Lightweight feet pointing to the ground, cherry mouth opening and closing, flexible fingers hooking and dropping-that is a noble peacock strutting. The following are the historical legends of peacock dance that I compiled for you. Welcome to read the collection.
The historical legend of peacock dance 1 peacock dance is the most famous traditional performing dance among the Dai folk dances in China. It is distributed in Ruili, Luxi, Xishuangbanna, Mengding, Mengda, Jinggu, Cangyuan and other Dai inhabited areas in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, among which peacock dance ("Ga Luo Yong" in Dai language) in Ruili, western Yunnan is the most representative. It is said that more than 1000 years ago, the Dai leader told the horse to imitate the graceful posture of the peacock and learn to dance.
Dai people have a long history. Since 1 century, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has maintained economic and cultural ties with the mainland. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dai leaders sent envoys to Luoyang many times to perform music, dance, magic and acrobatics. It can be seen that the music and dance culture of the Dai people has reached a fairly high level as early as more than two thousand years ago.
In the minds of the Dai people, the "bird of God" peacock is a symbol of happiness and good luck. Many people not only keep peacocks at home, but also regard peacocks as a symbol of kindness, wisdom, beauty, auspiciousness and happiness. Among all kinds of dances of the Dai people, peacock dance is one of the most popular, familiar, changing and developing dances.
Peacock dance is a folk tradition in A Dai with a long history, which has been incorporated into religious etiquette. Peacock dance is the favorite folk dance of the Dai people. In the dam area where the Dai people live in compact communities, there is a "dance" (festival) almost every month, and there is a song and dance every year. In the annual Dai folk festivals such as "Water Splashing Festival", "Closing Festival", "Opening Festival" and "Grab a Place", as long as it is a happy place, the Dai people will gather together, beat gongs and drums and dance the graceful "peacock dance", showing a festive atmosphere of bumper harvest and a beautiful scene of national unity in the song and dance.
Peacock dance's Historical Legends 2 peacock dance has a wide range of people and a long history. As early as 1000 years ago, there were many beautiful legends about peacock dance among the Dai people, and the story of Zhao Shutun and Lan Wuluona was one of them. Peacock dance, performed by the people at fairs, festivals and various festive days, is based on various legends. One of the legends goes like this:
A long time ago, a poor Dai boy went fishing under a hollow tree by the river every day to make a living, and he caught a lot every time. However, one day he fished from morning till night and couldn't even see a fish. He felt extremely strange.
Just then, suddenly a breeze blew into the tree hole behind him. There is a buzzing sound. At this time, the fruit trees along the river are ripe and fall into the river with the wind, making a crisp and pleasant sound. At this time, he saw the gentle and graceful reflection of the peacock on the hillside reflected in the river. Seeing this, the young man looked back in surprise and saw a pair of green peacocks spreading their beautiful feathers and dancing with the beautiful sound.
At this time, the young man could no longer restrain his inner excitement. He said loudly, "Ah! I went to the fairy today! " So the young man threw down the fishing rod and ran back to the village in surprise, telling the villagers vividly what he saw. The villagers were very surprised after hearing this, and they all hoped to see this moving scene with their own eyes. Later, the young man came to the river with many villagers, cut down the hollow tree, sawed it into a long drum, covered it with cowhide, and knocked it with his hand, suddenly making a melodious sound of "bang". Then, the young man found a copper basin and a copper pot cover, and asked other young men to make up the rhythm of beating. Then, the young man imitated the peacock's every move, accompanied by the cheerful drums, and danced a vivid peacock dance. The people who watched it at that time were fascinated and never tired of watching it. From then on, the villagers unanimously elected the young man to dance the peacock dance at the mass rally. In the days of "stealing the limelight", the young man was the first performer of the Dai family, peacock dance, who artistically reproduced the peacock image and won the appreciation of the Dai family. Since then, this kind of peacock dance accompanied by elephant foot drums and gongs has spread among the Dai people.
