Meat Lianrong does not belong to the qu art. Meat Training is a unique dance of the Lichuan Tujia ethnic group in Hubei province, which is similar to the traditional folk dance "Playing Lianxiang". Because of the similarity between the movement and the traditional folk dance "playing Lotus Xiang", it used to be called "Meat Lotus Xiang", which is one of the three best things about Lichuan's national culture.
Characteristics of Meat Lianxiang
The dance is performed to the tune of folk songs and dances, with the hands slapping the forehead, shoulders, face, arms, elbows, waist, legs and other parts of the body to make rhythmic sounds. Because the dance is characterized by the sound made by the touch of flesh, it is customary to call it "meat even ringing". Meat Lien Rang fully demonstrates the rough, bold, open-minded and enthusiastic character of the Tujia people, coupled with the dance movements are witty, bright, and popular among the masses.
"Meat Lien Rang" is simple in form, no props, not bound by the occasion, and strong and healthy, very easy to popularize, the masses often used to entertain themselves, exercise, loved by the masses, was selected into the Enshi Autonomous Prefecture Square Dance "Qingjiang Dance", popularized and promoted throughout the state.
In 2008, it was announced by the State Council as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Tujia "meat even ringing", with the excellent folk song "Longboat tune", folk music "Lichuan Xiaoqu", known as the Lichuan national culture "three great".