孔子是偉大的思想家與教育家。他創立儒家的思想核心「禮」與「仁」，並主張「有教無類」、「因材施教」在中國歷史上留下豐厚且具實踐的歷史文化，每年皆會舉辦祭孔儀式。
As a great thinker and educator, Confucius established the Confucianism with “rite” and “benevolence” as its core concept, and advocated “Proper education levels all social classes.” and “To teach students in accordance with their aptitude respectively.” which left rich and practical historical culture in Chinese history. And the Confucius-commemorating rituals will be held every year.
This study will clarify the historical context of Fall Ritual of Dancing (Yiwu) at Taipei Confucius Temple, and further understand its dance connotation; explore the process of Yi Wu’s inheritance through motion analysis and record to understand the educational implications expressed through dance education; then recognize the dance implications and give it affirmation and respect. This study will organize, summarize and analyze the recorded images as well as the data collected by literature analysis method, in-depth interviews and observation, then the research results will be drawn.
According to the collection of data and interviews in the methodology, the results were found that the action connotation of Fall Ritual of Dancing (Yiwu) at Taipei Confucius Temple represented the respect and memorizing towards Confucius and promoted Confucianism; so far, the process of inheritance at Taipei Confucius Temple has belonged to school inheritance method, so other work units couldn’t join this Yi Wu; and the school educational implications of Taipei Confucius Temple has focused on “rite”, which is hoping that the students can hold polite attitudes towards both human and the world.
Further investigation are expected after this study, which will let Yi Wu continue to be treasured by common people, and this research results will also serve as reference for following study of relevant work units.
