Introduction of the cultural background of Yunnan lanterns
Yunnan lanterns are a kind of folk songs and dances widely circulated in the Han region of Yunnan, and were historically passed down as part of the folk dances in the "social fire". Lantern songs and dances are rich in content, simple in plot, simple and bright dance, elegant and chic, beautiful tunes, distinctive style, loved by the masses. People say that Yunnan lantern song and dance garden in a beautiful and chic "camellia".
Yunnan lantern dance appreciation knowledge
Yunnan lantern dance form of the active law (form of movement) and the active as a small Fai, Fai, Fai (the name of the specific dance training content) to reflect the style of dance. Among them, male dance is commonly used in anti-Fai movements, female dance is commonly used in small Fai movements, including small Fai walking field, positive Fai, jumping upside down Fai and other movements of the same rhythm, are continuous lateral movement or up and down Fai movement to the body performance. It is in a relaxed state with the knee as the point of force, through the crotch step and upper body swing and the formation of the dynamic image.
So, we appreciate the Yunnan lantern folk dance, mainly to see the actor's knees, hips, waist in a relaxed state to achieve a coordinated and move, then, in the process of appreciation, we can accurately visualize the actor's torso through the viewing of the position of his completion of the good and bad, flexible and inflexible at the same time, the beauty of the lanterns, the need for the actor to show a more implicit, to highlight: the inner, light and elegant. To highlight: the inner show, elegant, quiet psychological characteristics, men should reflect the beauty of the loose and unrestrained.
Lantern dance is an important part of the Yunnan lanterns, traditional lantern dance only dance without singing, such as the Lion Dance, Monkey Cotton Popping, etc., there are collective song and dance, such as the Lianzhang, La Hua, and so on. Lantern theater line, the original only two men and women, later divided into raw, Dan, ugly three lines, when the lantern theater performance of medium-sized, large-scale role of many plays, and then added other lines.
What is the Yunnan lantern dance soundtrack
Yunnan lantern music is very rich, the existing lantern tunes in some of the Ming and Qing dynasty since the song, such as "Hanging Branch", "playing jujube pole", "stacked broken bridge", "Yu Beauty", "Silver Nuance" and so on.
The main source of Yunnan lantern music is the local province, absorbing some folk songs from other provinces.
The lantern tune "to send the gentleman" and the Yunnan folk song "rain does not sprinkle flowers do not red" belongs to the same song, the melody of these two songs is very similar, the modulation are commercial modulation, after countless unknown folk artists processing embellishment, a lyrical Yunnan folk song into a dance Yunnan lantern tune.
Selected songs from the lantern song and dance "Tour of Spring": the melody of "Flower Picking Tunes" sung by the old man and his granddaughter is similar to the two songs mentioned above, but it is more choreographed.
Some of the provincial folk songs are absorbed, fused into the lantern tune, only the lantern tune and local language, folk music, combined with the provincial folk songs Yunnanization. Since the founding of the country, music workers have created a number of Yunnan lantern song and dance music, such as "10,000 red lanterns", "Spring Tour", "Ten Sisters", "Big Tea Mountain", "Zhanhua Fan" and so on.
The structure of Yunnan lantern music is short and small, mostly consisting of a single phrase or four phrases up and down. The rhythm of the music is distinctive, with strong mobility, and there are few large pauses between phrases, mostly from the "board" on the sentence, and in the "eye" on the sentence. The beat is mostly 2/4 or 4/4, and 3/4 is rare. The tempo is generally medium or fast, and the mood is bright, lively, elegant, and melodious.
The modes of Yunnan lantern music are mostly levistic and plummy, followed by palatial and commercial modes. The music is mainly in five tones.
The accompanying instruments of Yunnan lanterns are huqin, yueqin, sanxian, flute, etc., and later added pipa, yangqin and other ethnic instruments, and in some places, some minority instruments are also used.