The meaning of "land boat" is: the boat-shaped props used in the folk dance "land boat", and the houses near the water in the garden that are shaped like wooden boats.
Land boats are one of the Han folk performing arts forms. This folk dance is popular throughout Shanxi during festivals. This is a folk dance that simulates sailing on the water. Land boats are shaped according to the appearance of the boat. The made wooden frame is surrounded by a cotton skirt painted with water patterns or a navy blue cotton skirt.
The top of the boat is decorated with red silk, paper flowers, and in some places there are lanterns, mirrors and other decorations, making this or a dozen boats extraordinarily gorgeous. Naturally it is a ship on land.
The person riding the boat is usually one person, sometimes there are two, four or even seven people riding the same boat together. The person riding the boat is mostly a girl, a daughter-in-law, and some play other roles. character.
Folk performance of land boat:
Land boat racing is a kind of folk culture. When running, one of the performers has a "boatman" who paddles to guide the boat, leads the way, and makes various There are various rowing movements, and boaters often take fast and broken steps during the performance. This can keep the hull of the boat moving forward in a stable state, just like a boat floating on the water, and quite vividly create the feeling of sailing on the water. scene.
Landboats are mostly performed at farmers’ homes in rural areas. During the Lunar New Year, they are held from the first day of the first lunar month to the second day of the second lunar month. The purpose of the performance is to pray for good weather and good fortune in the coming year. The number of people performing the landboat performances is generally There are 6 to 7 people, and an actress stands in the dry boat, called the boat lady.
Two people hold "continuous rings" in their hands, which is equivalent to the helmsmen, and one person plays the role of a clown. He holds a broken cattail leaf fan in his right hand and an oar in his left hand. His nose is smeared with white powder. Cattail fans were flapped around, causing the audience to laugh. Others were playing gongs and drums on the side. The accompaniment instruments included: large gongs, small gongs, drums, cymbals, etc. The land boat performed according to the changes in rhythm.
After the opening burst of gongs and drums ends, performers with continuous instruments will perform and sing, and the accompanists will also sing along with the last words after each section, but the sound of gongs and drums still remains. Don't stop.
The boaters are in more than one boat, in groups of three or five, lined up in a line, in tacit cooperation with the "boat master", rising and falling, rotating and bumping with the "waves", as if A vivid animation of running a boat on the water.
In the performance, one boatman usually leads multiple boats forward, sometimes two men row one boat forward, and there are also multiple boats without a "boatman" and one boat takes the lead. As we move forward, we have to run out various well-trained routines, which are ups and downs, lively and lively, attracting people watching the "red fire" and the festival.
In recent years, land boats have developed on the original basis. In some rural areas, modern transportation motorcycles are decorated as land boats, and some bicycles are decorated as "land boats", which are driven by people. They move forward in groups and run out while moving forward, performing various activity patterns and forming various routines, which are also very attractive to the audience.
When running the "land boat", the accompaniment instruments used are gongs, drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments. In some places, one or two pena accompaniments are added to create a warm atmosphere, active emotions and rich flavor. Local customs and national colors.