Peacock dance is the most famous traditional performance dance among the Dai folk dances in China, which is distributed in Ruili, Luxi, Xishuangbanna, Mengding, Menglian, Jinggu and Cangyuan in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, among which peacock dance (Dai language "Galoyong") in Ruili City, western Yunnan Province is the most representative.
According to legend, 1000 years ago, the Dai leader told Ma to imitate proud as a peacock's graceful posture and learn to dance. Later, it was shaped by folk artists and handed down to form peacock dance. Dai people have a long history. Since 1 century, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has maintained economic and cultural ties with the mainland.
Inheritance and deduction
In traditional peacock dance, in the past, men wore golden helmets, masks and peacock wings with braces, and danced with musical instruments such as elephant feet drums, gongs and cymbals. Dance has strict procedures, including a variety of hand shapes, jumping, turning and other dances.
With the graceful "three bends" figure, natural scenes such as peacock looking around in the forest, walking in the forest, drinking water in spring and chasing and playing are shaped. Although the traditional peacock dance movements performed by men are often vigorous and forceful, with little feminine beauty, imitating the smooth dancing and graceful modeling of peacocks often fascinates the audience, ignoring the gender of the performers.