Social fire is a kind of festive entertainment for working people to celebrate the harvest and welcome the New Year. Linxia Society fire has running dragon lanterns, lion dance, Taiping drum, running dry boats, stilts, etc., the dance style is colorful, the singing style is unique, the atmosphere is lively and extraordinary, and it has become a folk art that the local people like to hear. For thousands of years, on this ancient land, generation after generation has been handed down, interpreting the joy and hope of the Linxia people to sing about the new life, and the auspicious firecrackers and festive gongs and drums have been intertwined into a soaring resonance, opening the prelude to the new spring.
"Dragon Lantern" is also known as "Dragon Dance". One dragon after another follows the guidance of the hydrangea ball, the panlong cloud sea, the group of dragon play beads, the dragon palace travels, the two dragon play beads, presenting the magnificent picture of the dragon's prosperity and the majestic momentum of the dragon roaring for nine days, the imposing lineup, in the magnificent gong and drum sound, the jubilant xianglong twists and turns up and down, dancing out of the joy of the New Year.
Gongs and drums are noisy and singing, and male lions dance wildly to send auspiciousness. The lion dance team is strong and powerful, brave and fierce, and has a changeable appearance. Lead lion lang samurai costume, holding a rotating hydrangea ball, accompanied by a gong and drum, teasing the lion. Under the guidance of the "Lion Lang", the lion performs skills such as tumbling, falling, jumping, ascending, and worshipping. The lion dance team goes up to the high stage, the lion pounces, falls, flips, rolls, jumps, tickles, vividly and vividly shows the emotions of happiness, happiness, blinking, smiling, lightly swinging head, light jumping and turning, as well as anger and anger, angry eyes, opening mouths and roaring, and shaking lion heads. Lion plum blossom pile performance, accompanied by light and joyful drums, such as walking on the ground, jumping, turning, soaring, fluttering and other actions are unique, thrilling, dangerous, showing the majesty of the king of the hundred beasts, hoping for life auspicious and satisfactory, breathtaking.
The dragon leaped to send blessings, and the gongs and drums were beaten cheerfully. The mighty gong and drum team, the drum sound is like thunder, the cymbal sound is crisp, the gong is sounding boring, the mighty wind is majestic, the qi rush bullfighting, the eight-sided mighty wind!
The lanterns shine brightly, and the flower boats sing triumphant songs one by one. The handsome girl running the dry boat was guided by gong Gong, taking a light lotus step, swinging up and down on the bow of the boat, stepping on the waves, sometimes traveling like water, sometimes undulating, sometimes panicking, sometimes leaning on the hull. The old man untied the cable to punch the boat, pulled the pants and sleeves, lifted and pushed, stripped and plugged the leaks, forced to eliminate the danger, turned the danger into a disaster, the performance action is rich and changeable, the starting and turning is compact and natural, funny and humorous, and interesting.
Wooden legs are short of street trees, and the sleeves of the robe dance are on stilts. Stilt performance, holding props, such as walking on the ground, accompanied by percussion instruments and blowing instruments, dancing on stilts with both feet, or flipping, rolling, falling, hitting, turning, exquisite skills.
A hammer shook the taiping, and the thunder rushed to the white clouds. Taiping drum is also known as "drum drum". The lineup is majestic, the flag is commanded, the gongs and cymbals are beating, the drums are flying, the momentum is magnificent, the spring thunder is rolling, just like the eagle striking the long sky, the thunder and thunder, the two armies fighting, the three yangs opening the Tai, the four gates are encircled, the ten sides are ambushed, and the ten thousand horses are galloping, hoping that the Taiping prosperous world will be smooth and the wind and rain will be smooth, and the policy will return to the heart of the country and the people.
The rhythm of the community fire is cheerful, the scene of red and red fire, the rich dance vocabulary, the interesting posture, the flexible and lively performance style, play the good wishes of the people of Linxia for a happy life, sing the beautiful and splendid poetry scrolls of the yellow land, and show the new fashion of political communication and people, guotai and people's security, auspicious and festive, and living and working in peace and contentment.
Photography/Design: Ma Qingxian
Editor-in-charge: Zhang Xudong, Han Shuhua, Ma Qingxian
Review: Zhu Lin Liao Weiyi Pu Jingjing Sha Teng
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