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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 (wei,卫) and 26 Thousand-household Garrisons (suo,所) 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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  • Artistic Characteristics
    Artistic Characteristics
    Artistic Characteristics
    Anshun Dixi is played in villages and stockaded villages, and its actors are thorough farmers. Usually one stage of Dixi is performed in a village, and the actors are between 20 and 30, and the...
  • Mask
    Mask
    Mask
    The masks of Dixi have the godhood and personality at the same time. In Anshun there are craftsmen specializing in carving masks. The new masks purchased by the performance team can be placed as...

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