National folk dance is a multi-level concept and flexible interface, which can accommodate various degrees of processing. National dance is the symbol of a nation (such as peacock dance, which belongs to national dance) and the soul of a nation and even a country.

Classification of national dances

Mugugu

Wooden drum dance is a sacrificial dance of the Bai Miao nationality in the ancient river. The wooden drum is the only accompaniment instrument, and the drummer beats it to form a complex and changeable dance tune. The rhythm is four or six beats. There are five kinds of dance movements, one is lucky, three steps forward, three steps backward, turn left and then turn around; Second, slightly to the south, two steps forward and backward; Three slightly dominant, step three years old, turn left and jump three steps; Fourth, run away a little higher, two steps to the left, two steps back, and then move forward; On the fifth day, it was a little high, jumping two steps in front, three steps on the right, two steps on the left, and then jumping back and forth.

With the hip as the fulcrum, the head, shoulders, hands, waist, legs and feet naturally twist, shake, kick and turn, which often forms a sharp contrast. The biggest feature of wood drum dance is madness, which emphasizes rough and unrestrained movements everywhere, such as rushing to persimmon trees and falling off cliffs. Wood drum dance shows the arduous course and spiritual outlook of Miao ancestors' migration. Dancers are mostly young men and women; Dance around the drum, dance, spin. When there are many people, there are a few laps inside and outside, with women inside and men outside. And you can rest if you are tired, and newcomers can join at any time.

Gupiao dance

? Ancient drifting dance? It is the oldest and most primitive dance popular in Miao villages in Yahui area of Danzhai county, with the nature of sacrifice and self-entertainment. Gupiao dance is named after Gupiao accompaniment. The ancient ladle is carved with pine, which looks like a domestic water ladle. The piano panel has four sound holes and a sound column, and the sound column is directly inserted into the box from the panel. The ancient ladle is not only a prop in the hands of young men when they dance, but also the only accompaniment instrument in dance. The ancient gourd ladle dance has been dancing in a circle. Two men pull the ancient gourd ladle and four or more girls dance together. More people are surrounded by two circles: the old man and the boy are outside, playing and jumping while holding the piano; The girl is in the room, stepping on it? Step on the karaoke hall? That dance step, sometimes clockwise, sometimes counterclockwise, his knees trembled slightly. No matter how the dance steps change, the girl's hand always bends two elbows and keeps moving up and down in front of her chest and abdomen. The change of dance steps is based on the change of music. There are two beats, three beats, five beats and seven beats, and the rhythm is an irregular combination of 2/4 and 3/4. The names of the main movements are jumping round, standing (stepping), hanging (turning back and forth), sweeping (stepping on the erhu road), spelling (imitating ghost dance) and so on.

Step on the drum

? Step on inspiration? It is one of the forms of Miao folk dance and a sacrificial dance. Accompanied by bronze drums and wooden drums. Dancers usually form a circle, with women in the inner circle and drums in the middle. One or two people beat the drums with sticks. Dancers face the circle and slowly change different steps with the rhythm of the drum. When they smell the drums, their hands will naturally swing and dance. The rhythm of drums is mostly 4/4 or 3/4 beats, which is cheerful, relaxed and lively, showing the happy mood of Miao people after sacrificing their ancestors and harvesting.

Bench dance

? Bench dance? It is one of the forms of Miao people's pure self-entertainment and enthusiasm after drinking, which combines sports with dance. One or more people hold the bench, drum each other, and everyone dances around. Drumming generally adopts the rhythm of 4/4 and 3/4 beats. People sometimes gather and sometimes disperse, and the dance movements are large, bold and exciting, which shows the Miao people's bold and hospitable temperament.

Miao Lusheng Dance

? Lusheng dance? It is the most popular dance with the nature of sacrifice and self-entertainment among Miao people in Qiandongnan Prefecture, which is shared by men, women and children, and thus forms the unique aesthetic concept of Miao people. Those young men and women who are good at singing and dancing are regarded as smart, while on the contrary, they are regarded as not enterprising.

