The tutorial of fan dance for the middle-aged and elderly is as follows:
1, the basic fan holding method: thumb, index finger and middle finger three fingers pinch the fan tail to hold open the fan, the available large inter-fish to hold the fan bone, fixed fan, ring finger and pinky can be cocked.
2, vertical fan: the right hand fan, pinch the fan bone, relying on the fan's own gravity to open the fan, the fan is placed vertically in front of the chest or the top of the head; when the fan is opened at the top of the head, the right hand should be through the front of the body, the side of the body upward to the top of the head to open the circle, the fan is slightly backward to pull, the right shoulder to open.
3, horizontal fan: the right hand takes the fan, and pulls it to the position of the five hands through the front and side of the body, the thumb fixes the fan bone, the index and middle fingers push the fan open, and the fan opens horizontally, with the head of the fan pointing downward, and puts it at the side of the body.
4, fan flower: right hand fan in the five hand position, palm up, fan flower face 1 point, with the thumb, index finger and middle finger three fingers to control the fan, rotate the wrist inward a circle and then flipped the wrist, the fan followed by rotating a circle, by flipping the wrist so that the flower face is still facing the 1 point.
The fan dances we usually see on stage are roughly divided into four categories:
1, Jiaozhou Rice-planting Song
2, Yunnan Lanterns
3, Anhui Flower Drum Lanterns
4, Northeastern Rice-planting Songs
Most of the people in the four categories are more familiar with Jiaozhou Rice-planting Songs, which are one of the three major rice-planting songs of Shandong Province and have been successfully selected as one of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage (NCHC) by the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee (NICH). 2006, it was successfully selected for the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.