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The character Nuo, representing ritual exorcism dances, derives from ancient ceremonies designed to expel evil spirits and disease. Its traditional construction, 儺, incorporates the human radical 人 alongside 難, a component that provides phonetic guidance and may implicitly relate to the difficulties the rituals sought to resolve. Throughout its history, the character's meaning has persistently centered on these performative rites, even as its written form was simplified to 傩, where the human radical is preserved but the phonetic element is substituted by a less complex form. This modification in structure left the core concept intact, so the character still evokes the traditional practices associated with spiritual cleansing and communal protection.
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傩舞很有特色。
我们村里有傩戏表演。
傩面具看起来有点吓人。
傩文化是中国传统文化的一部分。
古代的傩仪式用来驱鬼辟邪。
傩戏和京剧都是重要的戏曲形式。
在节日里，人们戴着傩面具跳舞。
虽然傩戏起源于宗教仪式，但现在它已经成为一种艺术表演。