Jing people, who are hardworking and intelligent and know how to dance bamboo pole, live in the beautiful and rich Beibu Gulf and the Beilun River, mainly in the three islands (commonly known as Jing people's three islands). This is the hometown of pearls and mussels, and is rich in the famous "South Pearl" at home and abroad. The Jing people have rich feelings and unrestrained personality, and all men, women and children love singing and dancing.
The traditional folk dances of the Jing nationality mainly include "bamboo pole dance", "sky lantern dance", "music dance" and "stick dance", some of which are derived from folk religious dances, and some are entertainment methods in the daily life of the Jing nationality, which have obvious cultural functions of entertaining gods or people. "Jumping bamboo pole" is a kind of dance with strong folk sports game color. During the performance, two long wooden poles are arranged in parallel, and the distance between them is about 9 feet. During the performance, eight bamboo poles were placed horizontally and divided into four pairs, each of which was about 2 feet apart. There are eight people operating the bamboo pole, divided into two sides, with four people on each side. They squatted on the ground to operate bamboo poles, one in each hand, face to face, and a drummer beat the drums rhythmically. There are two kinds of "rip-offs", namely "single jump" and "double jump". The way of single jump is: everyone jumps step by step along the four spaces in the middle of the bamboo pole, jumping and jumping back and forth. The way of double jump is as follows: in pairs, both sides must coordinate their actions and take care of each other. According to the opening and closing of a pair of bamboo poles, jump skillfully in the interval, after jumping the last space, return repeatedly, and so on until you have fun.
Yao Bamboo Dance Yao is an ancient ethnic group, mainly distributed in the mountainous areas of several southern provinces in China, and is a typical southern mountainous ethnic group.
Every major traditional festival of Yao nationality, teachers and students in the village will spontaneously organize some traditional entertainment or registration activities such as "worshiping the king" and "playing songs", which are spectacular and unique, and have high appreciation and research value. In Bibei Town, there is a reception building with strong Yao characteristics, where tourists can taste the Yao flavor, drink bitter mulberry wine brewed by Yao, and enjoy Yao festivals such as Yao bamboo dance, top bar dance, harvest dance and Yao marriage performed by boys and girls in Yao families.
Zhuang bamboo dance Zhuang bamboo dance is an entertainment dance that can dance with guests. Generally, more than a dozen actors knock on bamboo poles and let guests participate under the guidance of actors, which is small in scale. Since 1985, Wuming County, Guangxi has held the "March 3rd" Song Festival every year, attracting tens of thousands of people every year. Thousands of young Zhuang men and women danced bamboo poles to celebrate the festival, forming a spectacular scene of thousands of people dancing bamboo poles together.
Wa bamboo dance is a cross-border ethnic group, which is distributed in China, Myanmar and Thailand. There are nearly 300,000 Wa people in China, which are distributed in Cangyuan, Ximeng, Gengma, Shuangjiang, Zhenkang, Yongde and Lancang counties, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture and Dehong Autonomous Prefecture in the west and southwest of Yunnan Province. Among them, Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County and Ximeng Wa Autonomous County are the main inhabited areas of Wa people, and the population of Wa people in these two counties accounts for about 58% of the total population of Wa people in China. Wa people in China are located between Lancang River and salween, and distributed in the southern section of Nushan Mountain. The mountains in this area overlap and there are few flat dams, so it is also called Awa Mountain.
Wa nationality is a nation that can sing and dance well. Bamboo dance, once a kind of dance to bless the elderly after their death, has now become an entertaining dance.
The dance form is the same as that of Li nationality in Hainan. That is, two large bamboo poles are flat on the ground. Outside the two big bamboo poles, people hold the small bamboo pole face to face and slide back and forth along the big bamboo pole, and the dancers jump in the gap between the two bamboo poles. The dance moves are lively and cheerful, imitating the shapes of ants, turtledoves, leopards and thrushes.
Bamboo dance is usually held after the death of famous and influential old people in the village. It beats the bamboo pole with a pestle and dances, and all men, women and children in the village can participate. The local old man said: "Although a man is dead, his soul will not die, and he can't live in another world without singing and dancing, so people will sing and dance to see him off." It is this broad-minded view of life and death that has created many funeral dances of the Wa people.
Bamboo pole dance of Miao nationality is a kind of self-entertainment dance created by Miao people in Dongwang Township, Luodian County, southern Guizhou Province. It mainly shows the pursuit and ideal of free love for Miao young men and women, and usually performs at major festivals and when welcoming VIPs.
The performance requirements of bamboo pole dance are not very demanding, and the requirements for props are relatively simple. As long as there is a flat grass, you can perform. Generally, it is performed by 8 pairs of young men and women. During the performance, the man wore a short coat with red silk around his waist. Women wear Miao's unique handmade big skirts, beat with Miao drums, cheer with waves, plus red silk and colorful skirts, which set off a simple and free beauty.
Bamboo dance is generally divided into four links: meeting in the mountains, crossing the river in the bridge, falling in love and taking the bride home. Every link reveals the sincere feelings of Miao young men and women, full of many original aesthetic elements, simple and natural.
The bamboo pole dance "jumping firewood" of the Li nationality was originally an ancient ritual way of the Li nationality. Hundreds of years ago, when the Li family returned to the warehouse after hard farming, men, women and children in the village would wear festive costumes, and every household would cook new rice, brew glutinous rice wine, slaughter livestock and sacrifice ancestors and gods. After a full meal, people will come to the hillside, light bonfires and dance bamboo poles. The tinkling sound of bamboo celebrates the bumper harvest of rice and wishes for a better harvest in the coming year. Every year from the day of spring to the Lantern Festival, the "jumping firewood" lights bonfires almost every night, and the warm atmosphere permeates the villages on the hillside.
With the changes of the times, the custom of "jumping firewood" has gradually spread and evolved among Li people. Nowadays, its sacrificial color has gradually disappeared, and it has become a sports fitness activity with national cultural color. Change the past habit of "female beating male jumping" into "mixed jumping". Jumping bamboo poles has become a healthy activity in the "March 3" Lizhaishan Love Festival. Young men and women find "partners" by jumping on bamboo poles, thus enhancing friendship. Small bamboo poles set up a "magpie bridge" for young men and women.
Bamboo Dance of She Nationality It is said that she nationality will also wear beautiful national costumes and dance bamboo dance in the long summer or at ordinary times. And the rhythm is: "on, off, on, off, on, off."