Formation and Regional Characteristics of Fujian Folk Dance

Formation and regional characteristics of Fujian folk dance

Dance as an art, as with other arts, is the expression of human social life and thought and emotion, at the same time, the dance it has its own unique form of expression and aesthetic characteristics, with its own continuous improvement of the development trajectory. Below I have searched and organized for you about the formation of Fujian folk dance and regional characteristics, welcome to read, I hope you like it! To learn more about the relevant information please continue to pay attention to our fresh graduates training network!

Fujian is located in the southeast coast of ? The breakthrough of the Yue? The former county, embedded in the eight Fujian folk dance variety, rich in connotation, by the local natural environment and social political, economic and cultural associations, as well as folk customs and many other factors of constraints and influences, and there are very different styles and characteristics. China's vast territory, a large number of ethnic groups, different ethnic groups, different regions of the rich and colorful dance, creating the Chinese national dance garden flowers like scenery, due to the social, life interaction of art, different ethnic groups, different regions of the dance is constantly subject to the local natural environment and the social political, economic, cultural penetration and association, as well as folk customs and many other factors of constraints and influences, and the existence of a very different style and characteristics, which is the regional style and characteristics. The style and characteristics of the regional dances are the individual characteristics of the regional dances.

First, the formation and development of folk dance in Fujian

Fujian is located in the southeast coast of the history of? The first is that the Fujian Province is located in the southeast coast of the historical name of "Min Yue". The former county, known as? The hometown of song and dance? reputation, has a unique geographical and historical conditions, so that countless Middle Kingdom dance culture gathered here. In the past, the people of Fujian often sing and dance as the content of celebratory activities, according to "Bixi Manzhi" Volume III? Nishang Yuyi? According to Bixi Man Zhi, Volume III, "Neishang Yuyi", when Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty (780-805) was in charge of Fuzhou, he had dozens of female singers and dancers for the amusement of the officials. Since then, Chen Xia, a native of Hui'an, made a poem entitled "Neishang Yuyi", and Zhan Dunren wrote poems about Quanzhou songs and dances in the Five Dynasties, and there are records about the songs and dances in the records of various states and prefectures. The colorful ball dance circulating in the towns and villages of Jinjiang, Nan'an and Tong'an in the southern part of the province is said to have begun in the court of the Tang Dynasty. Kick the ball play, and then spread to the folk gradually formed; circulated in northern Fujian? Bamboo knife flower? , vividly reflecting the people's labor life. Local peasants to bring their own wood knife, bamboo stretcher when they go out to work, the beginning of just to relieve boredom and randomly knocking, sometimes with the song, changing different rhythms, singing and dancing, self-entertainment. After continuous processing and modification, it has become a dance that expresses the labor interest of local people; it has been passed down in Zhangzhou and Longhai. The big drums and umbrellas (also known as flower-drum formation). (also known as the flower drum array), is when the people of southern Fujian for the Qi family army returned victorious drums to celebrate, Qi Jiguang saw people playing drums in the hot sun (a drum in the rain), each sweating, the heart is very touched, the order of warriors and maids holding umbrellas for drummers to cover the cool, along with the team to move around, the formation of such a dance while playing the scene.

After the founding of New China, the province's dance workers for the collection, finishing and processing to improve the folk dance in Fujian has done a lot of work, and has made promising results, first of all, the mass dance activities have been widely popularized and year by year to improve the development. Such as the "lamp dance", "drums and umbrellas" to the inheritance and development; and stage dance is also fruitful, such as based on Fujian tea lights adapted from the "tea pouncing butterfly dance" in 1953, the 4th World Youth Student Peace and Friendship Festival was awarded the Collective Dance Award, etc. After the 1980s, there are a large number of outstanding works of local folk dance, different styles of the "three old man uncle beat the chest dance"; Confucianism, Taoism and religion of the "Nine Pieces of Folk Dance". Nine Lotus Lanterns", and "Bell Knife Dance", "Fragrant Flower Dance", "Welcome Dragon Umbrella", etc. of the She ethnic group, forming a colorful painting of religion and folklore. After a long period of dance art creation practice, through continuous accumulation and pursuit, we have not only gradually formed our own dance creation, performance groups, and has also gradually formed the distinctive personality characteristics of Fujian regional dance.

