Traditional folk dance was regarded as a bad fashion and vulgar custom by feudal rulers in past dynasties, calling it "Zhang Yaofeng" and "must be cut off as soon as possible", which caused some folk dances to be lost. Such as wedding dance, flower begging dance, herding sheep dance, tiger and sheep dance, loach dance and maid dance of Zhuang nationality; Wang Pan dance of Yao nationality; The "Turtledove Dance" of the Han nationality. 1956 Houxian county and township held cultural performances for many times, excavating Zhuang's "Bronze Drum Dance" and so on. , and after finishing processing, respectively, won the region, the autonomous region people's literary performance award.

Bronze drum dance

Tonggu is a precious musical instrument of the Zhuang and Yao nationalities in Donglan. Zhuang bronze drum dance is popular in Datong and Sihe townships, and it is mostly held on Chinese New Year and wedding day. Whether it comes from labor, sacrifice, entertainment or etiquette, there are different opinions. From the form of dance performance, it is closely related to entertainment. Most of the bronze drums handed down to the early days of liberation were performed by seven people, four of whom played four bronze drums, 1 played cowhide drums as accompaniment, 1 danced rain hats or dustpans, and 1 played bamboo tubes. The bronze drums dance silently. 1956, the county cultural department and library processed and arranged the bronze drums, adding four actresses to celebrate the bumper harvest, including sowing seeds, climbing mountains and mountains, driving birds and shooting animals, harvesting rice and so on. And hang a bronze drum instead of sitting on it, with the words "Celebrate the Harvest" on it. 1970, the county literary and art team adapted the bronze drum dance, endowed it with revolutionary historical content to celebrate the establishment of the Soviet government, sang and danced, showed the gratifying atmosphere of the birth of the workers, peasants and soldiers regime, and won the excellent program award for regional literary performances. 1980 Datong Township Cultural Station organized farmers to perform bronze drums to restore their original appearance, and participated in local people's cultural performances and won prizes. After the bronze drum dance was introduced to this county in Song Dynasty, people regarded it as a "treasure" and an "artifact". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of bronze drums were brought into the county from Hongshui River, and foreign bronze drum craftsmen also went to Tongqiao 'ao and Ganneng 'ao on both sides of Hongshui River in the Yangtze River to cast bronze drums. So almost every village along the Hongshui River has bronze drums. On holidays, weddings, funerals and weddings, we must play bronze drums to express our sorrows and sorrows. Especially during the Spring Festival, to celebrate the "Frog Women's Day", bronze drums are ringing everywhere along the Hongshui River. In the early days of liberation, there were thousands of folk bronze drums in the county. Villages and clans without bronze drums are regarded as "cold villages and cold homes". 1958, the iron and steel project was launched, and the bronze drums were confiscated, smashed into "rotten copper" and sent to the factory. Yanglan Township was smashed to more than 200 faces a day. The county materials bureau shipped seven trucks of "rotten copper" overnight. During the Cultural Revolution, it was confiscated, and the precious cultural relics bronze drums suffered heavy losses.

Langlang dance

Also known as Bangbang Dance, it is mainly popular in Banlong, Tangsan, Raj in Changjiang Township, Dawen and Siyou in Dongyuan Town. Using long and short sticks to strike each other from end to end, making sounds with different rhythms, which shows the joy of farmers. The performers are all men, ranging from three to four to eight. Everyone holds a 4-foot or 8-foot hard stick and surrounds a mat. Hit the board first, then hit the stick and make a sound. There are two people fighting each other, three people fighting each other, and many people fighting each other. The change and termination of the beating rhythm are accompanied by the commander shouting the password, accompanied by leather drums, bronze drums or gongs and cymbals, which add rich and magnificent effects to the beating sound and are full of strong life breath. Lang Lang Dance in Ban Long Village, Changjiang Township. 1980 participated in the regional mass cultural performance, which was well received. Every year during the festival, the village will stage a few days and nights of pong dance.

