The history and inheritance of monkey art, and the outstanding contribution of monkey art

According to statistics, more than 1,800 monkey artists have emerged in Monkey Township. They not only went south and north to enliven the folk cultural life, but also brought the information of getting rich from all over the country back to their hometowns to help the villagers get rid of poverty and become rich, so the monkey people are known as "monkey kings, monkey spirits". They not only walk the streets and alleys at the bottom of the society, but also can enter the Grand Theater to perform, they are not only employed as professional monkey artists in major parks, but also provide guidance for monkey scientific research.

He can also teach others monkey arts, increase jobs, and make due contributions to reducing the burden on the country.

Monkey art drives monkey farming in the Monkey City to promote scientific research.

The people of Monkey Township have gathered the macaques raised by individual farmers to set up a breeding farm and built a macaque domestication and breeding base, which can not only save the monkey culture of Xinye, but also protect the wild animals of the country.

With the prosperity of the new wild monkey show, monkey artists have spontaneously formed a monkey market in the center of the farmers' market in Xinglongguan Village, Shi'an Township, Shi'an Township, the county since 1989. The market is located at the junction of Xinye, Nanyang and Tanghe. Whenever the market opens, the monkey market is always the first to open and the last to close.

The people who came to buy monkeys, as well as artists from northern Henan and Anwei. The number of monkeys on the market is about 40 per episode during the farm season, and about 1,200 monkeys in the farm season. Many scientific research institutions in the country also come here to buy macaques as research projects.

Monkey art is a kind of Han folk art with a long history, which sprouted in the pre-Qin period, originated in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, flourished in the Ming Dynasty, and matured in the Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The cultural value of monkey art is high, and many monkey operas have been put on film and television. In 1992 alone, the French Deluria Film Production Company and the Chinese Film Production Company jointly produced the film documentary "The Li Family", which was released in more than 10 foreign countries.

However, although the monkey art has lovely results, it seems to be in crisis in the tide of market economy. Because monkey art was a unique skill taught by family in the old society, and the training was very hard, but if the bottom of the society in old China wanted to mix rice and eat, you had to have a unique skill. In this way, it has been passed down from generation to generation in order to survive, but now that life is better, many people don't want their children to suffer this sin anymore.

As a result, many monkey stunts and traditional programs have been or have been lost.

Shi An, located in the south of Henan border, the east of the noble land of Xinye, north of Nanyang east of the Tang River, where the land is fertile and the weather is suitable, the folk customs are simple and the transportation is convenient, it is the only place of the ancient official road. Xinye is the famous ancient city of the Three Kingdoms, is one of the main birthplaces of the Han and Han cultures, in history was born and raised five queens and a Shu emperor, the princes will be countless, the royal relatives everywhere. The unearthed Chinese bricks can be said to be the most in the world, and it is known as the hometown of Han painting.

Therefore, there is a rich Han cultural heritage, giving birth to a lot of rich Han folk culture, inheriting and developing the unique Han folk art --- monkey art. Monkey art has a long history in Shi'an, the inheritance is wide, since ancient times it is the custom of more than ten people and eight monkeys, there is a complete set of monkey art system for monkeys to raise monkeys, train monkeys, play monkeys, and trade monkeys, and it is the hometown of monkey art since ancient times. Nowadays, there are no less than 2,000 people engaged in monkey art (playing monkeys) in the agricultural slack, and their footprints are all over the country and neighboring countries, but most of them are fighting on their own, and the essence and dross coexist, which is inevitably unsatisfactory.

To this end, Shi'an Town has created a cultural square in the new countryside of Zengying, which is adjacent to the highway. With the square as the starting point, it comprehensively and comprehensively shows the broad connotation of monkey culture and the proud charm of monkey art, and focuses on the planned inheritance and development of monkey art. Create a brand effect of monkey art cultural industry.

Although monkey art has lovely results, in the tide of market economy, as a wonderful flower of folk art, it is in crisis, and its free development will gradually disappear. The reasons are as follows: The development of society, the preferential policies of the state, and the increase in employment opportunities, most young people go out to work to earn money, and are unwilling to work hard at home to learn monkey arts, and then run around.

Since ancient times, monkey art has been said to be a profession that people look down on because they run the rivers and lakes, skillfully ask for food, and have a very low social status. Today's young people are afraid of being embarrassed and affecting their own future, so they are reluctant to learn, and monkey art is facing the dilemma of having no inheritor.

Therefore, the monkey art has reached the edge of frequent danger, to the point where it must be protected and excavated.

1 **Plan.

1) Protect the target.

Within ten years, the folk cultural form of monkey art will gradually move towards the track of management, standardization, appreciation of elegance and customs, inheritance and authenticity, universalization of development, market economy, communication and civilization, and long-term protection.

2) Protective measures.

a Filing and Registration:

Establish archives for all monkey art practitioners in Monkey Township, dynamic management, centralized training, unified practice, joint excavation, expand the scope of inheritance, correct theoretical guidance, and cultural civilization gatekeeper positioning, so that it can be fully integrated with a harmonious society.

b Supporting Inheritance:

Led by the Shi'an Town Cultural Station, the monkey art skills of the inheritors are discussed, recorded and protected, and the practical difficulties are solved for the inheritors and the development of monkey art is promoted. Of course, monkey art is a popular art with a unique universality, and it is safe to say that every monkey artist is the inheritor of monkey art.

c Funding assistance.

The cultural station will concentrate financial resources, give priority to the development and inheritance of monkey art to make material guarantees, and seek long-term assistance from external funds, and strive to build the hometown of monkey art, the first monkey town in the world.

d Incentives.

Shi'an Town Cultural Station plans to hold a monkey art competition every year, requiring many participants, creative programs, and a wide range of launches, so that there are one to two pairs of participants in each village. The award is wide, the amount of the award is heavy, and at the same time, there is an organization award, which is the spiritual civilization construction project of the village.

e Dissemination and promotion.

Shi'an Town Cultural Station will promote the monkey art in the hometown of monkey art through all forms of media.

2 Civil society organizations.

a Establishment of the Monkey Art Culture Association.

b. Establish monkey art culture tour and dissemination.