recently
It is sponsored by the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Provincial People's Religious Committee
Undertaken by the Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center
The results of the 12th National Folk Song and Dance "Online Cloud Exhibition" were announced
Asan County's selected program "Tiger Face Dance"
Bronze Award for Traditional Dance
Tiger Face Dance

"Tiger Face Dance" expressed
The Yi people advocate the concept of animism
The tiger is the patron saint of the Yi people
According to legend, the ancestors of the Yi people wore tiger skins
Wearing a mask and holding a spear
Defend against foreign invasion
Posterity on the day of the festival
Dance the joyful "Tiger Face Dance"
In honor of ancestors
Pray for smooth winds and rains, abundant grain, and prosperity for people and animals
Express people's reverence for nature
And live in harmony with nature
Dance continues folk and authenticity
On the basis of not harming the original form and expression
Make some arrangements
Strengthen and highlight the cultural connotation of intangible cultural heritage projects
Bi Xiaofang, deputy head of the Mass Culture Task Force in Asan County, said: "The dance is mainly about the totems and symbols most worshipped by the Yi people, and the dance integrates three elements: tiger, noodle culture, and martial arts culture, and the dance mainly expresses biodiversity, the state of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and prays for the next year's smooth wind and rain, abundant grain, and prosperity of people and animals." ”
This song and dance exhibition provides a platform for yunnan prefectures and cities to inherit and carry forward excellent traditional ethnic cultures and display the achievements of intangible cultural heritage protection, where various types of excellent traditional ethnic cultures are exchanged and collided, bringing a brilliant and colorful cultural feast.
It is reported
The dancers selected this time are all from rural areas
It is a yi literary and artistic team formed by spontaneous organization
After a month of hard training
Won the 12th National Folk Song and Dance Exhibition in Yunnan Province
Bronze Award for Traditional Dance
"Tiger Face Dance" won the award
It also inspired literary and artistic workers in Asan County
Passion for the discovery and promotion of traditional culture
Source: Ecological Charm Asan
Author: Guo Xiaojun Li Kaicai
Editor: Chen Huiji
Review: Xu Fengxiang