Analysis of Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance and Influencing Factors from the Perspective of Social Change: A Case Study of 'the Zhuang Ethnic Eight Immortals Wind and Percussion Music' in Northwest Guangxi, China

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This paper is a study on the inheritance of folk art and its influencing factors in the process of intangible cultural heritage protection. The Eight Immortals Wind and Percussion Instruments is a form of the ensemble of wind and percussion instruments composed of suona, supplemented by trombone and percussion instruments such as leather drum and cymbals. It is popular in the Zhuang community in Tian'e County under the jurisdiction of Hechi City in the Hongshui River Basin in northwest Guangxi, China. The research content of the paper include: 1. The contemporary changing form of the eight immortals. 2. Analysis of the reasons for the contemporary changes of the Eight immortals. Research object: Two representative troupes of eight immortals, local villagers and folk scholars from the above areas were selected. Research methods: Sociology, sociology in social change, art sociology were used as the theoretical basis, and the field investigation, in-depth interview and literature research, etc. were employed as the research methods. Research results: It is found that the contemporary changes of the Eight Immortals Wind and Percussion Instruments mainly appear in two aspects of social composition and material composition, and the reasons are mainly related to modern economy, modernization process, modern national policy and modern individual creation.