...... China's ethnic minorities have always been known for their ability to sing and dance.
Brother Ethnic Dance Black Bear Fighting Dance
The most representative dance of Oroqen. Dancers half squatting legs, feet stomping on the ground, before and after twisting shoulders to simulate the black bear fighting, praise Oroqen people's courage, the national character of victory.
The number of participants is not limited, three people in a group, stood in a "Pin" shape, in which two people standing face to face, upper body slightly forward tilt, relative tiger eye; two knees slightly forward bend, two hands on the knee, two feet jumping constantly, while the two shoulders with the rhythm of the left and right twist, the head swaying, the mouth side even shouting! "Hamo, Hamo" (the bear's call) of the thick voice, one after another. The two men were in a half-hearted battle, each trying to overwhelm the other and win. A third person in the side also with the same action to participate in, in the middle of the two squatting jump to show persuasion, until one side admitted defeat, one side declared victory.
The dance fully demonstrates that the hunters in the hunt for wild animals, to win the spirit of tenacious struggle; at the same time, praising the bear's unlimited strength, exceptionally courageous characteristics. The Black Bear Fighting Dance, which is accompanied in some areas by the throat singing of "Humm, Humm", is very emotional and has a strong and courageous movement.
Brother Ethnic Dance Cup and Bowl Dance
One of the Mongolian folk dance forms. It is a kind of women's solo dance danced for the feast and festival and the reunion of the pro-months, and then a group dance was formed and put on the stage, which won the gold medal at the 8th World Youth Friendship Festival.
The dance is characterized by elegant and gentle, accompanied by pipa, huqin, zheng and singing. Due to the limitations of the yurt site and the hand-held lamp bowl, basically kneeling, sitting, standing and other actions in place to dance. The dancers mainly rely on their hands, wrists, arms and shoulders to perform by playing, picking, pulling, kneading, and leaning forward and backward with the waist as the axis. Skilled, can head a stack of bowls, hands each holding a prop or each holding a burning lamp, while running fast, while making a meteor like circling around, then the lamp flame swaying and fluttering, the dance is light and elegant, the instrumental music is elegant and fluent, rich in unique artistic charm, to the audience to bring great joy.
Brother ethnic dance pot Zhuang
Tibetan folk dance form. "Pot Zhuang" is the Tibetan language "Guo Zhuo" resonance, that is, the meaning of the circle song and dance. Popular in Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai Tibetan areas.
"pot Zhuang" is divided into agricultural pot Zhuang and pastoral pot Zhuang two kinds. Agricultural pot Zhuang popular in the Tibetan East Chamdo region, pastoral pot Zhuang (that is, herdsmen dance) circulated in Dangxiong, Heihe and Suo County and other vast pastoral areas.
The structure of the agricultural area pot Zhuang is divided into two large sections, namely, from the slow plate song and dance to the fast plate song and dance, the speed of slow, medium and fast points. At the beginning of the men and women were holding hands in a circle, singing in shifts and shaking footsteps, after singing, shouted in unison "mute", and then the dance accelerated, jumping faster and faster, in the end of the enthusiastic fast board. The movements of "Pot Village" can be roughly divided into two categories, one with a slow rhythm and a stretching, graceful dance posture; the other with a rapid rhythm and a warm, unrestrained dance posture. The movements mostly simulate animal forms, such as "a tiger descending from the mountain", "an eagle circling", "a peacock opening its screen", "wild animals playing", and focus on gestures. "
The pastoral pots and pans of the Tibetan people are characterized by a strong sense of humor, which is reflected in the dances.
The level and performance form of pastoral potsherds and agricultural area potsherds are largely the same, but the movement is very different, more in the chest shaking hands jumping, before the pause step to receive the left, right turn over, and follow the hands and feet (the same side of the hands and feet) of the dance is a major feature of the pastoral potsherds.
Brother ethnic dance Lusheng Dance
Also known as "stepping on the Lusheng", the Miao language called "study to". It is a kind of traditional folk dance mainly characterized by the flexible dance of the lower limbs (including the hips, knees and ankles) while the man blows the "Lusheng". It is circulated in Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and Hunan Miao areas. According to the content and nature of its activities, generally can be divided into self-entertainment, customary, performance, ritual and ceremonial five.
Self-entertainment lusheng dance is the most popular, the dancers are not subject to age, gender and number of limitations, there are two common: one is a male blowing a small lusheng, female holding a flower handkerchief, male a circle, female a circle of a group of dancers blowing a large lusheng in the middle of the dancers, stepping on the rhythmic music, gently swinging the body around the circle dance. Another kind of dance is led by more than one pair of lusheng players, and everyone dances in a circle behind them, and their movements change according to the music played by the dancers. The dance is characterized by two kinds of movements: "stepping" and "jumping". "Stomping" is characterized by slight bending and stretching of the knees and moving forward in rhythm, making the dance dignified and elegant. "Jump" is characterized by the jumping foot landing, the lower limbs of the trembling, lifting the foot kicking, and then the upper body naturally swinging, appearing soft and elegant.