Historical Legend of peacock dance 3 Once upon a time, there was a Dai kingdom. This country has a beautiful and noble prince. He is the dream lover of many girls. One day, the prince went hunting with his guards. They chased a rabbit to the lake. The prince saw seven peacocks flying over the horizon. They danced gracefully and slowly around the lake. Seven peacocks shed their magical wings and became seven beautiful princesses, the seventh of which was the longest, most beautiful and best dancer. The prince fell in love with seven princesses. After returning to the kingdom, the prince thought about this beautiful princess all day. One day, the prince couldn't help thinking about himself. He came to the lake again and stole the magic wings of the Seventh Princess when she was not looking. When the other six sisters put on their wings and flew away, only the youngest princess was still looking for her clothes. At this moment, the prince came out and returned the clothes to the most beautiful princess. She fell in love with the handsome and noble prince at once. After they got married, the princess taught her people to dance the peacock dance and make peacock clothes. People respected and loved her, and he and the prince lived happily to the end.
Inheritance and deduction
In traditional peacock dance, in the past, men wore golden helmets, masks and peacock wings with braces, and danced with musical instruments such as elephant feet drums, gongs and cymbals. Dance has strict procedures, including all kinds of meaningful hand shapes, jumps, turns and other dances, and with a beautiful "three bends" shape, it has shaped the peacock's demeanor and natural scenes such as "peeping in the forest", "walking in the forest", "drinking in the spring" and "chasing and playing". Although the traditional peacock dance movements performed by men are often vigorous and forceful, with little feminine beauty, imitating the smooth dancing and graceful modeling of peacocks often fascinates the audience, ignoring the gender of the performers.
The important musical instrument accompanying Dai dance is the "elephant foot drum". In the Dai people, there is no one who can't play the elephant foot drum, from children aged 3 or 4 to the elderly. The senior player of the elephant foot drum is not only a drummer, but also an excellent dancer.
Because the performance level of Dai dancers is closely related to the performance of drummers. Before dancing, dancers and musicians generally don't practice together, and they rely entirely on their feelings for tacit cooperation and performance. Because drummers are familiar with dance, they will choose and constantly change the rhythm and speed of drums according to the level of dancers, and even guide dancers to show difficult skills. Musicians will also take part in dancing on appropriate occasions. They can use their fingers, palms, fists, elbows, heads and feet to knock out all kinds of drums that imitate the sounds of nature. If they go down with a hammer, the drum is long enough to unbutton China's jacket, and then they can button all the buttons with a hammer. Musicians sometimes step on a small elephant foot drum about 80 cm long and dance while beating the drum. Their dancing is flexible and cheerful, which is an excellent form for young men to show their personal encouragement level and skills.
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Xiong peacock dance
This is a female peacock dance. In the folk, most of them are performed by men. In this dance, the knees are stiff and tough, the hands are flexible, the hands are flexible, straight and stretched, the feet are strong, the three-way bending shape is obvious, and the movements are big and powerful. Enlarged soft shoulders, bow shoulders and broken shoulders enhance the rigidity and flexibility of dance. The drums are vigorous and powerful, with distinct beats and unusually rich rhythms.
Little peacock dance.
It is shown in the dance of the little peacock. This kind of dance often uses quick little shaking of the knees and short steps without ups and downs. The calf is very light and flexible, and the main leg often squats and jumps, making the dance very lively. The hand movements are light and sensitive, and the triangle is small and exquisite. Continuous small shrugging is often used to make this dance light, lively and enthusiastic. These drums are fast and light.
Dai people are very familiar with and understand the life characteristics of peacocks. So there are relatively regular programs in peacock dance. For example, at the beginning of peacock dance, peacocks usually fly out of their nests and look around sensitively. When it found that there was no threat around it, it walked down the hillside safely, danced on the lawn, and then parted the grass and branches to look for spring water (or food). When it finds water, it happily shines on its own shadow, drinks water, takes a bath, shakes off the water drops on itself smartly, spreads its dazzling wings (opens the screen), compares with everything, flies freely and happily, and so on. This is the general procedure of peacock dance.
Because there are many legends in peacock dance, performers arrange their own dances according to folklore, some focus on imitating peacock's movements, and some show peacock's various inner activities. In addition, the Dai branch is different, so although there are relatively unified performances in peacock dance, it is not a pattern, nor is it static.
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