Song and dance is an art form that synthesizes music, dance, poetry and other artistic means while singing and dancing. Song and dance can be both lyrical and narrative, sound and emotion, easy to understand, can express more detailed and complex thoughts and feelings and a wide range of life content, has a strong artistic expression.
Many countries and ethnic groups around the world have this form of performance, the Chinese Han folk dance lanterns, tea lights, playing flower drums, playing Lotus Xiang, singing the spring bull, ground flower drums, the Two People's Taiwan, the Two People's, the Tibetan stringed dance, the Mongolian Andean Dance and so on are all song and dance category.
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Shi Xiaoya: "Even though there is no virtue and women, they sing and dance." Zheng Xuan 笺："Although there is no virtue, I and the female with is singing and dancing to each other, happy to also." New Book of Tang - Western Regions - ü-Tsang: "The people like to sing and dance, and work on spinning." Song Lin Sheng, "Title Lin'an Residence": "Beyond the mountains, beyond the green hills, beyond the buildings, when will the songs and dances of the West Lake be over?" East Zhou Leiguo Zhi (The Chronicles of the Warring States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty), 79th episode: "Duke Ding and Ji Si had newly obtained female music, and each of them was utilized for their own purposes; they sang and danced in the daytime and sat on their pillows at night, and did not go to the court to listen to the government for three days in a row." Lu Xun 《集外集-赠日本歌人》："Mo to the distant sky looking at the song and dance, 'Journey to the West' acted is 'Feng Shen'." (2). (2). It is said that the song and dance to be praised. Zuo Zhuan - Zhaogong 26 years: "Chen's Shi, the people sing and dance to carry on." English song-dance Folk Songs and Dances Introduction Xingyang folk songs and dances take many forms and are very interesting. Some are dances without songs, such as the lion dance, dragon dance, bamboo horse dance, donkey dance, stick whip dance, two ghosts wrestling, rice-planting dance, waist drum dance, flower stick dance, flower basket dance, sedan chair dance, water tribe dance, big head dance, and Zhang Gong back Zhang Pai, etc., which are all performed without any stereotypical musical accompaniment, and are danced along with the music melody of a few musical instruments or the rhythm of gongs and drums, while some are accompanied with songs and tunes, and are characterized by their unique songs and dances. Especially the lion dance in Xingyang is more common, the county has 10 townships, towns, 24 natural villages, are organized with lion dance team. In particular, the Jiangtou Lion Dance Team has a history of more than a hundred years, with skillful routines, dexterous movements, brisk dances and realistic images. In 1953, Chenggao County Spring Festival Cultural Performance, they performed in the high altitude on the old pole, along the flat rope and other stunts, thrilling and bizarre attracted people into the spirit of the "Henan Daily" photo published. 1980, the village of Wangcun, Yishui Town and other places of the lion dance more later on the trend of the "group of lions in the spring", "high altitude", "Moyun", "the lion dance", "the lion dance", "the lion dance", "the lion dance", "the lion dance", "the lion dance", "the lion dance" and so on. Since 1980, the lion dances in Wangcun Village, Sishui Town and other places have become more popular, with "Spring Festival of Lions", "High-altitude Moyun", "Wobbling Plate and Rolling Ball", "Steel Cord Tengtuo" and other difficult skill performances, which are endless. The Wangcun Village Lion Dance Troupe has been invited to perform in Beijing many times. Laughing Umbrella Laughing Umbrella, also known as Yangge, is said to have originated from the end of Sui Dynasty. At that time, the Wagang army attacked Xingyang and failed in many battles. They took the opportunity of playing lanterns on the sixteenth day of the first month to disguise themselves as folk dancers, sang and danced their way into the city, and won the victory in one fell swoop, and the "Laughing Umbrella" was the show performed by the righteous army at that time, in which the main character was played by Cheng Biaojin. The performance of the "Laughing Umbrella" consisted of five actors, one old man wearing a long shirt and holding a flowery umbrella, and four young men dressed as chivalrous warriors, with the man playing a tambourine