? Lusheng dance? In the ancient dance, dancers form a circle and are led by two or more male dancers, blowing sheng. All the dancers are women, dressed in costumes, and the melody of the dance follows the leader. There are three, five or seven steps in the dance. On the dance floor, the girls wore glittering silver horns, white silver flowers and clothes decorated with silver ornaments. With the change of dance music, they turned neatly inside and outside, giving people a solemn and tidy feeling. Modern? Lusheng dance? , then knead into the han nationality? Yangko? 、? Lantern dance? 、? Tea set? , Miao? Step on inspiration? Skills and movements, flexible dance steps, fresh and cheerful dance, show the content of Miao people's production and life, as well as heroic and simple character, healthy and upward feelings.

Multifoliate dance

Doyle is a big duet. Dong Yu? how much is it? It means singing and dancing. Is it? This is a popular song. Doyle is a duet between dozens and hundreds of young men and women in a field. As early as the Song Dynasty? Chen, Yuan and Jingzhou? . During the slack season, one or two hundred people are Cao, holding hands and singing. How many people are led by blowing sheng? Record. This is obviously aimed at the ancient Dong people? Doyle. Reflection, visible? Doyle. It has a written history of nearly 1000 years. The procedure of Doyle's dance is that Zhai Lao, who is dressed in ancient costumes, leads the young people dressed in costumes to enter the venue, then makes three rounds, and then makes three rounds in front of the venue. Naturally, the girls form the inner ring hand in hand, the arhats form the outer ring, and Zhai Lao sits in the field.

In some places, hand in hand, in some places, hand in hand. Where are the girls? That young man? The lead singer began to move to the right, one step at a time. When singing the truth, swing your hands back and forth rhythmically, and when singing the interlining, raise your hands harmoniously; When the girls sing, the arhats will circle freely with them. When the girls finished singing, an arhat shouted? Yo? Is the ocean next? Alas! ? Are you online? Yo? Alas? Hand in hand, move to the right rhythmically, and follow the lead singer to answer the questions raised in the lyrics sung by the girls.

Dance for the fish

Where is the fish dance? Pick up the officer? A dance in primitive fishing and hunting activities. Dressed as a primitive man, he took a stick with pickled fish and danced martial arts primitive dance to a person who was watching. This person must walk into the venue and dance with the primitive people until the dance steps, head shape and gestures match. Primitive man? The pickled fish just fell into each other's mouth. At this time? Primitive man? I went to pick up fish for another person. If the two sides are out of step, a fish dance will take a long time to end, so. Most young people in many Dong villages can dance this martial arts dance.

lion dance

It is a dance activity held by the Dong people during the Spring Festival, which is mainly divided into three forms: celebration dance, lion dance and green lion dance. The celebration dance is a festival celebrated by the lion dance team from door to door. The lion arrived in front of a house, and the owner greeted him with bamboo firecrackers. The lion immediately danced in front of the door. The host gave the red envelope money, and the lion took it in his mouth. Then he thanked him. Bow, take three steps back and leave. Going to another house to celebrate the red lion dance is a big lion and monkey dance, named after the red head of the lion model. The two people danced the lion's head dance and the lion's body dance respectively, simulating the posture and emotions such as lion tumbling and jumping.

. Dancing with lions is noisy, and there are many monkey performers. They jumped around the lion, joking. Sometimes the lion will suddenly get angry and bite a little monkey. The big monkey rushed to the rescue, clutching the little monkey's tail tightly, while the rest of the monkeys dragged the former's tail one by one into a long string and dragged it back desperately? . The red lion dance scene is warm and full of life. The Green Lion is essentially a large-scale and fierce martial arts exhibition competition. Named after the lion model jumped by the lion dance team has a green head. The green-headed lion symbolizes the male lion. Because lions are aggressive, there are lion catching teams to catch the lion's head at any time during the performance. Because of this, the martial arts lion dance team dare not go out to perform with the green lion head. The Green Lion performed live, and powerful players played magic generals on all sides, holding knives, guns, halberds and other 18 kinds of weapons, each dancing into a gossip array, ready to respond to sudden attacks and protect the lion. This kind of lion dance competition is rarely performed nowadays.

