The Jiyang Drum Rice-planting Song is a traditional folk art activity in which the people make up their own songs, direct their own performances, and entertain themselves, thus it has strong regional cultural characteristics and local ethnic styles, as well as distinctive characteristics of the times. Every New Year's festival, in the drum rice-planting song of the prosperous place, the village village are engaged in self-written action, create their own set of drum rice-planting song, in order to then strings of villages to the other village when the performance of a surprise to the "strange" and "new" show that the village of high skill pointed out that, due to the different thinking of the village
One is the old school, also known as the "slow board" drums rice-planting songs, to the town of Renfeng Liuhe village and Wangjia village of rice-planting songs as a representative of the old school of drums rice-planting songs are characterized by: slower tempo, the action of the stretching of the float, rigid and flexible, drums accompanied by gongs, the momentum of the majestic, very listen to the enduring, the school of the most to see the kung fu, a great deal to pay attention to. Quite interesting is the "head umbrella", the head umbrella for the old man dressed in this coat, beard floating chest, one hand holding the umbrella, a hand holding the towel, look charitable and peaceful, the performance of the pace of calm and steady, the action of free and sophisticated, the role of the head of the umbrella is both an actor and the conductor, the performance of the one with a style, are around the drums rice-planting team of the whole field of signals, the head of the umbrella where the fingers, the team will be tuned to where the whole team, the whole team will be tuned to where the drums, the gongs and the accompaniment, and the whole drums, the gongs and the accompaniment. Where the head umbrella points to, the team is tuned to where, the whole field changes, out of the field, the rhythm of fast and slow, all manipulated in his hands, the head umbrella can be said to be the soul of the whole field, the old school of drums rice-planting songs in the process of development, the addition of a female role in the performance, the female role is called "flower", dressed up in brightly colored costumes, generally on stilts on the field, jumping and twisting, is more colorful, lively and active scene. more colorful, lively and active. The "flower" twisting the whole field like colorful butterflies dancing is very beautiful and eye-catching, which attracts people's attention. This is also a major feature of Jiyang Drum Rice-planting Song. In addition, the role of "flower umbrella" played by male young adults is also very characteristic. The "flower umbrella" character has a towel wrapped around his head, wearing a mirror or hero's tassel on his forehead, and is dressed up in a short-playing outfit, with a vigorous posture and a dashing and competent manner. The performance is lively, energetic and full of vitality. From time to time around the stilts "flower" corner to perform a variety of dance styles, presenting a variety of skills, a show of love expression, friendly play. Adding a few minutes of innocent interest in life.
Two is the new school, also known as the "fast board" drums rice-planting songs, this school to Renfeng Township, Si Jiafang village of rice-planting songs as a representative of this school is characterized by the rhythm of the rhythm is fast and enthusiastic, the dance step robust and elegant, the role of the props held if the "umbrella" "The "umbrella" consists of the "black umbrella" and the "flower umbrella". The umbrellas are divided into "black umbrellas" and "flower umbrellas", and the role of "black umbrellas" in the dances is similar to that of the old school of "slow-playing" drums and rice-planting songs, i.e. the "head umbrellas". The role of the "black umbrella" is basically the same as that of the "head umbrella" of the old school, i.e., the "slow plate" drum rice-planting song. The difference lies in the fact that the role of the "black umbrella" does not carry the umbrella on the shoulder, but ties a small shoe around the waist, puts a wine goblet in the shoe, and inserts the umbrella into the wine goblet. During the performance, the left hand holds the umbrella, dance with the wrist to make the umbrella rotate and dance, the right hand is holding a tie with a number of small bells of the cow bone, with the change of steps and formation, the cow bone bells ringing, in the clanging of gongs and drums to present a different kind of accompaniment, although these props in the small shoes, cow bones and wine cups and so on what the original significance of the, not yet known, but at least it can be illustrated that drums rice-planting props is the characteristics of the materials used in this area. The role of "flower umbrella" in the "new school" drum rice-planting songs is not on stilts, but running on the ground. When they perform, they hold flower fans and flower scarves in their hands and make light movements with the changes in dance steps. "Rods" are the most characteristic props in the new school of drums and rice-planting songs, and the actors are all teenagers, and when they perform, they hold the rods with both hands and strike them rhythmically, and the sound of the rods striking the drums and gongs is organically and harmoniously interspersed with the air beat of the drums and gongs, and they also have to do something separate. The "stick" corner also has to do some individual performances, when the other actors and actresses are divided into rounds to help, the "stick" corner is to perform some difficult actions, such as a few "heel", "spinning" and so on. "and so on. It's very exciting and memorable.
The above two are the two main schools of Jiyang Drum Yangge, and their performance routines have their own unique characteristics. The old school of "slow board" performance routines include "Vertigo Formation", "Wells Lane", "Cross Slope", and "Crossing". The old school, the "slow board", has routines such as "Vertigo Formation", "Jingzhi Lane", "Cross Slope", "Car Support", "Inside Four and Outside Eight" and so on. The performance routines of the new school, i.e., "Quick Board", include "Cross Street", "Yin-Yang Turn", "Hulu Town", "Pomegranate Flower", and "Pomegranate Flower". "Pomegranate Flower", "Full Flower", "Golden Mallet" and so on. In addition, the old and new schools **** there are sets of "flower braid" "cross street" and so on.
The third school is the "small umbrella school" drums rice-planting songs, mainly citing small umbrellas as props and named. The "Small Umbrella School" is mainly represented by the rice-planting songs of Jinli Village in Qudi Town and Damiaoli Village in Yishi Town, which are characterized by small umbrellas leading the dance, two or four teams, many dance movements, rapid changes in the scene, and the actors' costumes drawing on traditional opera characters, with colorful faces and a variety of costumes, and humorous and witty. During the performance, there are many funny and comical actions, the audience is often amused with laughter, cheerful and lively, funny and humorous, is a small umbrella faction with the new and old schools of drums and rice-planting songs of the significant difference.
The three schools of Jiyang Drum Yangge also have some **** the same characteristics, such as the three schools of drums in the performance of Yangge have "clowns", especially on the 15th of the first month of each other's performances, clowns are indispensable, and secondly, the dance accompaniment is based on the drum, cymbals, cymbals, hand gongs. The drums are the leading accompaniment, and the drums are cowhide drums with heavy hammers, and the sound is thick and majestic. The gongs are bass gongs and treble gongs, and the brass sounds are staggered, and the gongs and drums resonate in unison, shaking the heavens and moving the earth. You can hear the sound and see the scene from ten to eight miles away.
Jiyang drums and rice-planting songs, regardless of which school, whether it is to celebrate the harvest, the New Year or the Lantern Festival, the resounding gongs and drums, the rough and bold dance, the pure folklore of the farmers in northwestern Shandong Province, the children of the plains of the simple and enthusiastic passion to show the sound and vivid image.