Introduction to the brown fan dance culture of the Hani people

The brown fan dance in the Hani culture is a dance when the Hani people sacrifice totems. Made of palm trees and bamboo sheds, fans imitate the animal totem movements they worship, which is simple and elegant. That kind of dancing scene is graceful, giving people the feeling of dancing with nature and yearning for natural pastoral life. The quiet village race, accompanied by this dance and music, suddenly feels alive.

Brown fan dance is the core of Hani culture. In order to pass on this magical national dance, it has been adapted to form three new versions: primary school students' recess exercises to show students' liveliness; Middle school students exercise between classes to show the vitality of young people; Adult brown fan dance shows the wildness of adults.

Myth: Brown Fan Dance of Hani nationality

Brown Fan Dance is a traditional dance spread among Hani people in Yangjie Township and Nanuo Township. According to teacher Ni Weishun, a researcher of brown fan dance, brown fan dance was used in funeral activities in the early days, and every movement was symbolic. Men imitated animals or birds, and women held brown fans to imitate the movements of silver pheasants, dancing separately to show their respect and nostalgia for the dead. With the passage of time, brown fan dance has entered daily life, and Hani people also dance brown fan dance during holidays and slack seasons.

Brown fan dance is the oldest artistic and cultural form, which was produced by Hani people in the long history of nomadic migration and hunting and gathering, and consolidated and developed through funeral and sacrificial activities. It is an important part of Hani folk traditional culture in Yuanjiang County, and it has always blended with Hani folk habits, combined with each other and passed down to this day. It is an important carrier and inheritance form of Hani traditional culture.

in recent years, with the attention of the party and the state to the Hani folk traditional culture, the Hani brown fan dance in Yuanjiang county was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection list in Yunnan province in September 27.

Brown fan dance contains the historical view, moral view, values and way of thinking of Hani people, and has high research value in ethnology, folklore, sociology, religion and other fields. The brown fan dance of Hani nationality embodies the characteristics of deep, simple, flexible and rough, which is the concentrated expression of Hani folk culture and art in many cultural levels.

Among them, the deep and restrained style and color show the indomitable spirit of the Hani people and the qualities of hard work, simplicity and hard work, while the rugged and heroic features are an important manifestation of this nation's spiritual will. The more national it is, the more world it is. The brown fan dance of the Hani people is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Hani people and should also be a cultural heritage enjoyed by human beings.

nowadays, with the care and support of many literary and art workers and governments at all levels, brown fan dance has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has gradually evolved into a tourism development project integrating ethnic customs, scenery and song and dance performances. It has not only become the main manifestation of Hani people's inner character and self-pursuit, but also an important means for Hani people to communicate with the outside world.

Today, with the inheritance of national traditional culture and the building of a harmonious society, brown fan dance is becoming more and more prosperous in the whole nation. It is not only the carrier of Hani traditional culture, but also the crystallization of Hani national culture and wisdom for thousands of years. Therefore, the protection, inheritance and development of brown fan dance is of great value for carrying forward the excellent traditional culture of Hani nationality, enhancing national cohesion and creativity, and promoting social harmony in Hani nationality areas. ;