Typical features of several potzhuang ethnic dances
Potzhuang is a popular form of song and dance in the minority areas in the west of China, and the Pumi, Qiang, Tibetan and other ethnic groups have their own different styles of potzhuang performance forms. The following is organized by my search for the typical characteristics of several pot Zhuang ethnic dance, welcome to read, I hope you like it.
First, the introduction of the pot Zhuang
Pot Zhuang, simply put, is a kind of cooking utensils, three stones around a pile of fire, stone on the support pot cooking food, this is the fire, three stones is the pot Zhuang or pot Zhuang stone. In the southwest of China, it is not only Tibetans, Qiang, or Yi, Miao, Pumi and other ethnic groups commonly used cooking utensils, the name of the pot Zhuang song and dance is probably around the cooking utensils around the circle while singing and dancing. Because of the different characteristics of the various nationalities of the pot Zhuang dance, even in different areas within the Tibetan pot Zhuang is not the same.
The typical features of several kinds of national dances
1. The Pumi Potlatch?
Pumi Panzhuang? The Pumi Potlatch is a popular music genre among the Bai people of Lanping. Rubbing? During the performance of the dance, when the male dancer is accompanied by the four strings, the other female dancer uses the sheepskin to fold and beat the drum, which plays the role of a drum, so the dance is performed in the same way as the dance of the Pumi. This is why the dance is called the "Ruzhao" (搓蹉). The dance is also known as the Sheepskin Dance or the Four-String Dance. The dance is also known as the "Sukkah Dance" or the "Four Strings Dance". Dance formation changes, dance step pattern more, formation has a half circle, single circle, double circle, dancers hand in hand counterclockwise jump; if the circle into a double circle, the same jump or reverse jump can be. There are variations in the formations, such as jumping, opening the door, drilling, turning over, spitting water from two dragons, and full of stars, etc. The dancers can dance in the same direction or in the opposite direction. The dance steps are stomping, striding, stepping back and forward, etc. The speed is usually medium, and when the speed is slow, the dance steps are soft and light; when the speed is fast, the dance steps are rough and bold. Rubbing The dance has more foot movements, the knees are naturally bent and flexible, and there are fewer hand movements, usually only shoulder hitching, hand clasping, etc. The upper body movements are forward leaning, backward leaning, abdominal retraction, chest lifting, and sideways movement, etc. The dance is performed at a medium speed. The dance is not subject to time, place or number of participants. Dance is not subject to time, place, number of people, every time you visit friends and relatives, marriage, traditional festivals and other gatherings, in the mountains and valleys, pastures, courtyards, less than a dozen people, more than hundreds of thousands of people, regardless of men and women, young and old, regardless of ethnicity, around the campfire, singing and dancing, all night long, all night long.
2. Qiang potuang
The Qiang word for Qiang is "circle dance". Circle Dance. The Qiang word for "circle dance" should have been called "Sharang". Shalang? However, it is now almost universally known as the Qiang "Wotuang". The Qiangs have been known as the Qiangs for a long time. The Qiang people are also known as the "Qiang" (Qiang) people. There are many types of Qiang potshang. There are many kinds of potshangs, including the "Elderly Potshang" for the elderly. There are many kinds of Qiang potshuang, including the elderly potshuang There are also the ceremonial "Welcome Wokshang" and the "Welcome Wokshang" for the guests. There is the welcome potshuang for the guests, and the unmarried potshuang. There is also the unmarried Nabozhuang for unmarried men and women. There is also the Youth Wokjang, which is for unmarried men and women, and the Youth Wokjang. And so on. Wabozhuang Dance formations are basically in the shape of a circle, but there is a difference between closed and unsealed; men and women stand in sections and at intervals. The form and name of the dance team are based on the content of the songs sung to accompany the dance. The Qiang dance is basically sung and danced by the dancers themselves, with little musical accompaniment. The speed and rhythm depend on the content of the lyrics and the mood of the dancers. In Heishui County, Sichuan Province, the Qiang also have a special women's potshuang, whose dance form and vocabulary are similar to those of the Tibetan. The dance form and vocabulary are similar to that of the Tibetan "Potzhuang". Its dance form and vocabulary are similar to that of the Tibetan potshuang, but far more distinctive than the Tibetan potshuang. The form and vocabulary of the dance is similar to that of the Tibetan potshuang, but it is much faster. The movement range is large, fast, and turns a lot, its beautiful degree can be called a performance dance. And extremely rare is that the girls often face outside the circle for the dance, in order to show each graceful body and youthful charm.
