The "Hundred Buddhas Lanterns" of Xiangyang Village in Hubin District of Sanmenxia is a masterpiece of the Yellow River style show in Sanmenxia. One hundred "monks" wearing robes, head bowls of lamps, hand shaking banana fans, walking plum blossom steps to perform folk stunts. "Hundred Buddha top lamp" is known for high, difficult, dangerous, mainly rely on the eyes, neck strength, movement in the quiet, quiet in the movement, pay attention to a "stable" word. The pious, funny demeanor is enough to make people feel "Buddha's light is boundless". Bao Daoxiang shadow
Lingbao Daoxiang shadow can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. It has been sung enthusiastically in the region for hundreds of years. At first, it was sung by local officials and eunuchs, or by the Xiu Cai and Jiu Ren, and then it was spread to the people, and then there were Daoxiang artists and singing boards. Successive generations of artists continue to absorb the local folk music elements, and later moved to the art form of shadow performance, and draw on the percussion in the opera music, so that the original "singing and Taoist love" gradually evolved into a rich Lingbao local characteristics of the shadow theater plays.
Folk paper-cutting
Sanmenxia folk paper-cutting art has a long history, rich in content, craftsmanship Qingzhan, rich in folk characteristics of western Henan, the formation of artistic style of Lushi paper-cutting, Lingbao paper-cutting and Shanxi County Danying paper-cutting.
Sanmenxia folk paper-cutting art of the main categories: one is the traditional theme, mainly lotus gourd, gourd play lotus, fish play lotus, butterfly play lotus, gourd doll, open pomegranate, birds, insects, fish, flowers and birds and other patterns, mainly reflecting the ancient people's worship of life artistic expression.
Banhou
Banhou art is an ancient folk traditional weaving art. Symbol of the art of peace, the material used is a large number of colored cloth. Households voluntarily raised, after the exhibition remains the original owner. Tension mouth can be tied once every few years, can also appear one after another throughout the year. It is a traditional folk art that reflects a centralized desire for a flexible structure that can easily reflect the changing times.
The "tiankou" is produced in Tianchi Village in Tianchi Township in southeast Mianchi County. Every year during the Qingming Festival, the village of Dongtianchi, in order to compete with the village of Zhang for the invitation of the "Grandmother God in White", moves the temple fair of the "Grandmother God in White" temple to this village, concentrates the colorful gates of the God's tautness during the Spring Festival, absorbs the strengths of each family, unifies the design, organizes it meticulously, and constructs it as a spectacular city-tower-like structure. Spectacular shape like a big colorful door of the city tower, standing in the village head, this collective village culture and art of large colorful door is called "taut mouth".
The Yellow River Lantern
The Yellow River Lantern is one of the traditional folkloric forms of entertainment in Mianchi County. It was introduced to Dongren Village in the county from Shanxi Province in the Qing Dynasty, and the local people are very fond of this activity. It is named the Yellow River Lantern because of its grand scale and the twists and turns of its walkway, which tend to mesmerize people. The lights with thousands of wooden poles string row a square as the periphery, and then use hemp poles or sorghum poles as lamp post, inserted in the ground, about 4 feet high, 5 feet from the column, the column on the lamp, lamp post between the pine, cypress branches decorated with lamp wall and accounted for the decoration of paper flowers. Entrance and exit into a colorful door, view lights from the entrance into, along the aisle to, shall not cross the lamp wall, it is difficult to find the exit, as if out of the labyrinth, left and right back and forth, interesting.
Dance
Sanmenxia City, folk dance, lion dance, dragon bamboo dance, dry boat dance, stilt dance, mainly in different styles, colorful, exudes a rich and simple aroma of the earth. Most of them are performed in traditional festivals, with the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival being the most concentrated. Dancers dressed in costume, singing and dancing, adding joy to the festive atmosphere.
(1) The Jiebei Flower Drum, also known as the Ground Chatter, has been passed down in the area of Jiebei, Lu's neighborhood in Sanmenxia City, with a history of more than 100 years.
(2) Jie Nan Huadu is commonly known as the street nag. This dance is more prevalent in the southwest mountainous area of Lushi County. The form of the performance is similar to the boundary of the northern flower drums, performed by two or three people, playing is still a child.
(C) Shaanxi County flower drums in the Sanmenxia City, Shaanxi County area so named. Whenever there is a lantern festival or temple fair, the "flower drums" perform in the middle of the social fire team.
(4) Three Legs Popular in Danying Township, Shanxian County, this performance form is better than stilts and flat stilts. This form of performance is more difficult than the stilts, flat stacks and pendants, and it is more lively and powerful.
(5) The Mianchi stick whip, also known as the flower stick, originated in Pingyang, Shanxi Province, and later spread to Fakoling Village in Rencun Township, Mianchi County. The props of the stick whip are relatively simple and the performance venue is not restricted to the streets, squares, or on or off the stage.
(6) The Shaan County stick whip has been passed down for hundreds of years. During the performance, the number of people is not limited, there are men and women, playing the role of flower girl, clowns, old Dan and so on.
(7) Yima Lion Dance originated in the Three Kingdoms and flourished in the North and South Dynasties. At the beginning of the liberation period, the lion dance was usually performed for weddings, festivals and so on, and people gathered to sing and dance for good luck.
(H) Hundred Buddha Top Lamp Also known as Monk Top Lamp. Originated in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. Popular in the Yellow River Sanmenxia (the ancient Shanzhou Road) area.
(IX) Yawutian Gong Popular in the area of Dujia Village, Yuling Town, Lingbao City.
(10) Mianchi Pushing Cart Popular in the area of Du Jia Village, Zhangcun Township, Mianchi County, where it is performed by a pair of people