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The Historical Origin of Miao Golden Rooster Dance
In the historical process of migration, it was the beautiful golden pheasant that helped the ancestors find the last place to settle down, and it was also she who brought the seeds of rice and created happy flying songs for the ancestors. After the Miao ancestors settled in Danzhai County, they cultivated fields and hunted to satisfy their hunger. Because the golden pheasant helped them get millet seeds and helped them survive the famine, it became their lucky star. Every year, Miao compatriots living in the above-mentioned places hold grand blowing sheng Moon Jumping activities in grand festivals, beating gongs and drums, jumping golden pheasants and flying bullfights to commemorate their ancestors and beautiful golden pheasants that bring them freedom, peace and joy.

In this way, year after year, handed down from generation to generation, passed down to this day. In daily life, Miao compatriots, especially female compatriots, in addition to work, in their spare time, they will carefully embroider various Hua Niaowen patterns with various colored threads, sew bird clothes, weave ribbons, embroider shoes and prepare silver ornaments. On festive occasions, especially at the Lusheng party, I saw women towering into the sky, wearing golden rooster and silver ornaments on their heads, short embroidered dresses with cardigans on their upper bodies, and short pleated skirts embroidered on their lower bodies (some are colored embroidered short pleated skirts and some are embroidered pleated long skirts). The front and back of the skirt are tied with a rectangular flower waist, the back waist is tied with various hand-woven flower ribbons, a silver collar is tied around the neck, and silver bracelets are worn on the hands and feet. When dancing Lusheng dance, with the rhythm of Lusheng melody, the golden rooster on the woman's head is eager to fly, the silver horn crown is shaking bit by bit, the flowers on her legs are flashing, and the white feathers at the foot of the pleated skirt are flying, which looks like the golden rooster spreading its wings and dancing, just like the partridge dance recorded in ancient times. Therefore, people call it "Golden Rooster Dance".