One, colored lantern dance?
Colorful lantern dance, mainly popular in Ganbei language counties, including Jiujiang, Ruichang, Wuning, Yongxiu and other places widely prevalent. In ancient times, most of the colorful lantern dance was performed when people prayed for good weather and good harvests. Today, every festive day, people or in the long street square, or in the village bay side, dancing a variety of colored lanterns, to add joy to the atmosphere.
There are many kinds of colorful lanterns with different names, the main ones are: dragon lanterns, lion lanterns, clam lanterns, Cheli lanterns, tea-light lanterns, horse-racing lanterns, lotus-collecting lanterns and so on.
Jiujiang "dragon lanterns", also known as "dragon dance", commonly known as "play dragon lanterns". Its image has its own characteristics, more bamboo, wood, cloth, paper, etc. Tied, the number of sections as many as nearly a hundred, as few as two, thirty, but are singular. Those who can burn candles in their bodies are called "fire dragons", and those who do not burn are called "cloth dragons" and "salons". "Dragon Dance" routine is very common for a hand holding a red silk bead, between the two "dragon" play its dance. The "dragon" with the red beads or leaping, or rolling, or coiled up, or interspersed, so that the viewer is dazzled.
Jiujiang counties "boat lanterns", also known as "pick lotus boat". It is a small boat made of bamboo, covered with colored cloth or paper, and a green silk cloth to cover the feet of the young girl. Outside the boat, there is a helmsman and helmswoman, the helmsman held the pole (paddle), the helmswoman held the rudder, hand cranked a large fan; three people coordinated action, simulation of the beach on and off the beach, downwind stranding and other boating actions, the boat girls sing a variety of ditties, and with gongs and drums, the helmsman and helmswoman from time to time to interrupt to help the voice, witty and comical.
Two, Hukou Fishing Drums
Hukou Fishing Drums are popular in Hukou and Poyang Lake area, which are based on the rich fishing songs and folk songs of Poyang Lake, and can be used singly, multi-use and multi-use; and can be sung and combined with rap. When singing, the performer holds a bamboo drum made of puffer fish skin in his left hand. The right hand holds an exquisite small wooden stick, while slapping the drum surface and small trekking, sending out a clear, thick "two ring" sound. Its sound like a fishing boat in the wind and waves, melodic and smooth, melodious, with a rich atmosphere of life in the water town.
Three, Nuo dance?
Nuo dance, also known as "Nuo", "jump Nuo", commonly known as "ghost play" or "jump ghost face". . It originated in the ancient clan society in the totem beliefs, later developed into a primitive witchcraft rituals, and gradually evolved into a fixed purpose and content of the festival rituals. This long history of folk dance, there are generally two kinds of performance situation: one by the protagonist of the four performers, performers head masks such as crowns, dressed in animal skins, hand-held go shield, the mouth issued "Nuo Nuo" sound. The other is composed of twelve people, each Zhu hair painting skin, handheld several feet long hemp whip, fluttering for sound, and called a variety of special eating evil ghosts, beasts of the God's name, dance each music accompaniment.
Because Nuo dance circulated in different areas, the performance style is different, both complex changes in the scene, the performance is meticulous and rigorous, a strong sense of life, the dance is beautiful and moving "Wen Nuo" school; there are powerful and majestic, the mood of cheerfulness, the rhythm of the potential strong and bright, the action is strong and powerful! "Wu Nuo" school. This ancient traditional Nuo dance flower, still popular in De'an, Wuning, Duchang and other counties of the stage, halls and villages, towns and fields.
Four, Ruichang boat drums?
Boat drum, formerly known as the "Dragon Boat Drum". Originally for the lake waterfront residents in the Dragon Boat Racing at the Dragon Boat Festival singing songs, the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong period into the Ruichang. On the basis of gradually absorbing local folk tunes, it was enriched and developed. In addition to the original snare drums and gongs, the accompanying instruments also added the joyful suona, forming a unique style of Ruichang boat drums.
Boat drum singing form of the original one person standing singing, later developed into a crowd to help the voice, singing in the wooden orange will be mounted on a wooden "dragon boat", the bow of the boat tied to a one-sided drums and small gongs, knocking gongs, mainly singing, and inserted into the white, singing words for the stagecoach even sentence, there are five, seven, cross unequal sentences. The traditional repertoire includes "Duanyang", "Flower Morning Tune" and "Worshiping the New Year".
Five, Ruichang paper-cutting
Paper-cutting is one of China's traditional folk decorative arts, Ruichang has been known as the "hometown of paper-cutting" reputation. Ruichang paper-cutting to concise and beautiful, well-proportioned composition, vivid modeling, cutting method is characterized by bright. Scissors as a tool, yin and yang cutting method are used. Themes are mostly taken from folklore, flowers, birds and animals, theater characters and so on. A good paper-cutting can be used as decorations for doors, windows, ceilings, baskets and furniture, as well as embroidery samples for pillowcases, shoe uppers, door curtains and tablecloths. Give people the enjoyment of beauty, for the masses of people love.