Dance dragon lantern

This is a celebration held in the first month. The steps of the dragon dancers are consistent, the gestures are harmonious, and they are consistent with the movements of the dragon dancers, so that the dragon can dance with Long Bao and perform various actions in front of each door to celebrate.

Lusheng dance of Dong nationality

Lusheng dance has disappeared like Shengqu, and now it is mainly divided into performance dance and carnival dance. Performing dance is mainly manifested in the change of dance steps. When the sheng qu is changed from one section to another, the upper body, head, hands and arms holding the sheng are changed to right swing dance. This kind of sheng dance is mainly a Lusheng dance in which the sheng team plays the sheng itself or enters the stadium slowly in the March. Lusheng carnival dance is a large-scale Lusheng dance held on Saishengping. This Lusheng dance has a strong sense of rhythm, quick action and unrestrained feelings, just like lightning and thunder. When the wind blows, the atmosphere is like fire and it is very warm.

long-drum dance

Korean and Miao folk dances. It has a long history. In the murals of the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534) in Dunhuang, there was already a picture of playing drums. Koreans are encouraged, and most of them perform for women. When dancing, the dancer puts the long drum in front of her, slaps the drum surface with her left hand, and beats the drum surface with a thin bamboo whip in her hand, dancing while playing, which is very beautiful. Miao and Yao people in China, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi also like to play the drum dance. A dancer holds the middle of the drum horizontally with her left hand, flips it up and down, and beats the drum surface with her right hand. There are also male dancers tying drums in front of him, beating drums with both hands and dancing. What's the general score? Wenchang drum? 、? Wu changgu? Two kinds, the former is soft; The latter moves roughly and quickly, showing more labor and life.

Fan dance

A dance popular among Koreans. It is said that it has been circulating for nearly Z thousand years. At first it was solo or duet, and later it evolved into a group dance. With fans as props, what are the main actions? Live Yang Dance? And then what? Simi dance? Two kinds. Accompanied by slow-paced music, dancers dance in the tide and form beautiful patterns with fans in their hands, showing strong national characteristics.

Fan dance is also called? Xianpeng dance? It is also a folk dance of the Hani nationality, which spreads in the Hani area on the south bank of the Red River in Yunnan. Legend has something to do with commemorating Bai Peng, which is regarded by local people as a symbol of peace and freedom. This is a collective dance of God. The dancers are dressed in white and have feather fans in their hands. Waving a fan while dancing, imitating the flying posture of a white duck, with graceful and soft movements and rich local and national characteristics.

Nongle dance

Korean traditional folk dance. It has a long history and evolved from the dance after the victory of hunting. Dance this dance more often at the beginning or end of farming. Popular in Yanbian area. It turns out that agricultural bands are popular in rural areas of North Korea, and they use small gongs to gather labor. After the rally, farmers used flags to lead the way, blowing and beating along the way, dancing in the field, inserting flags in the field, and people lined up to engage in labor. In labor, someone leads the labor song and matches the beat; During the break, people form a circle and dance with the accompaniment of gongs and drums.

Dance back to the village after work. When dancing, the dancer hangs the long drum in front of him, beating the drum surface with the tambourine in his left hand and beating it with a stick in his right hand. Hands crossed, slapping and dancing, varied. When women dance, they hold a small single drum, and the dance is full of joy and vitality. Do men wear them when they dance? Elephant hat? The crown of a hat is about 3 feet long (the longest is more than a foot)? Elephant tail? Attention. Turn? Elephant hat? Is the most colorful part; While playing drums, I shook my head and rolled my eyes, which was beautiful. Elephant tail? Rotating around the body, the dance is strong and handsome, and the style is lively, from slow to fast, forming a climax. Accompaniment instruments include long drums, French drums, small gongs, big gongs, suona, Hu Di and so on. Dance movements are all conducted by Xiao Gong.

Mai Xi lai fu

People of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang can sing and dance well. Masilev? It is a kind of Uygur song and dance with the widest mass base. The base city is different. Silev? It is divided into many kinds. In Mohammad County, Kashgar? Dolan Masilev? The most prestigious. What is its music? Dolan Muqam? , with a variety of traditional national musical instruments, with traditional folk songs with love songs and folk songs as the content.

