What are the dances of the Bai people

The Bai folk dance now collected seventy-four kinds. The most representative and widely spread is the "king whip dance", it is not only in the "around the three spirit", "haunted spring king first month", "Tianjiale" three folk activities exist, but also in the building of the wedding or festivals are performed. It not only exists in "around the three spirits", "haunted spring in the first month", "Tianjiale" three kinds of folk activities, but also in the building of a house to marry or festivals are performed. Earlier account of the White Whip Dance is the Qing Xianfeng years Dali poet Duan bit written "around the three spirit of the bamboo words", which the White Whip and "octagonal drums" recounted in considerable detail. Explained in the Qing Dynasty whip that has been popular in the Dali area. White whip has a variety of routines, playing a variety of names, counting a hundred kinds. In addition to the Dali around the three spirit of the whip, Eryuan County, the Spring King of the first month and Tianjiale in the whip, as well as Jianchuan's stone dragon whip, Yunlong whip and Binchuan whip are unique. Around the three Spirit, with the whip and dance together with the octagonal drum and "double flying swallows" two kinds of dance. These dances are only performed in the vicinity of the old city of Dali, so they have only been passed down around the Erhai Sea. "Li Ge Gao" and "Ta Ya Sa Sai" are also known as "Playing Songs" among the Bai people. It produces the era, there is no reliable information can be found, from the content of the song and dance and artistic characteristics, may be related to the nomadic, hunting life of the ancestors of the Bai people. Such as eryuan west mountain mile high, is singing, walking, dancing into one, mainly singing, slow lyrical action. The movement of Jiansheuan East Mountain is simple and simple. It retains more of the original song and dance characteristics of the Bai people. Dragon and Lion Dance is also an ancient Bai folk dance. Ancient lakes in the Bai area, not only the dragon's myths and legends in particular, and the pavilions and pavilions have more dragon carvings. Now Dali City, there are still "dragon head off", "dragon tail off" and "black dragon bridge" and other place names. Bai dragon dance from modeling to performance, have unique characteristics. Such as Jianchuan white people seeking rain when the "dragon dance" is made of willow branches. Dali Bai's dragon dance, dragon head, dragon body and dragon tail are not connected to each other, dance up a large turn more comfortable, but from a distance there is a sense of unity. Qing "Dali County" in: "the night of the New Year, home lanterns, but also fish, dragons, horses and aoshan plays ...... travelers singing and dancing up to the day." Visible dragon dance in the Qing Dynasty in Dali is very prevalent. The lion dance in the Bai ethnic area has a long history.