and the woman beating a small gong, singing and dancing in a simple and ancient form and with a bright rhythm, which has been passed down from generation to generation in Xingyang and is very popular among the people. Stick Whip The Stick Whip is also known as the "Whip" or "King Whip". This art form has a long history and is very popular among the people. During the performance, one male actor plays the "male" and holds a fan in his hand, while two female actors play the lady, each holding a symbolic "bamboo whip" and singing and dancing with a sense of humor and lightheartedness. Tunes have "Wei tune", "Manchuria", "down the river", "double stacked green", "cut flowers into new", "cut flowers with stacks", "silver twisted silk", etc., musical instruments have drums, four strings, knocking the piano, fine plate, flute (or xiao), touch bells and so on. The old lyrics are mostly about men and women flirting and playing, but also about persuading their husbands and the world, and the female characters are mostly dressed as men. Songs and Dances of Ethnic Minorities Introduction Songs and Dances of Ethnic Minorities: Songs and Dances of the Miao Ethnic Group---Xiangxi Folk Culture The Miao is a good dancer, and the famous dances are the Inspiration Dance, the Dragon Dance, the Dance of Jumping Incense, and the Dance of Stomping on the Inspiration Dance, the Dance of the Lusheng Dance, and other dances associated with the "Cattle" event. Inspiration Inspiration, according to the research of Miao dancers Shi Yuanao and Long Jianzhen, there are many kinds of inspirations of the Miao people in western Hunan, including the flower inspirations in the area of Fenghuang County, the reunion inspirations, the New Year's Eve inspirations, the tube inspirations, the women's single inspirations in the counties and cities of Baojing, Huayuan, Jishou, Guzhang, etc., the men's single inspirations, the women's single inspirations, the women's two inspirations, the men's two inspirations, the multiple inspirations, the single monkey inspirations, the multi-person monkey inspirations, and so on. The drum and dance is often accompanied by a double-knocking side (sometimes there is also a single side), i.e., the right hand knocks twice and the left hand knocks once. When the mood is high, the rhythm of the beat also becomes rapid with the drum beat. In addition to the wooden sticks, some places also use to knock the bag of gongs or gongs for a single point of accompaniment; some also add the soil tuba, suona, erhu and other musical instruments accompaniment, the atmosphere is more enthusiastic. Stomping drum dance Stomping drum dance: Stomping drum dance (called Mi Du Lang in Miao language) is a slow, large-scale collective lyrical song and dance, one of the dances of the "cattle" event. It is one of the dances of the "Cattle Festival" of the Miao people in western Hunan. A few days before, they go to the mountains to hunt birds and hang them around the house. A big drum is placed in the center of the hall, surrounded by colorful silk threads and flower ribbons, which are drawn into the shape of a pagoda, with lanterns (four-cornered square lanterns) and brilliant lights. Beginning, first by the "four-legged pro" to find people out "all Lang", each leg pro out of a man and a woman, **** eight people. The master should also find eight people accompanied by drum dance (if each leg pro out more people, the master should also be accompanied by a number of people). After that, the casual "dragon" of young men and women swarmed up, stepping on the drum rhythm, one by one, around the drum circle, pairs, dancing. Dance *** when jumping and singing, high emotions, singing and jumping. The whole dance to footsteps (other with) for the main rhythm, loved by the Miao people. Lusheng Dance Lusheng Dance: Lusheng Dance is also one of the dances that must be performed in the "Cattle" event of the Miao people in western Hunan. During the "Du Mi Du Lang", the lusheng is blown three times, and the people who participate in the dance turn around in a circle. At this time, the other instruments stop, and only the "drum dance" and "lusheng dance" are retained. Lusheng dance generally to choose a beautiful unmarried male youth of the Miao one to two people holding a reed-sheng lead, the people followed in the back, at this time, the male and female youth hand in hand to continue to jump on the drumstick drums, sheng blowing people dance with the reed-sheng. The main action of the top can, cattle fighting horns, etc., mostly short pile walking into.