Its dances include solo, duet and group dance. After five or six rounds of dancing, they entered the stage of entertainment, including offering tea, comparing poems, grabbing bands, singing folk songs and judging cases. ? Dolan Masilev? Generally speaking, there are six kinds of contents: festive buying, festive buying, collective buying, invitation buying, compensation buying and reconciliation buying. From the formal point of view, there are Masilafu held by peers in turn, Masilafu for an outing, Masilafu between girls and young women, and Masilafu held by peers in winter.

tap dance

Tibetan folk songs and dances were originally court dances. When dancing, jump with your feet, hard shoes, arms moving with your feet, accompanied by movements such as bending over and turning around. Kick and dance according to the rhythm of music to express your inner feelings. Tap dancing is accompanied by flute, dulcimer, lyre, bell and Qin Yue, accompanied by folk songs. The lyrics are vivid, the melody is smooth, the dance movements are vivid, and the rhythm changes from slow to fast. When it reaches its climax, it suddenly ends with an ending step.

Axi jumped on the moon.

Also called? Xi jumped over the moon? Or? Jump on the moon? Folk dances of Yi, Axi and Sani people. Popular in Maitreya, Lunan, Huxi and other Yi areas in Yunnan. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a big mountain fire in the place where the Assisi lived. The fire burned in Kuya for nine days. Assisi hit Kuya for nine days, but the fire still didn't go out. The ground was burnt by the fire, and the firemen kept changing their feet or jumping on one foot to continue flapping, and finally put out the fire.

In order to celebrate the victory, everyone played the three strings, played the flute, imitated the appearance when lighting the fire, and changed their feet to dance. Is this handed down to this day? Xi jumped over the moon? . ? Jump on the moon? Is this name given by Han people? Is it from Xi people? Jump? . It has become the main form of social and recreational activities for young men and women. On the evenings of Spring Festival, Torch Festival and National Day, young men and women gather in pine forests or lawns. Men play Sanxian and Qin Yue in different sizes, play the flute and dance with women. The girls hold hands, pull into a circle, swing from side to side, clap their hands and think of the rhythm, and spin and dance. The main action is to jump three steps, stop two beats, lift your feet forward, clap your hands and jump in place at the same time. The dance is vigorous, rhythmic and melodious, and the whole dance is full of enthusiasm and joy.

Pavan dance

Dai folk dance has a long history. Popular in Dai areas of Yunnan. Dai people regard peacocks as auspicious symbols and express their good wishes by dancing peacock dance. Folk peacock dance's performance form is relatively simple, generally only one or two people jump, accompanied by elephant foot drums, zinc gongs and so on.

Performers dress up as peacocks, and their dance movements are mostly imitation and beautification of peacocks, with vigorous movements, beautiful images, delicate feelings and elegant dancing. After liberation, after processing and improvement, clothing has also been improved, adding many new movements. Through the gentle ups and downs of the knees, the colorful three-way bending of the body and arms, the rhythm of rigid and flexible movements, the agile use of the calves, and the clever cooperation of lifting the air, abdomen, chest, head and eyes, the dance is more beautiful. [2]

swing dance

According to historical records, the waving dance originated from the military dance of Ba people in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In the Western Han Dynasty, this military war dance of Ba people became the court dance music of Han Dynasty, which was called Bayu Dance. Liang restored his name and changed it to dance. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Bayu Dance was classified as lofty music. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, Bayu Dance has been enduring among the people. Swing dance can be divided into big waves and small waves. Small-scale waving dance is held once a year in January, mainly performing farming, fishing and hunting activities. Big Wave is held every three years, and the content is mainly wavelet wave dance, plus the military war dance performed by Pisilankapu.

When dancing swing dance, you should play the big earth horn, suona, gong, cymbal, drum, three-eye cannon and firecrackers. People form a circle, men in the outer circle and women in the inner circle. Besides circles, there are columns. People? Glyph team and the formation of various patterns. The number of dancers is uncertain and they are free to come and go. This action requires the hands to swing on the shoulders, the knees to bend and vibrate, and the hands and feet to move along the edges. The dance is simple and the music is lively. While dancing with your hands, you should sing the song of shaking hands. Its lyrics have a long history of fixed lyrics, but also a small number of improvised new lyrics. People are singing and dancing, and the atmosphere is warm and full of Tujia flavor.

