The floor plate is an art form spread in Hubei. It is a unique dance-like art. Not only Hubei people like to dance, but the Tujia people also like to dance very much. The floor plate belongs to the lantern dance, which is usually performed during the Spring Festival. So, how much do you know about Hubei’s “land plate”?
Next, let us learn and understand together from the perspective of urban culture!
The artistic origin of the "ground plate"
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Li Zongshun, Liu Taoan and Li Rentang, who were from Chaoyang in Xianfeng County, were all carpenters, good at carving, loved entertainment, and had great friendships. Hou, we play with lanterns together every Spring Festival. In terms of lyrics and singing, they incorporated many folk songs and tunes to make the performance more lively and interesting. They also used the folk tale "Seven Fairies Descend to Earth" as the theme, changing the two ugly characters in the lanterns to the once ugly characters in their lives. They highlighted the free and honest characters in their movements, enhanced the comedy and humor of the clowns, and at the same time added The simpler horizontal step when changing venues was changed to the "losing one word" of lunging sideways and turning, causing the three people to spin around on the court in alternating cycles, so it was also called "three-person turn" . Later, the three-person cast developed further in the performance. The three characters always stood in a triangle. Both the raw and the ugly ones were hunched over and staring at the dan role. The dan role always danced the "Ding Ding Step", so it was also called "Ding Ding Cat". . When Tintin Cat's performance reaches its climax, its flexible rotation resembles a plate spinning on the ground, so it is also called a "floor plate."
Artistic features of "Dian Plate"
Dance movements: The dance moves of "Dian Plate" are very rich, including shuttle step, crane and eagle spreading wings, holding the moon in the arms, half moon, and half push Grind and wait for more than a dozen actions. In terms of performance, the raw role is quiet and chic, the female role is shy, reserved and light, and the clown is rough, generous, flexible and strong. The movements are mainly characterized by sinking, edging, trembling steps, and tinkling steps, which are implemented throughout.
Music and singing: The music and singing of Dipan are also rich and colorful. The music includes gongs and drums, Changluyin; the singing tunes include high tune, flat tune, vibrato tune, eleven characters falling three and many other tunes, most of which are microtonal and six-tone Shang tune. The high-pitched tune is high-pitched and beautiful, the flat tune is stretched and soft, the daban tune is stable, and the vibrato tune has a distinct rhythm. The accompaniment instruments are horse gongs, cymbals, gongs, drums and other folk percussion instruments.
Performance form: The performance form of the land plate is singing and dancing, leading the crowd, or asking and answering questions. A piece of singing and a piece of gongs and drums. In the middle of the lyrics, there is a question and answer method, using folklore to introduce its origins, and the rest is improvisation, mostly words of compliments and celebrations. In addition, some folk songs such as "Wu Geng" and "December" are also inserted. The structure of the lyrics is 7 words and 2 sentences. At the beginning of the performance, the male actor appears first. After singing a verse, the two switch places, and then the clown appears, with the same movements as the female actor. The three of them sang and danced together, and then switched places after singing a section. The three people advance, retreat and block, and they cooperate with each other tacitly, which is full of fun.
Like many ethnic folk cultures such as the Eighty-eight Lines, the inheritance of the land plate has also faced problems such as the death of old artists and the lack of core and backbone forces for inheritance. Since the launch of the national folk culture protection project in 2005, in order to effectively strengthen the rescue and protection of the land plate, the Xianfeng county and township governments have attached great importance to it and adopted a series of effective measures to protect the land plate, a precious national cultural heritage. Better preserved. At the same time, in recent years, Chaoyangsi Town in Hubei Province has also taken advantage of new opportunities in the construction of ecological and cultural tourism circles in western Hubei to actively implement the "cultural town" strategy, inherit national culture, display Tu (Miao) customs, and carefully create Hubei culture A large number of outstanding folk cultural masterpieces, such as the "Nine-Character Whip" and "Hua Luo and Drum", mainly "ground plate", have been inherited, protected and promoted.