What kinds of Li folk dances are there?
The folk dance of Li nationality has distinct national characteristics and a strong flavor of life. When getting married, building new houses, celebrating festivals or playing in the countryside, people should dance together. Among many dances, it can be roughly divided into three types: ancestor dance, life dance and production dance. The former includes ghost-catching dance (i.e. "exorcism dance"), blessing dance (i.e. "evocation dance"), New Year's greeting dance (i.e. "safe dance"), bowl dance (i.e. "mother dance") and so on. Life dances include firewood dance (that is, "bamboo pole dance"), gongs and drums dance, teasing mother dance, money bell double knife dance, money string dance and so on; Making dances, including rice dances and so on. Let's take a look!
First, firewood dance
"Firewood Dance" is called "Zhuan" in Li language; Jumping on a bamboo pole is called "Jun Twin" and "Carol" in Li language. When jumping, people spread out two square squares (wood truss) or logs the thickness of legs in parallel on the threshing floor or hillside, and put several logs the thickness of wrists horizontally on them. Chopper's hands are opposite, close to the end of a log, and beat each other with the same beat, which is called "chopping wood".
In the sound of regular and rhythmic knocking, the firewood jumper not only has to advance and retreat quickly, but also naturally performs various dance movements and performances, which is called "jumping firewood". After years of careful consideration, Zhu Qingyuan, director of Hainan Song and Dance Troupe, turned the wooden cart into a big wooden wheel at the mouth of the bowl and put it at both ends of the bamboo pole handle, that is, the two square wooden beams (wood truss) passing through the middle of the formation were "concentrated" into two wooden wheels, which made it "liberated" and became simple, light and agile, enabling viewers to change various queue graphics more freely and dexterously.
Second, the money bell double knife dance
Li Men advocates martial arts, and Ganling dances with double knives, which is a good example. Qian Zhongshu stick is two feet long with a string of copper coins tied at both ends. Money bell means carrying a pole, and money bell means a bumper harvest (a kind of dry rice) in Shan Lan. In the dance, a big man in traditional costume with red hair wrapped around his head, holding an eight-inch double knife, got into a fight with another man with a money bell stick. The shiny double knives bravely stabbed the holders of Qian Zhongshu sticks in all directions. When dancing this kind of dance, it is often carried out in a special dustpan, which requires the stinger to have the warrior spirit of bloody battle to the end, while the blocker needs the general demeanor of being fearless in times of crisis.
Third, the dance of luck.
Zhao Fuwu, also known as "soul dance", is popular in Tongshi City and Maoyang District of Hainan Province. March, July and October in the summer calendar are the Year of the Ox. According to legend, the ancestors of the Li nationality believed that everything in the world was divided into "good and bad". The Year of the Ox is an auspicious day. Dancing this dance in March can bring "good luck" to cattle and make them multiply constantly; Dancing this dance in July can attract the "rice soul", make the seedlings grow sturdily and harvest the crops; Dancing this dance in October can attract everyone's "blessing", so that members of all ages are safe and sound, and infertile women can have children after marriage. On the Year of the Ox, all the members gathered in Aublanc's house to kill pigs and hold a banquet, taking turns drinking and beating drums. In the sound of gongs and drums, Mr. and Mrs. Aublanc dressed in traditional costumes took the lead in drinking and dancing with sparkling rice wine as a rich "blessing wine". During the dance, Pablo Bron sprinkled "Fujiu" on two rattan leaves holding "Fujiu" in his hand. Then, men and women in blue, blue and green silk robes waved their sleeves and danced outside and waved to the house. The female dancer holds a wine bowl in her hand, while dancing and toasting the male dancer. The dancer's head and body are vertical, and his knees are bent and straight. Accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, he moved forward or backward with small steps, waving his hands to the house from time to time, indicating that he would bring the "blessed soul" into the house.
Fourth, rice dance
Li women are in sharp contrast with rough and wild men. They are hardworking, docile and flexible. The scarecrow's dance reflects this feature. In fact, in daily life, the husker is a dancer. Take four people as an example: the two people standing opposite each other are standing with their right legs sprinting; The other pair is the action of rubbing rice with legs upright and legs and knees bent. When one pair put rice into the wooden mortar, the other pair lifted the plunger and hit the edge of the mortar; Others poured Dorobou into the wooden mortar once or twice, and when they lifted Dorobou, they hit or counted it at the edge of the mortar; Some of them beat each other at dinner. In short, two different sounds with the same rhythm should be made at the same time, so that the sound of cooking and the sound of hitting the wooden mortar can form a harmonious and interesting "bang!" Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang "sound. With this rhythmic "music" accompaniment, I don't feel tired even if it lasts for three or four hours. This cheerful and straight action of beating rice naturally presents a bodybuilding dance.
Five, coconut shell dance
This kind of dance is popular in Sanya and Lingshui, where Li people live in compact communities, and it has quite the emotional appeal and style of Coconut Island in the south of China. Its prop is to saw several coconut shells (depending on the number of dancers) in half-the top and bottom are perforated respectively, and the top and bottom are fastened with fresh coconut leaves. Dancers hold coconut leaves on their toes, step on the lower half of the coconut shell (like walking on stilts), put their hands close to the upper half of the coconut shell, and then jump at the same rhythm, so they can freely change various queue modes. Coconut shells are hammered into various rhythms such as "bang bang" or "bang bang". The timbre is crisp and harmonious, hot but not dry, noisy but not noisy, which is very suitable for children to play. The scene is very lively and full of energy.
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