Lions dance with it, dragons fly into the countryside

When it comes to dancing, among ethnic minorities, it is a master. Han Chinese people usually don't dance much. But during the New Year's Festival, there are still many people who dance.

Speaking of the dances danced by the Han Chinese, the most memories I remember are the lion danceS that I saw at my grandmother's house when I was a child.

Grandma's house, near the foot of Tianmu Mountain. The people there are industrious and pragmatic, so the same rural life, the days are richer.

Every New Year's Festival, someone will invite a lion dance team to the door of the house to help add color, so it is not lively. We children followed the lion dance team every step of the way, looking left and right, running before and after running, feeling new and exciting.

The lion dance in this village is not attended by many people. Mainly two big and small guys, it looks like a kong wu powerful look. Wearing golden bloomer pants, a golden yellow cardigan, a red silk belt tied around the waist, and a towel tied around his head, the whole person looks very energetic.

I saw a young man supporting the lion's head with his hand and guiding the lion to dance with it. The other exaggeratedly teased the lion, jumping back and forth, swinging from side to side, dancing up and down. In the back, someone cooperated, holding the lion's body and dancing with it.

After a while, the two lions cooperated properly, flying left and dancing right, looking like a dragon and a tiger, which was very popular. The decorations on the lions are also brightly colored, and the clothes of the lion dancers are mutually supportive, making the farm yard colorful and adding a lot of joy.

In the eyes of our children, the two lions are tuned to bow their heads and ears, sweeping away the inviolable dignity in front of the mansion, simple and happy!

I once took it for granted that the reason why the folk have danced the lion dance is that the people do not like the lion to always crouch in front of the door of the rich and noble family's mansion, showing a solipsistic appearance.

Folk have high people, there are outstanding artists, they let the image of the mighty lion, controlled by ordinary people, dance to the extreme, dance is very imaginative, the lion is no longer the gatekeeper god of the rich and the noble.

The folk lion dance has accumulated continuous experience and has two main ways of expression. First the text, then the weapon, the climax at the end.

First of all, the Wen lion danced, showing the gentle demeanor of the lion, shaking his fists, licking his tongue, rolling, shaking his hair, stretching his legs, etc., looking a little naughty and cute and cute. Then the warrior lion came into battle, and the warrior-like lion dance showed the bravery of the lion, or jumped to the top, or took off into the air and turned to fall. Imagine the bravery of a lion when it hunts on the prairie.

According to my opinion, the appeal of the lion dance has greatly promoted the redevelopment of folk dance art and greatly expanded people's imagination. In the countryside, there are often local dragon dance performances, which are a good example.

I once watched a straw dragon performance in a certain village, and it was quite brilliant! I really admire the wisdom of the villagers, using the simplest straw, tying out one section after another, connecting the end and the end, and cleverly conceiving to connect a long dragon.

In the harvest celebration season, the villagers lined up in a long line, supporting the straw dragon, united as one, dancing up and down, flying left and right. Especially when the wind blows, the straw dragon rises with the wind, the wind blows the straw, the straw waves, a distant look, a living flying dragon, beautiful, spectacular!

There is also a pedal dragon, which is also very distinctive. It is the villagers who make full use of the living utensils they have at home and decorate them with clever seconds. During the New Year, the villagers will have a bench in their hands, dance with the sonorous music, and the bench will be connected in an orderly manner during the performance, like a tough guy in a dragon, which is really unique.

There is also a flying dragon that is suitable for making bamboo wire, which is exquisite and artistic. An exquisite long dragon traveled east and west through the village, stirring up the air in the village. It is really a good scene in the world, and the farmhouse is full of vitality!

I think that the dance that life joins is the most vital art. Especially in the countryside, people's spiritual world can be enriched and colorful. Let the villagers' ingenuity be fully displayed!