Six, Wuning tea ceremony?
Located in the Mufu mountainous Wuning County, the territory is rich in tea. Due to the popularity of local tea-picking songs, gradually formed a small tea-picking opera, called "triangular class", about the Qianlong period in the Qing Dynasty, Wuning tea-picking opera spread to Hunan, Hubei and Gan part of the region, and then by many artists to create, innovate, and gradually formed a unique Wuning tea-picking opera; and centered in the county, in the upper reaches of Xiujiang River called the "upper river school". And centered in the county, it is called "Upper River School" in the upper reaches of Xiu River and "Lower River School" in the lower reaches of Xiu River. The former is influenced by large-scale dramas such as Han Opera, Xiang Opera and Ninghe Opera, and is long on doing work. The latter is influenced by Hubei Huangmei and Yangxin Tea Ceremony, focusing on singing.
Wuning Tea Casting Opera has more than 150 kinds of large and small plays, most of which are literary plays with folklore themes, and a few of which are martial arts plays. The opera's singing can be divided into three categories of positive, flowery, and miscellaneous, which are the organic combination of folk music language and folk literature language, and the singing is beautiful, easy to understand, and has a strong local flavor.
Seven, Wuning Hoe Mountain Drum?
Hoe Mountain Drum, also known as the "urge to work drums", "drumming song". So far, Wuning County boat beach, Wentang, Nanyue, Donglin, Rixi, Yangzhou and other townships are very popular. It is the folk unique local style of traditional art, but also collective labor in the song to cheer, drums for gas, entertainment in the labor of an activity. Hoeing drums are mostly found in collective labor sites such as digging tea mountains, hoeing oil tea forests, and opening up land for reclamation. Dozens of people lined up, led by a drumming song; crowd side of the hoe labor, while hitching the number and the rhythm of fast and slow, the melody is rough, high tone. Hoe mountain drum beat is generally divided into three times: the first time slack and slow, the second time gradually turn fast, the third time anxious and quick. With the rise and fall of the drum beat, the rhythm of the song melodious, but see the very hoe dancing, bursts of "whoo whoo" sound resounding.
Eight, Xingzi Xihe theater?
West River theater is popular in the north of Gan Xingzi, De'an, Jiujiang area, also known as the "play cavity theater". Because of the Gangan River downstream east and west of the two rivers, the West River flows through the territory of Xingzi, so it is also known as the "West River Theater", commonly known as "Xingzi opera".
Early in the Qing Dynasty during the Jiaqing period, the West River Basin counties are active in a special singing Pihuang playing cavity troupe, to the Qing Dynasty Daoguang years at the end of the year, it was established in Xingzi County, the first "Yiho class". From then on, a kind of Xingzi as the center of activity, to Erhuang, Xipi as the main voice, mixed with Qingyang Gaoqiang and the local folk tunes of the play cavity drama. The genre of Xihe Opera is mostly based on historical stories, with long script structure, noble content of loyalty, righteousness, honesty and filial piety, more folk slang in the lines, and antique costumes and props. Existing traditional repertoire of more than 150 kinds, many villages still have amateur troupes, the New Year's festivals, she is a unique charm, popular with the masses.
Nine, Xiushui Ninghe opera
Ninghe opera is one of the large-scale ancient local Jiangxi opera, which originated in Xiushui County, popular in the north of Gan and the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Gan. Ninghe Opera is a combination of martial arts and literature, with complete sets of singing, reading, acting and playing. The traditional repertoire of the opera is more than 4,000 kinds, most of them are whole books, and the voice cavity is mainly composed of Erfan and Xipi, and also includes Hui tune, Kunqu and folk songs.
Ten, Xunyang paper tie?
Paper tie, originating in ancient folk religious rituals, and later gradually become a decorative art of celebrating festivals. Xunyang paper tie customs, Ming and Qing dynasties throughout the city and countryside, every holiday or festive occasions, folk artists are full of their skills, made of high intention of witty "mouse climbing grape lights", happy to have a son of "unicorn lights", look forward to the health of the child! "Duck (pressure) lamp", congratulate the newlyweds "mandarin ducks lamp", pray for a good harvest "goldfish lamp", as well as the famous species of flowers, plants, birds and animals and so on. These colorful, simple and simple modeling, symbolism of the various types of paper products, are taken from bamboo, wood, thread, paper as the main material. Bamboo, wood for the skeleton, to the line bound parts, paste colored paper to decorate. For the festive and happy activities frequently add a few colors, but also for the mourning, sacrificial scenes covered with a layer of mystery veil.
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