The article "Driving to the Baojin Tower and All the Troops Presenting Baixi" in Volume 7 of "Tokyo Menghualu" records the whole process of Baixi performance in the order of performance. It is the key to our understanding of the skills of Baixi in the Song Dynasty. Extremely valuable information about actual performances. In that performance, after the various tricks and skills were performed, there were descriptions such as "combining music, dancing and whirling, and the various classes often rode on the horses presented by the disciples of the princes." In this regard, Zhou Yibai pointed out in the book "An Outline of the Development History of Chinese Opera": "As for "Dance" is a dance and "Horse Riding" is actually a circus, each has its own specialty." The use of "Hequ" and dance spin together means that "Dance Dance" is basically a performance with musical accompaniment. Its specific movement form and performance content may have a certain skill in nature on the one hand, so it is listed among the hundred Within the play; at the same time, the performance content of "Dance Dance" may have a certain degree of abstraction and skill, so it can be used as the "final show" at the end of the entire performance. After "Third Dance", the polo and circus performances in which the emperor participated began.
The article "June 24th, the birthday of Shenbo Guanshen" in the same book records: "Welcoming music to the temple, a music tent was set up on the terrace in front of the temple, and the teaching hall and the military were directly engaged in music. "Xiamo" in the same book also said: "The military appearance is directly performed in Zaju and dance; the dragon is directly dressed as gods and ghosts, and the real sword and Zhuo sword are used." In these records, "Wuxuan" is recorded. 》 appear alternately with Zaju performances. Perhaps it is precisely because it has no certainty in performance content that it can complement each other and exert its artistic appeal.
Of course, "Dance" is not always accompanied by drama. "Mengliang Lu" states that "Prince Zizhi Nanban and hundreds of officials came in to celebrate his birthday and gave a banquet". When the emperor gave him the eighth cup of wine, "the officials drank wine and danced on three stages. All the music was composed, the music was broken, and the dances were swirling. ". The "Dance" here has been performed together with the palace opera.
The above records are mostly about the performances of "Wuxuan" during the Northern Song Dynasty. The records in "Mengliang Lu" show that although the Southern Song Dynasty went through huge social oscillations and cultural changes, "Wuxuan" But it is still passed down. "Old Martial Arts" recalls Lei Zhongqing, the famous "dancer" in the Northern Song Dynasty, and also records Fan Chongmao, Hao Junmai, Liu Liangzuo, Du Shikang, Yu Qing and others in the Southern Song Dynasty. Dance historian Fei Bingxun believes that "Dance Spin" does not refer to a specific program with a specific content, nor is it a general term for all dance programs, but refers to, in addition to team dances and dance teams, interspersed with square arts or banquet arrangements. This includes large-scale dance performed by a single or a duo and shorter free-hand dance programs. When Meng Yuanlao described "a young man wrapped in a brocade coat without feet, a Liao man, stepping on a crossbow, dancing and setting an arrow" (see "Tokyo Menghualu·New Year's Day Meeting"), the word "whining" seems to be a general term for the action. . When Wu Zimu described "there are musicians in the market in groups of three or five, dancing with one or two girls dancing" (see "Menglianglu·Prostitute Music"), the word "Dancing" emphasizes the process of the action and makes people Think of the characteristics of "rotation".