this study suggests improvements in the form of the row dance (舞佾形式) through an examination of the current home sacrifice ritual of the Confucius festival.Therefore, at the Confucius festival, it is not desirable to use the six-row dance following Du Yu’s theory as in 1957, which succeeds the tradition of the Qing Dynasty. Consequently we suggest that the current row dance in Confucius sacrifice ritual’s music and dance should be restored again on the basis of the Ming literature, Commentary on Ritual Music of the Institution of Higher Education and form a six-row dance composed of 48 people forming 6 rows and 8 columns based on the theory of Fu Qian.