The Regional Characteristics of Fujian Folk Dance

The formation of dance characteristics and styles is, to a certain extent, influenced by the environment. Different environments have different dance styles. Different natural conditions, resulting in different ways of life and production, thus forming the differences in human character, which also determines the different ways of expression of people's thoughts, and thus the regional dance with different styles is formed.

Fujian is located in the southeastern coast and Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong border, the coastline of 3,324 kilometers long, east of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, the territory and the mountains, which makes Fujian and the internal provinces to form multiple natural barriers. This is a special geographical environment, which provides a unique geographical condition for Fujian to preserve the ancient folk dance culture.

The hot climate in the southern Fujian area of our province, summer laborers have the habit of bare shoulders, women at home or in front of the door to cool off, with undershirts and short coats are not lacking. Southern Fujian people are generally addicted to tea, leisure after work, field corner, courtyard, under the shade of the tree, three to five groups, running on a pot of tea? Kung Fu Tea? , take turns brewing tea, crossing their legs, relaxed, this is a gentle nature, optimistic and open-minded typical image of southern Fujian people, both witty and fun and bold and generous. As the saying goes:? Dance is like the person? The Minnan breast-beating dance must have historically accumulated the specific social life content of the Minnan area, and its dance style cannot be separated from the geographic environment and customs of Minnan, mentioning the light, witty and bright character traits of the Minnan people. The chest-beating dance is characterized by Eight sounds? The main action, that is, the hand double clap, double clap chest, double clip ribs, double clap legs to produce eight ringing, with the body rhythmically swaying horizontally, and drive the loose neck and even the head naturally like a pendulum swing left and right, so that the dance is spontaneous and natural, revealing the wit and lightness, witty and bright personality.

The Hakka dance of the Fujian system, "Dragon and Phoenix Lights", is circulated in the area of Hongfang, Yongding County, Longyan, Kancheng, and Gaopi. The Hakka people's ancestors lived in the states of Zhaizhou, Sizhou, and Yuzhou, and migrated repeatedly before finally arriving at Longyan, Shanghang, Yongding, Changting and other places in Fujian. The "Dragon and Phoenix Lantern" is an old Hakka custom that has been practiced for 700 to 800 years and has been inherited for generations since it entered Fujian. Songs and dances prevalent in Longyan area? Picking Tea Lights is also known as "Caicha Puffing Butterfly". Picking Tea and Puffing Butterflies. According to legend, in the old days, every year during the tea picking season, the tea lanterns were used as a means to pick tea. In the past, every year during the tea-picking season, the tea ladies went up the mountain to pick new tea, and when they rested, they often gathered on the mountain. Chaliao? , singing tea songs, with tea picking labor, butterfly dance, over time, the action gradually tends to be diverse, team changes rich, and was used on festive occasions, becoming an indispensable part of the festivities of the annual festival? Cai Cha Lantern The dance movements are beautiful, flexible and with a strong sense of rhythm. The dance shows the changes in formation when going up and down the mountain and the hilly geography of western Fujian is inextricably linked.

"Soap Clerk Pendulum" This is an ancient dance that has been passed down in Putian and Xianyou counties, and is a necessary ceremonial ritual for A-Ma Zu Maiden's trip to the Shang Yuan. Maeju Lin's female, for the witch can know people's misfortune, seafarers have prayers will be answered? All the counties along the coast set up shrines to her. (Song? (Huang Yisun Xianyou Zhi) Fengting Zhu Zhai Lingying Hall, was built in the Yuan, to the second year, according to "Zhu genealogy" records:? Spirit should be hall has ancestor Taiyi Gong advocated the construction of China for the heavenly consort, four times the sacrifice, every time on the Yuan, travel within the territory, to protect the peace? From the above two records about A-Ma Zu Niangniang, it can be learned that: "Soap Pendulum" has been passed down for at least six hundred years. This dance, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other places have long been extinct, but in Fujian but? Live in the folk?

In summary, Fujian folk dance has distinctive regional characteristics, their respective styles are also to some extent by the influence of their living environment has a typical character, the natural environment, the social environment is the conditions and basis for the emergence of various types of culture, determines the rich connotation of culture and a variety of styles.

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