英文摘要
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The conferring of titles and the acceptance of tribute were systems once adopted by China to establish friendly relationships with neighboring countries. As a result, China's traditional theaters and music were introduced to the nearby islands and music styles were established. After the Satsuma Domain of Japan invaded the Ryukyu Islands, the Ryukyu Kingdom was requested to send delegations to Japan whenever a new emperor or shogun took power. Such missions were referred to as "Edo nobori"(上江戶). The delegation was required to offer some exotic performances, which were most frequently Chinese traditional music and operas. The delegation played Rozigaku(路次樂) on its way from the landing port until arriving at the location of the ceremony. It was a type of traditional Chinese marching music. Upon entering the hall of celebration the delegation would perform Uzagaku(御座樂). According to ancient documents, many traditional Chinese operas and music were performed during the Uzagaku performances. In records related to the Edo nobori event, the titles of "Wenbu" (問卜) and "Zhaojunhefan" (昭君和番) were discovered; these two titles are related to Beiguan operas. So far only one version of "Wenbu" of the Uzagaku has been found to closely resemble a complete version of "Wenbu" in Beiguan. The other versions of "Wenbu" showed that the performances had evolved from the opera style into those in which only one singer appeared. Compared with the evolution of "Wenbu", the performance of "Zhaojunhefan" in the Edo nobori event was presented in its original opera style. This study examines historical documents, manuscripts, emaki paintings, lyrics, narrations, names of titles, performance documentations, and proves the close relationship between Uzagaku and Beiguan in Taiwan.
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