Basic Knowledge of Korean Folk Dance
The Korean folk dance has been passed down in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province, China, and the Korean settlements in Heilongjiang and Liaoning Provinces. The Korean people are an ancient people engaged in paddy field cultivation, and their folk dances are characterized by agricultural work. They were formed on the basis of the traditional agricultural culture of the three Koreas and the Korean Peninsula, and were later nurtured into dances characterized by elegance and subtlety in the specific environment of Northeastern China. Korean dance movements are mostly improvisational. It is characterized by a large amplitude, and the performer's inner emotion is in harmony with the movement, and it is long in expressing the dashing and joyful emotion. The accompanying music is melodious and rhythmic. The main forms of Korean dance are the Nongle Dance, the Mask Dance, the Sword Dance, the Long Drum Dance, the Bian Drum Dance, the Fan Dance, the Beat Dance, and so on.
The Korean people have always been known for their ability to sing and dance, and have been called the nation of song and dance. the nation of song and dance.
The folk dance of the Korean people is characterized by beautiful, delicate, soft and long rhythm, and the dance steps in the movement are like the light and elegant white crane. Among the famous folk dances are the "Nongle Dance" which celebrates the harvest, the "Long Encouragement Dance" which carries a long drum and represents the essence of Korean folk dance art, and the "Monk Dance" which represents the essence of Korean folk dance art. In addition, folk dances such as Mask Dance, Sword Dance, Water Dance, Fan Dance, Crane Dance, and Jima Dance have also been widely spread.
The Korean people's long tradition of art in the present and contemporary has been further developed. 1959 has set up the China Music and Dance Association of the Yanbian branch. The famous Yanbian Song and Dance Troupe has a history of about 50 years, and they have created and performed a large number of national songs and dances, which are generally loved by Chinese and foreigners. The Yanbian Disabled Art Troupe, established in the early 1980s, has also been praised both at home and abroad for its excellent performing arts. Since the mid-1940s, the Northeast Koreans have set up the Northeast Emerging Art Association, Harbin Korean Art Museum, Mudanjiang City Korean Art Museum, etc., which is responsible for the organization and management of local Korean cultural and art activities, and actively promotes the development of Korean cultural undertakings.
Dance theory research has also made some progress. 1982 Yanbian People's Publishing House has published a dance monograph in Korean, "Long Encouragement" (written by Li Lushun), "Dance of the Top Water" (written by Li Renshuk), to promote the theoretical study of Korean folk dance.
The Korean people have a long and beautiful tradition of national culture and art, especially the ability to sing and dance, festivals or after labor, like to express their feelings with song and dance. When there is a happy event in the family, they sing and dance, forming an interesting family song and dance party. Family song and dance party. Gajeol playing and singing, water dance, fan dance, long drum dance, and agricultural music dance are all the favorite traditional songs and dances.
The Korean dance is beautiful and elegant, its dance or soft and elegant, such as the crane wings, such as willow branches brush the water; or just strong rock, lively and elegant, reflecting the bright and exciting and delicate euphemisms, subtle and deep national character.
Nongle Dance: the longest dance of the Korean people showing the content of farming life, which originated from the ancient rituals and hunting activities, and then developed into a self-indulgent form of dance in the agricultural labor. Nongle Dance is divided into two kinds of plot performance and skill performance. Its performance team, all by holding a small gong dancers command, the general team consists of 29 people, the pilot holding? The leader holds a flag. or? Farmer's Flag? behind the band and play a variety of characters, including suona, peace kettle, on the sword, vice sword, from the sword, the head drums, drums without staff, the first drum, vice drums, the first drum, vice drums, and officials, hunters, deacons, farmers crone, false women, dancing children. In the dance? Elephant Hat (wearing a kind of hat) is a unique performance, the dancer wears a special hat with two bands tied to the head, while playing the snare drum and turning the bands to dance, and at the same time, the dance performance will lead to a climax. The music accompanying the Nongle Dance is composed of 12 tunes, and the music is cheerful and warm, and the dance is fun and lively.
