Exorcising opera in western Hunan derived from Han nationality, and evolved from exorcising sacrifice, to exorcising ceremony, to exorcising dance and to exorcising opera.

• 摘要湘西傩堂戏源于中原汉族的傩堂戏，曾经历了傩祭-傩仪-傩舞-傩戏的演变历程。