Survey Report

Huangyuan, a beautiful little county,located at the east of Qinhai Lake in the western of china.Shehuo is a spontaneous traditional festive occasion for songs and dances prevailing mainly here. With the economic development,the lives of the working people are improving every day.Every family has television.There has been a tremendous change in people's cultural life.Shehuo took a series of heavy jolts.TV programs depressed the Shehuo show.Today,students take this opportunity to interveiw the local people to konw the Shehuo current situation.

Students interview people to know the Shehuo current situation

In a interview

Theme: How much do you know about Shehuo?
Participants:villager of Shenzhong village
Date:11,14,2006
Place:Shenzhong village

Questions:

1. Do you like the folk culture-Shehuo?
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Not clear.
1202 people choose A, which occupies 68.3%; 107 choose B, which occupies 6.1%; and 448 choose C, which occupies 25.59%.

2. Have you ever participated in the performance of Shehuo?
A. Yes.
B. No.
479 people choose A, which occupies 27.2%; and 1267 choose B, which occupies 72.7%.

3. Why you don't participate in it?
A. No time.
B. I feel tiresome.
C. I don’t like acting.
D. I have no interest in it.
371 people choose A, which occupies 21.1%; 556 choose B, which occupies 31.6%; 155 choose C, which occupies 8.8% and 1084 choose D, which occupies 61.6%.

4. Why do you like Shehuo?
20 percent people find Shehuo interesting.
80 percent people think that Shehuo-like is their duty,though they couldn't say why.

5. Have your family members participated in the performance of Shehuo?
82.3 percent people think that it is an obligation to play.
17.7 percent people said that they didn't participate in Shehuo performance for a variety of reasons.

6. Do you think it's necessary to keep performing of Shehuo?
616 people choose A, which occupies 35% and 1320 choose B, which occupies 75%.

7. How do protect and pass on this kind of folk art?
20% people think that some policies should be carried out to guard and maintain the performance of folk art; 31.3% people think that this fold art should be popularize in public, and then people will like to act voluntarily; and 49.7% people think the government should take charge of main responsibility. The heads of village should do something to stimulate people's enthusiasm, attract more people to participate in it and carry out economic punishment on non-participants.

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