The golden dragon welcomes the return of spring with its head held high, and the rui qi is new. Nanning's dragon dance culture is unique and has a strong national color.
Qingxiu District banana incense fire dragon
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Qingxiu District Basho Incense Fire Dragon Dance (file photo)
Photo by Liu Zengxuan
Zhuang banana incense fire dragon is a traditional folk custom of Zhuang nationality, mainly spread in Qingxiu District, Yongning District, Xingning District, Liangqing District of Nanning City, as well as Qinzhou City and other places, especially the Zhuang banana incense fire dragon custom of Changtang Town, Qingxiu District, Nanning City is the most representative.
Qingxiu District Basho Incense Fire Dragon Dance It originates from the Zhuang Shigong dance, with the Shigong unicorn dance steps and Jiugang dance steps as the form of expression, its dance rhythm is beautiful, the dance vocabulary is rich, the movement rhythm is distinct, and then evolved into a unique dance form with strong national color.
The plantain incense fire dragon was originally made relatively simple, the whole dragon was just a plantain rod, the dragon head was the plantain root, the dragon tail was the plantain leaf, and then the incense was inserted. Later, the plantain dragon gradually developed into a nine-section dragon, taking the meaning of the dragon flying for nine days. Each section is woven with bamboo, tied with plantain rope, connected into one, decorated with plantain shells, tied with banana leaves, and lit incense on the dragon's head and dragon body—this is a new and unique shining plantain dragon.
Before the start of the dragon dance, the altar should be set up to invite the saints, and the dragon eyes will be consecrated by the master and the princess. After that, the master brought the offerings and waited until the Yongjiang River to hold a ceremony to welcome the dragon. After the consecration, the dragon dance begins, and the house-to-house parade is prayed.
The main procedures of the Zhuang banana incense fire dragon dance include waking the dragon, accepting the ceremony, dragon patrol, sowing rain, removing harm, spreading blessings, intercourse, dancing music, Xie Long, etc., to express people's gratitude to the dragon and pray for the dragon to bless the wind and rain and the abundant harvest.
In addition to the first month of the lunar calendar every year, the Zhuang banana incense fire dragon also occupies an important position in the Zhuang second dragon raising festival in February and the three songs festival in March, thus constituting a unique cultural activity space of the Zhuang banana incense fire dragon.
In 2010, the Zhuang Banana Incense Fire Dragon Dance was included in the representative list of intangible cultural heritage at the autonomous region level. In 2012, Qingxiu District was named "the hometown of Chinese banana incense fire dragon" by the China Folk Literature and Art Association.
That Ma Long Lion
A majestic dragon and lion
Dragon lion refers to the dragon and the lion. The lion, in the minds of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, is a beast, symbolizing auspiciousness, so in the lion dance activities, it is endowed with the function of eliminating disasters and harms for the people, seeking good fortune, and bringing people good wishes. "Dragon Dance" contains "the wind and rain are smooth to the country and the people", and the original meaning of "praying for the New Year". The ancients believed that the dragon was the master of the ocean, with infinite power, and the ocean was the main water, so the dragon naturally became the rain god of crops. People regard food as their heaven, and grain is the foundation of life, which indirectly manipulates human life. Therefore, the importance of the dragon can be imagined, and it is natural that it was worshiped as a "divine object" and "auspicious object" by the ancients in the celebration and sacrifice.
When the horse lion performs, the gongs and drums are beaten, and the lion dancers first play a burst of southern boxing, called "opening the pile", and then the two play a lion to dance, and the other wears a smiling face "big-headed Buddha", holding a big sunflower fan to lead the lion to the stage. The movements of the lion dancers are mainly based on the southern fist horse steps, and the lion movements include "opening the eyes", "washing the beard", "licking the body", "shaking the hair" and so on. The main routines are "picking green", "drinking water on the high platform", "lion spitting ball", "stepping on plum blossom piles" and so on.
The dragon of Nama is 18 meters long from the dragon's head to the dragon's tail, and a total of 10 people need to dance the dragon. There are nine sets of ten styles of dragon dance, the dragon dance is integrated into the martial arts of the frame, turn over the dance, strong and vigorous, the whole dance is divided into nine sets of ten styles, that is, the entrance ceremony, the color dragon play ball, the open frame type, the head and tail jump, the head and tail dive jump, the left and right belly turn, the single and double belly turn, the overall belly turn, the retreat of the dragon to lure the dragon, etc., the dragon dance process is dazzling, very spectacular.
Since there is the Nama Dragon and Lion Dance, the gongs and drums here all year round are continuous, and during the New Year's Festival, the Dragon and Lion Team will go to the streets to collect green and tour, and the Nama Dragon and Lion Dance has become one of the indispensable festive activities of the people. Today, although the dragon and lion dance has gone through more than 300 years, it has long been deeply rooted in the folk and popular because it carries people's good wishes, contains profound cultural connotation and the function of strengthening the body, and bursts out with vitality in the new historical period.
Nama Dragon Lion on Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival "Greentown Getai"
Women's Dragon Dance Team
Nama Dragon Lion is an excellent folk traditional culture in Guangxi Zhuang area, and is a remnant of Zhuang folk culture in the ancient Zhuang area. The integration of the Nama dragon lion into the celebration and harvest, peace and auspiciousness, its excavation, rescue and protection, to understand the local ethnic festival culture and social life, enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses will be of great significance.
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