Henan Satellite TV is on the hot search again, and this time it is famous for a special program of the Dragon Boat Festival called "Dragon Boat Festival Fantastic Tour". From the last 2021 Henan Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala dance to today's "Dragon Boat Wonderful Tour", Henan Satellite TV can be described as countless fans. This time, even Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying tweeted and praised. The underwater dance "Prayer" organically integrates Cao Zhi's "Roselle Endowment" through the Internet and scientific and technological means, so that the traditional culture of the Chinese nation has crossed history and been interpreted vividly by the conscientious dancers, presenting a realistic version of "Roselle" for the majority of young people. Rong Yao Qiu Ju, Hua Mao Chun Song ..." is no longer a distant and illusory legend.
"Roselle" danced in the water
Behind this extremely hot news, there are many traditional cultural knowledge points hidden. There are definitely many people who look at the liveliness, rub the hot spots, and casually watch the end of the matter, but have you ever thought about what is the cultural knowledge behind this dance? Today, Xiaobian specially picked out a few "cold knowledge" behind the "hot event" for everyone to list, hoping to get the resonance of history lovers.
First, the origin of the word "Roselle"
"Luoshen" was originally called "Mi Concubine", a name originally derived from a long poem "Tianwen" written by the Warring States poet Qu Yuan during the Warring States period. The poem describes "Luoshen" as follows: "The emperor descended on Yiyi, and the xiamin was evil." Hu Shefu Hebo, and his wife Pi Luo concubine? This sentence translates as follows: "Since the Emperor of Heaven sent down Houyi (not the Houyi of the Shooting Sun), why did he let him become the one who changed the Xia government and harmed the Xia people?" Why did he let him shoot Hebo and marry Concubine Luochuan? ”
The poem shows the extraordinary knowledge and artistic talent of the poet Qu Yuanzhuo, and is known as "the most amazing work of eternity".
The legendary "Concubine Mi"
Second, the background of the creation of "Tianwen"
At the time of writing this long poem, the poet Qu Yuan had been exiled, and he was full of sorrow and had nowhere to send, so he traveled around to express his feelings. At that time, the poet walked into the ancestral temple of the first king of the Chu Kingdom and the ancestral hall of the royal secretary, and saw the murals depicting the gods and ancient sages who dominated the heavens and the earth. So sprinkle on the wall, in one go.
3. The legend of "Roselle"
Legend has it that Princess Mi was a beautiful woman in Luochuan, and once, when she was playing on the banks of the Luoshui River, because of her beauty, Hebo took it for herself because she coveted its beauty.
In the Xia Dynasty, there was a state called You poor (in present-day southern Dezhou, Shandong Province), whose monarch Houyi (houyi, who was not a sun-shooting), was known to Hebo because of his admiration for Concubine Mi, and was attacked by Luoshui and endangered the flood.
Enraged, Hou Yi fought with Hebo, wounded him with an arrow, saved Concubine Mi, and later married Concubine Mi. Unconvinced, Hebo went to the Heavenly Emperor to file a complaint, and the Heavenly Emperor punished him for his many evil deeds in the human world and for causing trouble. In the end, the Heavenly Emperor fulfilled Houyi and Concubine Mi. Feng Houyi was the god of Zongbu, in charge of eliminating harm for the people; so he sealed Concubine Mi as Luoshen and was in charge of Luoshui. (The earliest record in the texts appears in the Huainan Zi Feng Xun Xun, "To remove the harm of the world, and to die as Zongbu.") ）
Fourth, the folded sleeves and waist dance
This dance also makes the editor can't help but think of the equally graceful and colorful Han Dynasty sleeve bending dance. The so-called "sleeve bending dance" is a dance with dancing sleeves and bending waist as the main action, and it pays special attention to the change of waist skills and sleeve styles. This dance began in the Warring States and flourished in the Two Han Dynasties, and was the most popular dance in the Han Dynasty. Long sleeves, slender waist, like a goddess under the heavens. According to historical records, Lady Qi, the most favored wife of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was known for dancing long-sleeved dances (according to the "Miscellaneous Records of Xijing", Lady Qi was "good at dancing with her sleeves bent at the waist").
The biggest attraction of the upturned sleeve bend dance is that the long sleeves are given agility by the dancers, and the light and unpredictable form in the wind. As the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi described in the poem "Guole", "The pearls turn to the stars and shake, and the flowers and beards fight and the dragons and snakes move." The dance style of the folded sleeves and bent waist dance is ever-changing, it is like a jewel, shining in the treasure house of Chu dance's art.
From this also derived an idiom called "long-sleeved good dance", which itself means long sleeves, which is conducive to dancing. Later, it became a derogatory term, used to describe people who are rich and skilled, good at drilling, and can walk the door.
Fifth, the breadth and profundity of Han culture
After the Qin Empire unified the world, because of its tyranny, it experienced a short period of Qin II and then perished. After Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, established the Western Han Dynasty, he adopted the policy of "ruling without doing anything", which laid a stable political situation for the Han Dynasty to establish a broad and profound cultural system. Subjectively, the Han Dynasty's emphasis on cultural development is also inseparable from the degree of enlightenment of the emperor.
As we all know, the Han Dynasty was the second feudal unified dynasty after the Qin Dynasty. The role played by the Han Dynasty in the development of the entire Chinese civilization is self-evident, the territory of the Chinese nation was laid down, the mainstream ideas of Chinese society were established, and the inherited and improved governing ideology, political system, academic concepts, literature and art, etc., all had an extremely far-reaching impact on promoting social development. Otherwise, there would be no common words such as "Han Chinese", "Chinese characters", and "Chinese".
Stills from "Ambush on Ten Sides"
At that time, there was a new situation of great cultural integration, Jingchu culture, Qilu culture, Central Plains culture, Guan Chinese, northern culture, and a hundred schools of thought competed. In addition to the above five cultural subjects, there are also Bashu culture, Wuyue culture, Lingnan Yue subculture, etc., which have had a certain influence on the formation of Han culture. Because of the differences and regional nature of culture, it needs to be mutually infiltrated and subtly implemented over the years. Without the collision and integration of these different cultures, it will be impossible to form a pattern of "great unification of Han culture".
The monarchs of the two Han Dynasties inherited and carried forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation to varying degrees, which made a group of talents who were quite accomplished in lexicon, poetry, Hanle folk songs, prose, painting and sculpture, music and dance drama and other aspects emerged in the society at that time.
Culture plays a role that cannot be underestimated in every historical period, and each culture has its own unique personality and distinctiveness. Social progress is inseparable from the promotion of culture. Every culture is irreplaceable, and its emergence and disappearance are inevitable products of the stage of historical development. We cannot dominate the trend of cultural development, but as a Chinese nation and a Chinese, each of us has the obligation to inherit and carry forward these "core cultures" and multicultural cultures that promote national unity and national unity. Culture is like the soul of our nation, and it is the unshirkable responsibility of every descendant of Yanhuang to protect and inherit our traditional culture.
As a member of the new era, in today's continuous development and innovation of science and technology, we should not forget our original intention, keep history in mind, and do not let Our country's excellent traditional culture disappear in the long river of history.