Mourning dance

Sacrificial dance of Tujia nationality. After the death of the old man, Tujia people in western Hubei paid homage to the old man by jumping funeral, while Tujia people in western Hunan played funeral songs and jumping cards. At the same time, all the dances danced in mourning. The funeral dance in western Hubei is the most distinctive. Generally, one person plays drums and sings in front of Ling, while two or four others sing and dance in pairs. undertaker is mostly male. The content includes history, production, love and so on. And most of them are improvisation. Actions mostly simulate the labor and war between birds and animals and human beings, such as a swallow holding mud, a tiger going down the mountain and a beautiful woman combing her hair. Head, hands, shoulders, waist, hips, arms and feet move together, and you can also sing and drink while jumping. The main movement requirements are eight-character step, hand winding, waist bending, knee bending and hip swing. The action is exaggerated, simple and rude, with masculine beauty, and the image created is vivid and lifelike. The singing of the funeral dance is sometimes loud and intense, and sometimes deep and soothing, but the whole dance music is cheerful and has no sense of sadness.

Huaguzi

A celebration and entertainment dance, performed during festivals and leisure time. Without accompaniment and makeup, both men and women came on stage, dancing and singing with handkerchiefs and small fans. The content is mainly about singing love, and the lyrics can be improvised. There are also traditional aria such as Ten Loves, Ten Thoughts, Tanlang, and the Spring Festival in the first month. The whole dance was light, with wonderful lyrics, and the dancers made all kinds of funny moves with their hands, and the atmosphere was lively and warm.

Ba Bao tong ling dance

Tujia sacrificial dance popular in Xiangxi? The bell and babao dance is danced by indigenous priests when offering sacrifices to the dead and money. Dancers wear eight-Luo skirts, crests, horns (or knives) in their right hands and bronze bells in their left hands, singing and dancing, and sometimes singing with onlookers. There are two kinds of sweet bells dancing: sitting in the hall and walking in the hall. When sitting in the classroom, the local teacher sits on the stool and completes the movements by hand, with less movements. The hall requires dancers to keep walking and dancing, and there are many movements. Lyrics are mostly fixed lyrics, including feeding horses, teasing horses, saddle-riding, horse racing, dismounting, diving in into the pit, ringing bells at racecourse, crossing the threshold, playing magic hall and jumping lotus flowers. The dance is rough and ancient. Also called? Firewood dance? ,? Playing bamboo dance? . It is a kind of folk dance of Li nationality, which is popular in Li nationality area of Hainan Island.

Usually in? Impressive? (traditional festivals of the Li nationality), lying in the sun (that is, worshipping Buddha), intermittent labor or slack nights. Before dancing, people put two 4-meter-long bamboo poles as cushions in the yard, or in the grain drying field, or on a flat slope with a distance of about 2.5 meters. Four or five pairs of 3.5-meter-long bamboo poles are placed horizontally on the bamboo poles as jumping bars. When dancing, four or five people crouch on both sides of the mat frame, each holding the end of the bamboo pole (or pole) with both hands, beating the mat frame and opening and closing it rhythmically overhead.

Make it sound loud and pleasant. Dancer (single or double, etc.) ) When each pair of bamboo poles (or pole) knocks on the mat frame or opens, the feet are constantly changed, and while avoiding various dangers caused by the impact of parallel bars (or pole), they jump up and down nimbly, jump back and forth, hide left and turn right, squat down and jump out of various graceful movements. When a pair of dancers jump over all kinds of dangers with alertness and dexterity, the people who play bamboo poles (or poles) shout together? Hey! Hey hey! ? If the dancer can't jump through all kinds of dangers and is caught by a bamboo pole, it will cause everyone to burst into laughter. When Zhang He hits the mat frame, it is generally divided into five rounds, from slow to decisive and from low to high.

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