Yushe whip, is a long history of folk culture and art programs, it set dance, martial arts, sports in one, with a fast rhythm, bold and bold, powerful, joyful and peaceful unique style, by the local people's favorite. Whenever the festival day, when a team of healthy men and women, red colorful wrapped, holding the whip on the field dancing whip, won the audience's applause! Legends of origin The origin of the Yushe King Whip is a matter of opinion. Folklore, there are three main sayings: one said that the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chu and Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang high-fived each other: the first into the Xianyang king, after Xiang Yu all the way through the generals, invincible. Each captured a city, Xiang Yu will stand on the horse, waving the whip, singing and dancing, dancing to sound, ordered the soldiers to fold the wood for the whip and then dance, *** with the celebration of victory. Its magnificent shape, the feelings of the spirit, attracted and infected the local people, the people have followed suit. So this improvisational dance form to celebrate the victory, spread from the barracks to the folk, and gradually evolved into a traditional dance program. It is also said that Xiang Yu led his troops to fight in the Taihang Mountain area, and had camped in Yushe, so it originated from Yushe. Xiang Yu called himself the king of Western Chu, "king whip" thus named. The second said Yushe ancient county records, the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the five hu sixteen king of Zhao Shile for the Yushe people. At that time, Zhao Wang Shile dissatisfied with the oppression of the Western Jin Dynasty, led the resistance, the people have responded, Shile's power continues to grow, known as "the dynasty of the leader". At this time, Shi Le ambition to dominate the Central Plains, he won the war, the soldiers and generals of the joy is difficult to restrain, will spontaneously hold the gun arms dancing up, this dance form, spread to the folk, and gradually developed into a color whip form, to express the king of Zhao domination of the Central Plains. So this dance is called "king whip", and the king of Zhao's hometown in Yushe, "king whip" naturally originated in Yushe. Third, according to legend, the Song Dynasty, Yushe people martial arts trend, no matter how old or young, all have martial arts hobby, martial arts masters. Among them, there is an old man of martial arts, no one can beat, known as "king". In ancient times, no matter the official or business, in the transportation of silver and gold, all asked him to be a bodyguard. He is good at practicing the whip, whip skills out of the ordinary, changeable, deep kung fu. Whip is about one meter long, both to drive livestock tools, but also to defend themselves against the enemy weapons. Driven by him, good whip more and more people, with the passage of time, its whip skills gradually derived from a form of dance. Although the above three sayings, but there are a few points are the same. First, the whip does have a long history, almost up to 2000 years, the shortest is also more than 1,000 years; Second, the birthplace of Yushe; Third, the whip is evolved from the war or martial arts. It is popular in the territory of Yushe, which can be a corroboration of the above three claims. Props and basic skills Yushe whip props is "double whip", that is, with a length of about l meters made of wood or bamboo sticks. Stick ends tied to a small iron ring, copper ring, later changed to copper bell. And tie red silk cloth or gold spikes. In this way, dance up, dingdang sound, colorful silk flying turn fluttering, extraordinarily eye-catching good-looking. The basic skills of the whip is: with the whip end knocking limbs for its basic action. Legend has it that the method is "eight points", namely: one point knocking the left hand, two points knocking the right shoulder, three points knocking the left shoulder, four points knocking the thigh (flat lifting), five points knocking the left small arm, six points knocking the right thigh (flat lifting), seven points knocking the right leg (flat lifting), eight points knocking the left foot palm (jumping up from behind). Later, it was developed into the "Forty-point Method", that is, on the basis of the original "Eight-point Method", three "Eight-points" and two "Four-points" were added. The "Forty-point Method" was added to the original "Eight-point Method". The position of knocking is not only limited to the limbs, but also the wrist, waist, outside of the leg, back shoulder and other parts of the body, as well as double whips knocking each other and touching the ground. In 1995, under the guidance of the leaders and experts of the provincial and local mass art museums, the King Whip was further processed and transformed, which brought it to a new artistic level. The action of the whip is developed into 10 patterns such as knocking, hitting, pushing, turning, picking, flipping, swinging, shaking, swinging, dumping, etc., which further enriches the shape changes of the performing team. At the same time, the whole set of dance is divided into three major parts, namely, "Blessing", "Harvest" and "Celebration", which makes the form and content of the whip more coordinated and integrated, and is accompanied by music, which gives it both an overflowing vernacular flavor and distinctive characteristics of the times. The Blessing Episode expresses the working people's prayers for a good year and a happy life; the Harvest Episode expresses the joyful mood of the working people after the harvest of abundant grains and fruits; and the Celebration Episode expresses the working people's longing for a happy life. Style characteristics The Yushe King Whip embodies the style of fast-paced, rough and bold, joyful and joyful. The whole dance is a combination of fast and slow, light and heavy, high and low, rigid and soft, rich in change, showing a unique artistic charm. The decorative colors of the props of the whip and the color of the actors' costumes are all in red and gold as the main colors, coupled with the bright musical accompaniment, the whip presents a festive, warm and peaceful tone, expressing a strong cultural flavor of the Loess Plateau and reflecting the spirit of the working people's pursuit of a better life. Another characteristic of the whip is that it has a clear mass sports nature. When a pair of men and women perform whip dance, the whole body parts are in motion, naturally play the role of physical exercise, enhance physical fitness. The third characteristic of the whip is that it can also exercise and enhance the performer's fighting ability. As the legend goes, in the past, people engaged in martial arts, very much like to dance whip this set of boxing. Nowadays, many of the movements of the King Whip are derived from martial arts whip techniques. Therefore, if you practice the whip dance for a long time, you can naturally exercise your body and improve your ability to defend yourself. Due to the above characteristics and effects of the whip, it has been loved by the masses for thousands of years. Before the founding of the State, Yushe County, the whip activities, has been basically popularized, more than 80% of the county's villages, have this activity. Near the city, Nanchuan, Xichuan area, more common, the performance is also very wonderful. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party and the government attaches great importance to the excavation of folk art, organizing the work. 70s, Yushe king whip had won awards in the Jinzhong regional arts and cultural repertoire. Reform and opening up, Yushe whip injected new vitality. 1982, 1984, "Yushe whip" in the Jinzhong region of the whole district performance, and twice won the outstanding program award. 1992, Yushe bus station rehearsal of the whip, in the Yangquan City performance won the first prize. 1994, Yushe whip has been listed as a In 1994, Yushe Bawang Whip was listed as a folk traditional art development project in Jinzhong area. Nowadays, under the attention of Yushe county party committee and county government, the county cultural center "organizes the folk king whip production group", and makes the dance, music and orchestration of the king whip. Music, orchestration, etc., carried out a bold reform, so that it is more contemporary characteristics. 1995, Yushe whip was designated as the third Shanxi Provincial Drums and Drums Festival show program, to perform in the provincial capital of Taiyuan, by the provincial capital of all walks of life of the masses of the warm welcome and praise
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