Witch Dance: It has played an important role in promoting the emergence and development of the Korean national dance. In the witch dance, there are? The dance of the gods? Invitation Dance? and the "Sending God Dance" (送神舞). Sending off the gods? The "Sacrifice Dance," "The Sacrifice Dance"? Entertainment Dance? "The Dance of Entertainment," "The Dance of Entertainment"? Dance for the Ghosts etc. The Witch Dance is also divided into Séance? and the "Hereditary Dance". Hereditary Dance? Two categories, there are a variety of performance forms, such as, paper money dance, Excalibur dance, flower dance, fan dance, bell dance and so on.
Long drum dance: Korean folk dance. Passed down in the Korean people, has a long history, in the Dunhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386 ~ 534 AD) mural, there has been similar to the long drum drumming drumming music map. The long drum dance originated from the personal performance in the agricultural music dance, the earliest male solo dance, later, the stage of the improvisation of the performance of the long drum dance on the development of a certain influence on the development of the long drum, so that the long drum dance has a male and female long drum dance, two-person long drum dance and long drum dance and other forms of group dance. The long drum is widely practiced among the Korean people. The Korean long drum is a two-sided drum, the two ends of the drum surface were high, low different, dancers with two hands at the same time hit a variety of different rhythms of the drum. Modern long drum has two striking method: one for female dancers with a drum whip (a foot long bamboo whip) and drumsticks (one end of the round thick, long about feet of mallets); a drum whip without drumsticks. The former only use the drum whip at the beginning of the slow whip beat while dancing, drum inserted in the long drum, dance to the climax, the party drew out the mallet for skill performance. The latter spring with a drum whip dancing with the music.
Fan Dance: female dance performed with a flower fan. From the ancient witch activities and folk activities in the fan show, after the development of a single fan dance, double fan dance two forms. The fan dance has different forms of holding one or two fans, and it has the rhythm, implicit but not explicit, and curvilinear rhythm unique to the Korean people. It has the characteristic rhythm, implicit but not explicit, inner emotion, curvilinear rhythm and free and easy performance. With the continuous change of the formation, the dancers can combine the fans in their hands into rich and varied patterns and shapes.
Bian drum dance: holding a flat drum performance dance. The flat drum was originally an ancient percussion instrument of the Korean people, and later developed into a male and female dancers dancing with drums tied to their chests. Bian drum dance is accompanied by exciting drums, giving people a cheerful, warm and leaping emotional feelings. The joy of harvest, the happiness of life, and the cheerfulness of modern people are all expressed by the flat drum. Bian drum dance not only expresses the delicate inner feelings of Korean women, but also expresses the bright and optimistic character traits of men.
Sword dance: also known as the sword dance, is a female dance performed with a short sword. The hilt of the short sword and the body of the sword between the movable device, the performer can be free to fling, rotate the short sword, so that it issued a regular sound, and the beautiful dance complement each other, resulting in a fighting atmosphere. The rhythm of the dance is ? The rhythm of the dance is ? Sword Dance was originally a male dance, which has been passed down for a long time and gradually evolved into a slow and elegant female dance. There are more types of it, generally a 4-person dance. There is also a juvenile sword dance handed down by wandering artists, whose style resembles martial arts and is combative. The music of the sword dance is basically based on? Ringing the bell? rhythmic tunes throughout, and harmonized with the sound of the sword. [4]
The Dai dance is an ancient folk dance of the Dai people, and it is also the favorite dance of the Dai people. Popular in the entire Dai area, Ruili County and Gengma County, Meng Ding's peacock dance as a representative, and there are a lot of peacock dance for a living of professional artists, they imitate the peacock: running down the mountain, walking through the forest, drinking spring water, chasing and playing, dragging the wings, shaking the wings, spreading the wings, boarding the branch, resting on the branch, open the screen, flying? etc. Dancing out of the colorful dance movements and rich in sculptural dance shape. Their dance has a strict program and requirements, a fixed step and position, and even each action has a fixed drum accompaniment.
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