Batang County Folk Customs and Folklore Urgent ah~~

Batang is the hometown of the string, there is a local Golden String Square, there will be people in the square at night to dance the string song and dance. Just like the summer activities in other cities, both the elderly, or four or five-year-old children, as long as they hear the sound of the huqin will forget to go to the formation of joyful dance. During large-scale celebrations and major festivals, there are hundreds of people of all ages dancing the huqin, and the scene is very impressive.

The Batang Chord is a folk song and dance from "Gezhuo", which is known locally as "Kanghong", i.e., "the dance of the Kangba people". The style and characteristics of the Batang stringed instrument are a combination of poetry, piano, song and dance. Strings of the performance of any form, three or five people can dance with interest, hundreds of thousands of people with joy **** dance can also be. Jumping strings must have Tibetan erhu accompaniment, led by the piano player dance, to the piano player as the core, the rhythm of the entire dance is also mastered by the piano player.

In Batang, every festival, men and women gather to sing and dance. Generally male drill "Baiwang" (cow horn hu) standing head, pull up the huqin to lead the crowd whisking sleeves dance, sometimes round set, sometimes scattered, sometimes around the line and dance, singing and dancing, singing for the "harmonic" body of folk songs, but also improvisation of men and women and sing, in order to express their inner The song is a folk song in the style of "Harmony".

"Three steps and a lift, one step and a lean" is the basic rhythmic characteristics of the Batang String Dance, which contains the chest, trembling knees and long sleeves, such as around, support, lift, cover and so on to form a different general regional dance characteristics. Whenever festivals, gatherings, camping, labor, people gathered in the "Linka" (forest clearing) or dam dance string dance, men and women are not limited, the number of people is not limited. String music is generally divided into prelude, interlude, coda three parts of the music, soft and strong, beautiful and lyrical, rhythm is rich in dance.

The lyrics of the strings are profoundly subtle and ornate, with rich feelings and a strong local flavor. Tunes are generally short and concise, neat rhythm, melodious, easy to sing and remember, suitable for mass singing and dancing.