Monkey drum dance

This dance is popular in Bunuyao Village, Sanhe Village, Sannong Township. Legend has it that the ancestors of the Yao family once brought monkeys home in triumph to show their joy. The instruments used are two bronze drums and a cowhide drum. Female drum with female drum, male drum main dance. They imitate the agility and humor of monkeys with changeable drums and dexterous movements, and show the life breath of Yaoshan. Monkey encouraged 1957 to participate in the county mass cultural performance and won the prize. 1980 participated in the autonomous region amateur art performance and won the third prize of excellent program. Wei Huchen cemetery site

Located in Nala Village, Taiping Township, it is about six acres wide. In the original cemetery, there were two inscriptions on the watches of Ming emperors. There are stone pillars and stone fences in front of the cemetery, and there are two stone carvings in front of it. Samurai guards the cemetery with swords, about 30 meters away from Shimen, which is Wei Huchen's tomb. The mausoleum is built by hundreds of beautifully carved stone strips with different patterns. There are nearly 100 stone lions, stone forests, Shi Niu, stone horses, stone pigs, stone birds and stone men on both sides of the tombstone, which are vivid in image. It was destroyed in the "Cultural Revolution". Today, there are only a dozen or dozens of stone strips engraved with various patterns such as stone lions, pigs, horses, unicorns and warriors.

Yishou bridge

Located at the foot of Maanshan, the county seat, it is one of the older stone arch bridges in Guangxi. Across the Jiuqu River, it is a three-arch stone bridge. In the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1578), Wei Yinglong, the toast of East Lanzhou, raised money for his mother Jin's 60th birthday. In 29 years, it was bombed by Japanese planes. 1954 restoration of the people's government.

Maanshan Pan Ying

Also known as Zuoyingpan Mountain, together with Batuoling Yingpan, Jiazhi County and Shibi on the right, it was the green camp in Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty. Today, the ruins and the main road leading from the stone steps on the mountainside to Yingpanling still exist.

Hutoushan tunnel

Located in the middle of Hutou Mountain in the county seat, the ancients inscribed the word "Yilan Mountain" on the cliff. There was an iron stove at the original intersection with two wheels under it. When I went in, I put a charcoal fire in the kitchen, pushing the snake first. This road is divided into three roads, one in Xiannv Rock, one in Meng and one in the county seat. The site was built in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty and still exists today.

Department of appeasement

Located in Latun, Geng Le Village, Datong Township, it was built in the Song Chongning period and was ruled by Wen Lan. The existing ruins of the city wall, the back stone cattle, the stone arch bridge and the watchtower still exist.

Tuzhizhou department

Located in Jiuzhoutun, Xu Shang Village, Wuzhuan Town, it was built by recruiting twelve-whistle migrant workers from all over the state during Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. Now only the city site is left, and the moat, column ridge, mashi, fish pond, well and old state falling road developed in Hongwu period can lead to seven Guan Qiao.

Suxian ancient coffin rock

Located on the cliff of Suxian Mountain on the east bank of Hongshui River in Yongmo Village, Datong Township, the entrance of the cave is nearly 100 meters away from the river. It is difficult to climb up and down, and it is difficult to get into the rock until it is entangled in the bridge. In the early 1950s, there were more than 65,438+000 coffins of different sizes in caves. Some are piled on the ground, some are inserted in crevices and some are inserted in stone walls. They are made of wood and there are bones in the coffin. One of them left a braid more than 4 feet long. Some coffins are filled with white earth cloth, and most coffins are pine and cypress, which are often used by carpenters to process buckets and wooden pots for sale. 1974 Sutuo Village Brick Factory pushed the coffin down the cliff to burn tiles. There are only scattered bones and some coffin plates in this rock. The origin of this rock coffin is unknown, and there is no historical data to verify it.

Jiuzhou tunnel

Jiuzhoutun, located in Shangwei Village, Wuzhuan Town, went to the foot of Lajiu Mountain and was excavated during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. The tunnel project is extremely huge, about 2 miles long and 4.5 feet wide, that is, 2.3 feet; It is made of stone arches to prevent collapse; The lower part is paved with stones, and there is a stone platform every ten feet in the cave, on which lights are set to burn and walk. There are four or five bifurcated tunnels, most of which are the same. Every turning point has a closed door. When I first entered, I often got lost. This tunnel still exists today.