一、麦西莱甫的起源与发展历程 麦西莱甫是新疆维吾尔族民间特有的、集歌唱、音乐、舞蹈、游戏于一体的传统民俗艺术活动,广泛流传于天山南北的维吾尔族民间,已成为维吾尔族生活中不可或缺的重要习俗。 麦西莱甫的起源与发展与维吾尔族漫长的历史发展过程紧密相关。目前,有关麦西莱甫起源与发展的史料极为罕见,我们只能从维吾尔族的神话故事,配合一些汉族历史典籍和其他突厥语民族的相关材料,对麦西莱甫的产生与发展作一个简单的勾勒。 在维吾尔族早期英雄传说故事《乌古斯可汗传说》②中记载,乌古斯可汗召集部众举行“大喜”仪式,大家聚集到一处吃喝狂欢,这也许是麦西莱甫 I. The Origin and Development of Macyilaf Macy Lifu is a folklore art unique to Xinjiang Uyghur folk songs, music, dance and games. It has been widely circulated among folk Uygur in North and South Tianshan Become an indispensable and important custom in Uighur life. The origins and development of Macyire are closely related to the long historical development of Uighurs. At present, the historical data about the origin and development of Macyilae is extremely rare. We can only make one of the birth and development of Macyila from the mythological stories of the Uyghurs, some historical documents of the Han nationality and other related materials of the Turkic languages Simple outline. In the legend of the Uighur early hero legend, “The Legend of Ugandan”, 2 it is stated that Uzbekistan convened the people to hold a ceremony of “overjoyed” and everyone gathered to eat and drink in revelry. This may be Macy’s