Performative Lusheng dance is generally a collective competition in a competitive manner, with much blown music, long dance time, harmonic and beautiful sound, rich movements and footwork to win. Individual competition, or to the action of the rhythm of the changeable, rapid and intense, or to be able to complete the difficult action to win. Performing Lusheng Dance is very rich in content, and some of them show off their difficult skills to win the admiration of the audience. For example, "Rolling Mountain Pearls", "Earthworm Rolling Sand", "Monkey Going Up the Tree", "Rolling Ground Dragon", etc. Some dances imitate the habits of animals and birds. Some of them imitate the habits and demeanor of animals and birds to show the harmony of life and give people joy. For example, "Cow Fighting", "Half Chicken" and so on.
Brother Ethnic Dance Senem
One of the forms of folk song and dance of the Uyghur people. It mainly originated in the oases in the southern border where the ethnic groups live together, engage in agricultural production and have a developed culture, and it is also the name of an ancient Uyghur dance song.
"Sainam" is a collective song and dance performed after festivals or labor. The form of free and lively, there is no fixed program, the dancers can improvise, with the rhythm of the chapter music on the line, but also a solo dance, two people dance and three or five crowd dance. The rhythm of the section is generally from medium-speed gradually turned fast, when the song and dance into the climax, we often use enthusiastic and high-pitched voices shouting "Kai - that!" ("cheer ah" meaning) at this time, the sound of people, drums and music, the atmosphere to the climax, all the dancers are incredibly excited, excited.
The dance is lyrical, graceful and elegant, and its movements are characterized by the skillful use of the head, shoulders, hands, wrists, waist and calves. For example, the off part of the neck, shaking the head; wrist around the wrist, turning the wrist, kneading the wrist, waist chest waist, side waist, back waist; calf movement is more rich, point, kick, stomp, roll, turn, etc. Most of the dance postures are extracted from life and are graceful and graceful. Most of the dance postures are extracted from life, such as cap-toeing, sleeve-restraining, skirt-pulling, chest-fondling, etc. When the climax of the performance occurs, the dancers have to perform the dance. When the climax of the performance, the dancers squatting and kneeling on one leg, hand in front of the abdomen, high five shrug, and then open both hands down, the right hand lifted to the head above the wrist, the left fingers on the knee, gently move the neck, where there is a high-five, shrug the shoulders, around the wrist, and finally move the neck to play a role in highlighting the role of the main theme, and powerfully demonstrated the dancers in a relaxed mood optimistic mood.
This dance has different local styles: the southern border is bright and lively, beautiful and deep, with light steps and rich changes in wrist and dance posture; the northern border is dashing and bold, sharp and light; the eastern border is dignified and steady, with more single steps. The music of this dance is beautiful and affectionate, with distinctive rhythm, and the tambourine in the accompanying instrument is loud and smooth, which has the effect of rendering the atmosphere and inspiring the people.
Brother Ethnic Dance Bianlian Dance
Also known as the "hit Lu Lie", "Valley Hammer", "hit the hammer" (all for the translation of the Zhuang language), is one of the forms of folk dance of the Zhuang people. It is one of the forms of Zhuang folk dance. Popular in the text of Ma Shan, Du'an and other counties in the mountain villages.
The dancers are at least four people in a group, more than ten people, eight people can be, around the bench or pounding wooden groove, each person holding a stretcher and knocking each other, or knocking the bench, or knocking the wooden groove, playing a variety of harmonious sound, the rhythm is endless changes, rhythm is strong, strong, clear and high-pitched sound, the potential for lively and extraordinary. In every festival, the sun field, streets and alleys, can be heard on the flat-bar banging, especially at night, there are lights everywhere, the whole village is boiling, flat-bar banging with the light and pleasant sound of the bamboo tube accompaniment, people's laughter, shouting, converged into a joyful sound wave, the scene shocked the valley, stirring the heart.
The dance movements mostly show the labor process and joyful emotions of sowing seeds, transplanting rice seedlings, collecting pests, beating grain and pounding rice. The dance is accompanied by singing and dancing, and the dance is only accompanied by the sound of a bamboo tube, which is like the mortar and pestle dance of the Gaoshan tribe.
"Flat Stretch Dance" does not have more changes in dance posture and formation, but only the unique rhythm of playing flat stretcher, up, down, left, right interweaving different ways of playing and strong acoustics, won the audience's warm applause.