Dances of the Yao people: Long Drum Dance, Bronze Drum Dance, Shigong Dance

The dance of the Yao people is closely related to hunting, farming and sacrifice. At the same time, the traditional drumming, singing and dancing of the Yao people are often integrated into one, that is, drumming, singing and dancing. There are mainly Chang drum drum, Bronze drum drum and Tao drum drum. Next, I will share with you the dances of the Yao people? Long drum dance, bronze drum dance, and Shigong dance, for appreciation only!

Chang drum drum

Yao people’s dance and hunting, Farming and worship are closely related. At the same time, the traditional drumming, singing and dancing of the Yao people are often integrated into one, that is, drumming, singing and dancing. There are mainly Chang drum drum, Bronze drum drum and Tao drum drum.

Dachang drum dance is mainly spread in Aoyao area, Shanxiang Township, Jinxiuyao, Guangxi. Da Changgu is also divided into male drum and female drum. The male drum has a thin and long waist, while the female drum has a thick and short waist. When playing, hold the mother drum horizontally in front of your chest, tap the drum head on the right end with your right hand to make a "bang" sound; hit the edge of the left end drum with a bamboo piece with your left hand to make a "bang" sound. That is, the rhythm of "bang", "bang", "bang", "bang"; the male drum is played to match the female drum. The pitch of the male drum is high, while the pitch of the female drum is low and deep. The sound range is wide and can be heard far and near. During the dance, sometimes the drums sound? Bang? Pop?, sometimes men and women sing in unison, and sometimes drumming, singing and dancing are intertwined into one, which fully expresses the artistic style of Yao drum culture.

Zhongchang drum is mainly spread in the Bapai area of ??Liannan, Guangdong. When dancing, hang the long drum diagonally on the chest, with the left end of the drum high and the right end low. The rhythm of the drum is often opposite to that of the dajang drum, that is, the beat of "papa", "bang", "papa", "bang". There are certain difficult movements in the dance. The dancers jump in the air, squat down, and shake their shoulders from side to side. There is also the accompaniment of blowing horns, beating gongs and drums. The scene is cheerful and enthusiastic, reflecting the heroic, unrestrained, strong and brave national character of the Yao people.

Xiaochang drum dance is mainly spread in the area that calls itself Mianyao. The dance movements are rich and colorful. There are 36 and 72 sets of different dance movements, which are characterized by singing and dancing. The main performances include making long drums, and also performing sacrifices. There are solo dances, couples dances or mixed dances between men and women. Dancers often keep their mouths moving, their hands moving, and their feet moving. It is accompanied by suona and gongs and drums.

Bronze Drum Dance

Bronze Drum Dance is mainly spread in the Bunu Yao area. There is no limit to the number of people who can participate. Among them, some played bronze drums, some used small wooden sticks to help create the echo of the bronze drums, some played leather drums to accompany them, and some held rain hats, constantly interspersed between the bronze drums and leather drums, fanning the wind and dancing wildly. Sometimes it soars like an eagle, sometimes it looks like a monkey climbing a branch, sometimes it turns around, sometimes it looks like a carp jumping over a dragon gate. The dance is rough and powerful, lively and lively. Bronze drum dance is a folk dance form created by the Mubing Yao people. It is a local art deeply loved by the Yao people. Yao Nu Tun, spread in Sanyao Village, Lucheng Yao Township, Tianlin County, has a history of more than 200 years and is a beautiful mountain flower in the cultural and artistic garden of the motherland.

The Bronze Drum is a treasure carried by the Mugang Yao ancestors during their migrations, and has always been regarded as a god. Every year from the second day of the first lunar month to the second day of the second lunar month, the entire village performs copper drum dances to commemorate ancestors, celebrate festivals, and pray for health and longevity, prosperity of livestock, and a good harvest. On this day, all men, women, and children in the village wear festive costumes. The elders of the clan preside over the annual "Bao Raising" ceremony. Two bronze drums, known as one male and one female, are dug out and placed on the incense table. Offer offerings. After offering sacrifices to the bronze drums, the host directed the young people in the village to hang up the three drums. The officiant should play one round first, and then others can take turns.

When the drumming begins, the movements are slow and gentle, gradually speeding up, the drumbeats are high and passionate, and finally like a strong wind and rain. The two people who beat the cowhide drum are the lead dancers. They dance while playing, sometimes playing from the front, sometimes turning around, and the copper hammers keep hitting the drum surface from behind their heads, waists, and crotches in turn, keeping the rhythm. Vivid, coordinated movements, seamless. At this time, all the men, women and children on the field also joined in the dance. There was no limit to the number of people. The scene was spectacular and lively.

The "Circle Dance" is danced first, followed by the "Spring Festival Dance" and "Pole Dance". The style is unique, the dance is graceful, charming, endlessly interesting, and refreshing. After the bronze drum is danced every year, the bronze drum is buried underground at a location that few people know. The wooden-handled Yao-bronze drum has profound ideological and distinctive artistic characteristics. Its rich content and inheritance history are rare in the garden of Chinese national literature and art. It has extensive research value in language, literature, aesthetics, music, art, etc. At present, the copper drum is in danger due to historical and other reasons. It is necessary to strive for census, archiving, research, publishing and other means, through the establishment of Mubing Yao copper drum cultural ecological village, and the establishment of Tianlin County "Mubing Yao folk literature and art vocational education class". In order to enable the survival, inheritance and development of wooden-handled Yao-bronze drums.

Shigong Dance

Shigong Dance (also known as Tao Drum Dance) is popular in Lajiayao District, Jinxiuyao Mountain, Guangxi. It consists of several dances, such as "Dragon Girl Travel Dance", "Cloud and Mist Dance", etc. Among them, the "Dragon Girl Traveling Dance" is a set of dance movements that express the content of a young girl from the Dragon King of the East China Sea who is tired of life in the Dragon Palace and dresses up, goes ashore and crosses bridges, travels to villages and villages, and establishes her own business. The dancers danced gracefully to the melodious beats of pottery drums, and performed beautifully. ;