Miao dance name
First of all, a brief introduction of Miao dance.
Miao folk dances include Lusheng dance, bronze drum dance, wood drum dance, Xiangxi drum dance, bench dance and drum ladle dance. Lusheng dance is the most popular. In Danzhai, Taijiang, Ping Huang, Leishan, Kaili, Gulong, Dafang, Shuicheng, Rongshui and other places in Guangxi, traditional festivals are held on 15th of the first month, 3rd of March and 9th of September every year.
And other festive festivals, such as Chinese New Year, ancestor worship, building houses, harvest, weddings, etc. There are four steps in dance, including two steps, three steps, six steps, rubbing step, jumping step, step by step and left-right rotation.
"Miao Youth Dance" starring Miao first-class actor Jin Ou was made into a dance art film "Butterfly Flying" on 1963, which was staged in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places, and was deeply loved by the masses.
The Miao nationality is rich in singing and dancing, and there are only ten kinds of "encouragement" of the Miao nationality. Miao's "admonition" is recorded in the Tang Dynasty's "Ruling and Opposition", which shows that Miao's "admonition" has a long history.
Second, cultural background.
Miao nationality is a nation that can sing and dance well. Everyone can sing and dance. For thousands of years, songs and dances have accompanied the history of the Miao nationality and vividly reflected the life of the Miao nationality. Miao songs and dances are rich in delicacies, simple and straightforward, which can best express their sincere and simple thoughts and feelings, and also make people feel the truth, goodness and beauty of folk art.
As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Miao people's songs and dances were very famous and caused a sensation in Beijing. "Biography of Song Shinan Manqu Nanman" contains: "One person plays a gourd ladle, like the sound of gnats, and dozens of people dance hand in hand, taking the foot as the festival."
In fact, Miao dance originated very early. From its primitive and simple style, we can see that many dances are related to funeral sacrifices, love and marriage, production and life, but they were not recorded in ancient times, only found in history books since the Ming Dynasty.
Lusheng dance
1, custom Lusheng dance
The first is dancing during the annual "Huashan Festival", which is a good time for young men and women to get together and choose their spouses. Lusheng Dance, which was called "Flower Jumping" or "Moon Jumping" in ancient times, was mostly performed on sunny nights.
Miao villages with this custom generally have a "jumping moon" moon field or a "jumping flower" flower field. This Lusheng dance especially represents the "flower begging belt" popular in southeastern Guizhou and the "sheep leading" popular in central Guizhou.
The second type: in Rongshui area of Guangxi. When dancing, it is relatively simple to hold hands, lean forward and jump forward in circles. The number of people participating in the dance is usually twelve, and the formation is a rectangle with three people in horizontal rows and four people in vertical rows.
Step 2 perform Lusheng dance
Generally, performances are performed in the form of competitions or submissions at festivals or gatherings. In some places, it is popular to hold group competitions with the village Lusheng team as the unit, such as congjiang county, Dong Bang and other places in Qiandongnan. Every New Year's Festival, there are hundreds of people jumping competitions in neighboring villages at the same time, and the participating Lusheng teams will play music.
Whether the voice is beautiful and harmonious, whether the movements and footwork are rich, and whether the dance time lasts will win. Some places are held in the form of individual competitions. This kind of competition generally has no prescribed movements, and every Lusheng player has the opportunity to show his personal skills. The movements of this Lusheng dance include small steps, squatting and kicking, rotating and prancing.
Some players are famous for their changeable rhythm and quick and intense movements; Others win by being able to complete more difficult movements. The Lusheng dance performed is very rich in content. Popular in western Guizhou are "clever drinking", "earthworm rolling sand", "rolling mountain beads" and "Lusheng boxing"; There are "crossing the threshold", "monkeys climbing trees" and "rolling earthworms" popular in the mountainous areas of western Guangxi.
There are many kinds of "bullfighting" and "cockfighting" popular in Qiandongnan Prefecture. The first two fields are popular mainly by showing off difficult skills to win the applause of the audience; The latter mainly imitates the habits and behaviors of animals to show the humor and charm of life.