3. Shamchun Tibetan classical potshang
? Shamu Chun? is a classical Tibetan potshovel dance inherited from the Tang and Song dynasties to the present. Has more than eight or nine hundred to thousands of years of history. In the past years, except for a few special circumstances, Shamu Chun activities have never been interrupted. Shamchun? Tibetan, meaning square event. The main props of the event are the "Batong? Batong? The drum is made of leather, with hammers on both sides of the drum. In the dance of Shamu Chun, must hold the Batong drum, while jumping, singing, while shaking the Batong drum, from time to time there is a roaring pleasant sound, the scene is enthusiastic, but also to light up the sky bonfire, the crowd danced around the bonfire. Shamu spring mainly circulated in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Zhoni County to the east of the Tibetan Barwa region and to the west, to the north of the ethnic areas, but the history of the circulation of the surface is also a little wider.
4. Zhongdian Tibetan Pot Dance
Zhongdian Pot Dance is an unaccompanied group dance. In the Diqing area, some places call the potshuang?
The lyrics of the potshuang dance (especially the rubbing) have a set of more rigorous and marvelous rules of prose and metaphor. Singing words law is to sing people must sing the sun, the moon, the star, sing people must sing emperor, Buddha, wise man, sing the place must sing Beijing, Lhasa and hometown. This fixed format in the rubbing of the most prominent lyrics, rubbing the lyrics of the Division also used this fixed format, but can be flexible, improvisation and singing, arbitrary play.
The Deqin area of the potlatch dance from beginning to end in a strict order, the general program: Yiwa (potlatch prelude), central Zhuo (potlatch), Si Zhuo (welcome potlatch), pile Zhuo (praise potlatch), Zong Zhuo (meet potlatch), the main Zhuo or Chang Zhuo (farewell potlatch), Gua Zhuo (stay potlatch), Zazhi Ju (potlatch ending song). In addition to the prelude to the song and the last song, each program of the potshang have a number of tunes or dozens of tunes, but the jump singing must be carried out in accordance with the program, jump after this program and then jump the next program.
5. Mal Nangjang
? Maer Wanshuang? It is popular in the area of Mal Village, Chongde Township, Xiaojin County, Sichuan Province, and has a very long history, dating back to before the second century AD, with a history of more than a thousand years so far. This art is characterized by the aesthetic function of the cultural characteristics of the Gyaltsen Tibetan people. In Gyaltsen Tibetan, the potshang is called "Darga". Dalga which means "dancing". It means dancing. It means "dancing". There are two kinds of potshuang: big potshuang and small potshuang. Mal? The big potshuang is the folk dance of Jiajung area, according to the fixed content according to a certain program for choreographed performances. The pace of the dance has a fixed form and distinctive features, with slow steps, dignified and steady dance posture, subtle and pious emotions, and a rich Tibetan ceremonial dance style. Dabuzhuang is mainly used for major events and ceremonies, such as celebrating weddings and festivals. The performance of the large potshuang have entrance ceremony, open altar ceremony, potshuang performance of three parts; small potshuang form with randomness, it is the Jiajun ancestors used to express their thoughts and feelings, to eliminate fatigue and silence in the form of song and dance. The small pot Zhuang is not bound by the time and place restrictions, belongs to the folk spontaneous recreational activities, the most fully embodies? Mal? The true feelings of the people. Lyrics are mostly about labor, life, love and natural scenery, birds and animals, flowers, birds, insects and fish. As long as there are more than two people, they can dance to each other.
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