Square Dance of Wenxue Road, Putian City, Fujian Province

Luqi was the title of folk artists in Song and Yuan Dynasties, and Luqi's metaphorical meaning was also very obvious. He mentioned highly mobile artists who often work on roadsides and streets all over the country and work very hard. The origin of Luqi can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty.

The word Goulan is familiar to everyone. It means indecent place. But its original meaning is only railing, and it was extended to a performance place before the Song Dynasty. It has a fixed building, a piece of land is surrounded by railings, actors perform inside the railings, and the audience watches outside the railings.

Lu Qi was not treated so well, and Luqi couldn't get into the railing. You can only find an open place and set aside a venue to perform, so Luqi was used to refer to street performers in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Luqi also got great development, and people's demand for culture became strong. The development of popular literature also promoted the development of Luqi.

In the Song Dynasty, you can see the roads in the streets and even in the cities. Although Luqi has a vast performance area, not all places can be visited. In ancient times, taxes were levied according to fields, and only the land without expropriation objects could be used as the performance venue of Luqi. In addition, the characteristics of Luqi's wandering streets were also looked down upon by people at that time. Luqi naturally can't go to the elegant hall of literati and rich children.

With the development of Luqi, its members are not only family-oriented, but also often have more roles than the existing actors, which requires a person to read, dance and dance. This situation actually promotes the all-round development of actors and reduces their economic burden. For the performance effect, Luqi's props are also very rich, besides swords and halberds, there are gongs, flutes and drums.