flower-carrying pole
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Luancheng County is located in the west of Jizhong Plain, southwest of Hebei Province, and belongs to the southeast suburb county of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital.
"Flower-carrying Bar" is a kind of folk flower dance with local characteristics, which is widely spread in this county. It originated from people's sacrificial ceremony for the "Three Fairy" in Cangyan Mountain Temple in history, and was named after the dancer's "over-driving" of the icon of the Three Fairy. It was the leader of the sacrificial dance team, and gradually evolved into a square art for the masses to entertain themselves.
A pair of flower bars is carried by two people, and the barbell is made of bamboo material. What is carried is called a "barbell box", and the leader holds a paddle-like card, and the performers can be divided into handsome bars (rich bars) and ugly bars (poor bars). When lifting the bar, the barbell can't be exposed over the shoulder, and you can't use the walking bar. The two people perform the same, opposite and back-to-back performances, ranging from the top of the head to the tip of the hip. The basic movements are "Swallowing the water", "Tiger's big tail" and "wiping the seat", and the performance routines are "Pearl rolling curtain" Someone made up a jingle: "Hold your chest with your hips and waist as the axis, ride a horse with a soft crotch, swing your arms and shake your head with the bar, move your body with a twist, and be funny and lively." It not only describes the action image and characteristics of the flower-carrying bar, but also explains its position in the sacrificial dance team. The whole performance of the flower-lifting pole is conducted under the command of the pole leader who holds the token. For the leader, it is required to be "quick-eyed, light-footed, and carry the token with the wind." Bow the forelegs, stretch the hind legs, and dance to shape (debut). "
The flower-lifting bar is not accompanied by any musical instrument. When the flower-lifting bar dances, the barbell box vibrates up and down, which makes the iron ring on the barbell make a rattling sound, just in tune with the dance. This special accompaniment sound is integrated with the dance, which has a special effect and is not interesting.
During the performance of the flower-lifting bar, you can drive alone or in multiple ways. The bar keeps sliding on the dancer's head, shoulders, back, buttocks and other parts, accompanied by tumbling movements such as standing, lying, squatting and lying. The dancer needs superb artistic skills to make the bar flip freely, and the dance movements are rough and simple, which has high ornamental value.
among many folk dances in China, the flower-carrying bar is unique for its simplicity, simplicity, skill and appreciation. Excavating, rescuing and protecting the flower-carrying bar is of certain academic reference value not only for enriching and perfecting Chinese folk dance, but also for studying other folk arts. At present, due to the changes in the social conditions for the survival and development of flower-carrying poles, the reduction of traditional folk activities, and the aging of inheritance artists, there has been a situation in which stunts cannot be passed down.