This is a difficult question, after reading the following website, I realized that a certain translation of "Jumping Vegetables" on the Internet is very wrong.
In fact, this is a kind of dance, not Jumping, should use dancing; and "vegetable" can not be interpreted as "vegetable vegetable" here refers to dishes, meals (Cuisine) <
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Nanjian Jumping Vegetables, also known as the "lifting vegetables dance," is a ritual dance in Nanjian County to honor guests when they are served at a banquet.
This dance is performed in Nanjian County. Commonly, there are two types: one is the "banquet jumping vegetables" (commonly known as field jumping vegetables); another type is the "stage jumping vegetables". "Banquet jumping vegetables" generally in the wedding ceremony, the inauguration of the new house, to the old man birthday and for the old man to send the end of the funeral held, the type of jumping vegetables according to carry dishes in different ways, can be roughly divided into three kinds of jumping method. One is the conventional jumping method: when jumping vegetables began, in the high, low, sharp, slow in the sound of copper and suona, masters from the kitchen one after another, their hands on the tray, plate full of dishes bowl, after three gongs, the first two people dancing, slowly into the scene. Two people a front and a back, respectively, dancing, dressed up in strange looks, performing mime, humor and comical, with each other decent chic, step by step slowly into the table, light, beautiful, smooth and coherent movements. Drop dishes, according to the open eight-bowl banquet, set back into the palace gossip array, each bowl of food is a "chess piece", its own positioning, the first bowl of food, and then put which bowl of food, and then put which bowl of food, and finally put which bowl of food, all in accordance with the ancient rules of the layout of the table, organized, not the slightest bit chaotic. The second is called "empty-handed stacked tower jump": see a "jumping dishes" master head tray, plate full of 8 bowls of food, hands out, each hand respectively, hold up the overlapping 4 bowls of food, feet kicking the beat, in the sound of oboe jumping on the stage with a soothing dance steps, two Partner lu front, lu back, lu left, lu right for its escort, so that the hearts of the guests to the banquet are in their throats, but jumping dish masters are calm and comfortable, even a drop of soup has not splashed down from the bowl. The third said "mouth power to send food": at the beginning, a "jumping dishes" top masters mouth tightly holding two large copper spoons, spoons on each set a large bowl of vegetables, head a tray, plate set 8 bowls of vegetables, 'both hands on each tray, plate set 8 Bowls of vegetables (*** 24 bowls of vegetables and 2 bowls of soup, the other - bowls of soup by the hitchhiker on the end), in the sound of the suona dance steps to enter, mouth, arm, wrist, top work, finger work with, open integration, slow and orderly, dish smells, a gas fall precisely three tables. Wonderful performance is absolutely no less than acrobatic minute, amazing, screaming.
"Stage jumping vegetables" is divided into "stage jumping vegetables" and "square jumping vegetables" according to the different locations or stage size of the performance. Whether it is "stage jumping vegetables", or "square jumping vegetables", the same thing is that the dance steps used in the "half-turned song, three-turned song, full-turned song, three stomping feet, sweeping foot song, straight song, save the song, save save save song "8 kinds of singing steps are mainly used to express the joy of the Yi people's harvest and beautiful vision, but also used to express the guests of the high respect and deep love. The difference between the two lies in the "stage jumping vegetables" actors more than 20 people, the requirements of the dance movement is delicate, scheduling patterns frequently, the quality of performance and dance rhythms strive to achieve the effect of pure fire. The "square jumping vegetables" is to focus on the big color, momentum and overall artistic effect, the actors are as few as 40 people, or up to thousands of people. Stage jumping vegetables" according to the performance of the different steps set, usually divided into the black Yi "jumping vegetables", black Yi "jumping vegetables", and the black Yi "jumping vegetables" and white Yi "jumping vegetables", and the white Yi "jumping vegetables", and the white Yi "jumping vegetables", and the white Yi "jumping vegetables", and the white Yi "jumping vegetables", and the white Yi "jumping vegetables". "Jumping Vegetables" is usually divided into three kinds. The black Yi jumping vegetables of the Wuliang Mountain system is located in the northwest of Nanjian County, including Xiaowan East Township, Bixi, Gonglang, Leqiu, and Congcui 5 townships, due to the region's mountain ranges in the same direction, the water system even the source of the close interactions within the community, resulting in the "Jumping Vegetables" in the formation of their own unique style in this region. There are ten kinds of "jumping vegetables" routines: there are "magpie squatting nest" and "fly rubbing