The fierce Jingpo man wore a robe, beautiful feathers on his head and feathers of other birds, and went out to dance with a sword. Jingpo people like long knives very much. Knife is both a production tool and a self-defense weapon. People call it "the knife of life", so the knife dance has become a traditional dance and performance of Jingpo people, singing and dancing with passionate gongs and drums. There are single knives, double knives and even three knives. The dance steps are "cross jump", "seven-step jump", "five-step jump" and "three-step leopard cut", and the movements are mainly chopping, chopping and benefiting. They are strong, generous and fighting. Although the dance movements are not complicated, they are vigorous and powerful, and the movements of wrist, elbow, shoulder and hip joint are extremely large.
Large-scale "Mu nao" group dance, in strict accordance with the route of the whirling pattern painted on the "Mu nao Zhu", drummed from north to south, held its head high, sometimes bowed its head, put its head down with one foot, and moved its tail with one foot, just like a rolling dragon, with great momentum. It is "reappearing the hunting scene of Jingpo ancestors to the world and reviewing the hard and unpredictable martial arts battle formation during frequent tribal wars", and its intention is obviously to encourage the younger generation of Jingpo to inherit and carry forward the positive spirit of their ancestors to conquer nature and society. This is the martial arts in dancing.
Dongba Dance, a dance martial art of Naxi nationality: Dongba Dance of Naxi nationality is mostly held in festivals, weddings and sacrificial activities of this nationality. In the book MengMeng, there are strict rules about what Dongba dances on what occasions. It is necessary to determine what to kill a few cows, what to read and what to dance according to the objects and occasions of Dongba dancing. In the long-term development process, Naxi people have gradually refined a set of simple and practical martial arts movements and vigorous, rough and vivid exaggerated dance movements from Dongba dance. Among them, martial arts include knives, swords, spears, sticks and fists, with knives as the head. Dongba wears a five-Buddha crown, a star and moon suit and a steel knife in his right hand. Hold the instrument with your left hand. Dongba people represent all gods. After the debut action, fighting began, followed by collective killing, which included both the wonderful performance of individual martial arts and the complex changes of assembly formation. The scene is thrilling. Dongba dance is mainly dancing. During the exercise, it is often necessary to jump up and down on several tables or high platforms. Wang Yao's movements include practicing knife jumping, knife sharpening, shield jumping, bow and arrow jumping and so on. When jumping, the center of gravity is low, with a bow and standing posture. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Dongba Dance, which was refined and sorted out by sports workers, was abandoned with feudal superstition, and was found and recognized as a national sports event in Yunnan Province. 1943 to 1982 was well received at the national traditional sports meeting of ethnic minorities held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. The movements of Dongba dance are vivid and diverse, such as sharpening knives, archery, practicing knives by great gods, peacocks and cranes jumping. There are fists, legs, sticks, facial expressions and silver bells in the performance, which are very eye-catching and full of strong national characteristics. In the fierce drums, four warriors with steel knives and helmets jumped up and down on a square table, slashing and stabbing, pushing and jumping around, vividly showing a magnificent and touching scene.
Also of the same nature is the elephant foot drum dance of the Dai people. Elephant foot drum is the most popular accompaniment instrument of Dai nationality. The large length is 1609 cm, and the small length is 809 cm. After the autumn harvest, all Dai people will hold a drum race. At that time, Dai men will put the elephant foot drum on their backs, put peacock hair on the tail of the drum, and form a circle of dozens of people with their fingers, palms, fists and feet. He is good at changing the style of play and enriching the drums. Drums were blaring, and the winner won the silver medal, which was regarded as the pride of the village. In Xishuangbanna, elephant foot drum dance is often characterized by fighting drums and competing drums. In fighting and fighting, he showed flexible and witty attack and concession, and finally won by grabbing the opponent's hat or Baotou. At the fifth traditional sports meeting of ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province, the elephant foot drum dance was also selected by the Dai people.
Similar situations include the Yueqin Dance of the Yi people near Kunming, the Clogs Dance of the Hani people in Honghe and the Bamboo Slip Dance of the Hani people in Simao. Most of these national dances have the characteristics of diligent running and large amount of exercise, all of which originated from the early dance of keeping fit and struggling. At the fifth traditional sports meeting of ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province, the Wa people in Ximeng performed "Bull Riding Dance" and "Shooting the Sun Dance" as the representatives of this kind of dance. These two kinds of dances are the real life of Wa people riding cattle and hunting, but they are treated as dances at the same time. Buyi people living in the border areas of Yunnan Province are popular with a red dance called "Bashi Dance". The performers are all men, dressed in black, black pants, black buns, red ribbons around their waists and hanging their heads. Everyone holds a ju and dances with swords in the vigorous drum music, as if to meet the enemy, shouting "hey hey", sometimes shaking, arranging and dragging the knife, sometimes stabbing and winding the head. Similarly, there are knife dances, stick dances, root dances and boxing dances performed by the Dai people at the Water-splashing Festival. In fact, they can all belong to the category of martial arts. Different from the last dance, this dance focuses more on the transmission of martial arts skills. By performing this dance, performers should improve their physical fitness and skills. Therefore, it is more martial than the previous dance, and we can call it "martial arts dance".