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 are called "cloth dragons" and "salons". There are many routines for the "Dragon Dance", and it is common for one hand to hold up a red silk bead and dance between two "dragons" to play with it. The "dragon" with the red beads or leaping, or rolling, or coiled up, or interspersed, so that the viewer is dazzled.
Jiujiang County boat lanterns, also known as "Cailian boat". It is a small boat made of bamboo strips, 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 a helmswoman, the helmsman holds the pole (oar), the helmswoman holds the rudder, hand-cranked fan; three people coordinated movements, simulating the beach, down the beach, downwind stranding and other boating actions, the boat girls sing a variety of ditties, with gongs and drums, the helmsman and the helmswoman interjecting from time to time to help out, witty and comical.
Hukou Fishing Drums Hukou Fishing Drums are popular in Hukou and Poyang Lake area, which is based on the rich fishing songs and folk songs of Poyang Lake, and can be used for one song, many songs and many songs, and can be sung mainly 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, and at the same time beat the drum surface and small trekking, making a clear, thick "two ring" sound. The sound is like a fisherman's boat lapping the waves in the wind, with a smooth melody and a melodious tune, and a rich flavor of life in the water countryside.
Nuo dance Nuo dance, also known as "Nuo", "jumping Nuo", commonly known as "ghost play" or "jumping ghost face ". It originated in 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 goshield, 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 shouted a variety of special eating evil ghosts, beasts of God's name, dance each accompanied by music.
Because Nuo dance circulated in different areas, their performance styles are different, there are 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, emotionally unrestrained and cheerful, the rhythm of the potential force bright and fast, the action of the 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.
Ruichang boat drums boat drums, formerly known as the "Dragon Boat Drum". Originally for the lake waterfront residents in the Dragon Boat Race at the Dragon Boat Festival singing a small song, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong years into 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 added the joyful suona, forming the unique Ruichang Boat Drums.
The boat drums were originally sung by one person, but later developed into a crowd of helpers, singing on a wooden orange will be mounted on a wood-carved "dragon boat", the bow of the boat is tied to a one-sided drum and a small gong, knocking gongs, mainly singing, and inserted into the speech, singing words for the stage even sentence, there are five, seven, cross different sentences. The traditional repertoire includes "Duanyang", "Flower Morning Tune" and "Worshiping the New Year".
Ruichang paper-cutting paper-cutting is one of the traditional folk decorative arts, Ruichang has been known as the "town of paper-cutting" reputation.
Ruichang paper-cutting is characterized by beautiful simplicity, proportionality of composition, vivid modeling, and fast cutting. 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, furniture; it can also be used as embroidery samples for pillowcases, shoe uppers, door curtains and tablecloths. Give people the enjoyment of beauty, for the masses of people love.
Wuning Tea Picking Opera Wuning County, located in the mountainous area of Mufu, 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 the creation of many artists, innovation, and gradually formed a unique Wuning Tea-picking Opera; and centered in the county, in the upper reaches of Xiu River, called "Shanghe Pai". And centered in the county, in the upper Xiu River is called "Upper River School", the lower Xiu River is called "Lower River School". The former is influenced by large-scale dramas such as Han Opera, Xiang Opera and Ninghe Opera, and is long in doing work. The latter is influenced by Hubei Huangmei and Yangxin Tea Ceremony and focuses on singing.
Wuning Tea Casting Opera has more than 150 kinds of large and small plays, most of them are folklore themes of literature, which also has a small number of martial arts. The singing of the opera can be divided into three categories of positive cavity, flower cavity, miscellaneous tunes, they are the organic combination of folk music language and folklore language, beautiful singing, easy to understand, has a strong local flavor.
Wuning Hoe Hill Drums Hoe Hill Drums, also known as "urging the work of drums", "drumming song". So far Wuning County boat beach, Wentang, Nanyue, Donglin, Rixi, Yangzhou and other townships are very popular. It is a traditional folk art with a unique local style, and is also a collective labor in the song to cheer up, beat the drum for gas, entertainment in the labor of an activity.
The drums are mostly used in collective labor sites such as tea mountain digging, oil tea forest hoeing and land reclamation. Dozens of people lined up, led by a drumming; people waving hoe labor, while the number and the rhythm of fast and slow, melodic rough, high tone.
The drum beat of Hoe Mountain is generally divided into three times: the first time relaxes and slow, the second time turns fast, and the third time is fast and quick. With the rise and fall of the drum beat and the melodious rhythm of the song, you can see the hoe flying and the sound of "whoosh" resounding.