feet" which are imitative combinations; and there are "stepping steps" and "two turns and two revolutions" which are purely expressing emotions. Two Turns and Two Revolutions", "Two Turns and Two Revolutions with Jumping Steps", "Three Turns and Three Revolutions", "Retreat Song", "Half Turns and Half Revolutions with Stepping Steps ", "One Step Turning", "Hopping Feet" and other combinations; a set of combinations with the lead dance of the reed-sheng player, as well as "Turning Back to Toast" and "Gong Gong" when the feelings of the reed-sheng player change drastically in the course of the lead dance. "The Ram Fighting", "The Crane Standing on the Tip of a Pine", "The Short Man Exploring the Water", "The Turtle Dove Looking for a Companion There are 8 special movements such as "ram fighting", "crane standing on the tip of a pine", "dwarf exploring water", "turtledove looking for a companion", "magpie squatting in a nest", "crazy monkey looking for a relative", "fly rubbing its feet" and so on. The Black Yi "Jumping Vegetables" is located in the southeastern part of Nanjian County, including part of Wuliang Township and Baohua Township. The "jumping vegetables" of this mountain system consists of "saving songs", "four-step walking style" and "six-step walking style", "six-step trembling type", "board bridge flip", "half-flip", "three-flip", "Full Flip", "Zheng Xi Song", "Three Stomping Feet" and other 10 kinds of dances that express emotions are combined. The White Yi Jumping Vegetable of Hongxing Village, Wuliang Township, is a self-contained dance within the same ethnic group, forming a unique category, which consists of "Crow Song", "Zhengxi Song" and "Golide" respectively, "Straight Song", "Bent Foot Song" and so on, among which "Crow Song" and "Zhengxi Song" are the most distinctive ones. Among them, "Crow Song" and "Zhengxi Song" are the most popular. The "Crow Song" is a mimic dance that imitates the form of a crow (crow) jumping on the ground when it is searching for food; the "Zhengxi Song", also known as the "Sweeping Feet Song", is a dance performed during the joyous events of the "Dancing Cuisine". It is a kind of routine which can attract people to win and stimulate their feelings when they dance as the closing ceremony of "Jumping Vegetables".
Originally from the primitive matriarchal society, prevalent in the Tang Dynasty folk "Nanjian jumping vegetables" (holding plate dance) constitutes the source of Nanjian national culture, its far-reaching influence, let a person unforgettable two acts:
A scene is a measure of the township of Abizhuang as a typical "Banquet Jumping Vegetables," the village of "Jumping vegetables" since the founding of the country, every village wedding, funeral, building new houses and birthday wishes for the elderly, are to be held at the banquet on the traditional "jumping vegetables" ceremony: when the three gongs and drums sounded, people are waiting for the jumping vegetables masters shine, his head, hands, each filled with 8 bowls of vegetables of the three trays, stepping on the oboe beat, twisting the waist, suddenly fast, suddenly slow, suddenly left, suddenly right, jumping forward, the expression is also harmonious, teasing the guests full of forward and backward, laughter, which is both dance and acrobatic performances, to the Yi folks in eight villages in ten miles to get together in a piece of rubbing a bunch of the crowd of folks in the enjoyment of the 8 bowls before enjoying the "jumping vegetables! "This national spiritual meal ......
Another scene was in December 2000 to participate in the 10th National "Group Star Award" won the bronze medal of the square dance program, the program is divided into The program is divided into three chapters: "Yi Township Songs, Streams and Streams", which combines the traditional "jumping vegetables" and "playing songs", and is performed by 50 performers in turn. 10 big brass brass were performed by 10 dolls dressed in tiger-skin costumes played; 20 Yi men dressed in black goat cloaks danced a 16-step "beat song" dance to the melody of the "Yi Dagger Dance", and then formed four tables of sumptuous "plum blossom" feasts, hiding in the "Plum Blossom" courtyard. After that, they formed four tables of sumptuous "plum blossom" banquet, and 20 women hiding under the big round table seemed like "egrets going out to the sea", blowing the reed-sheng out one after another. In the course of the performance, the Yi language and Yi tune, the sound of copper horn, suona, reed-sheng sound, the sound of a wave of copper, not only full of Yi men swallowing mountains and rivers, the momentum of the mountains and seas, but also demonstrated the women's feminine beauty of the charm, simple and vivid, rigid and soft, funny and interesting, the formation of the " soil and beauty" of the art of the highlights, people will be able to taste the memories of the past.
The Dutch friend Mr. Brom watched the "Nanjian jumping vegetables" program praised: "I entered the primitive forest of Nanjian, as if entering the utopia of the new island, dreaming of the Holy Land; to the Yi township view 'jumping vegetables dance', my chest reached the highest and most beautiful realm, the mind has been purified by the bath after the satisfaction! "