There are six famous caves in China, Bijie Weaving Golden Cave, Zhangjiajie Huanglong Cave, Lichuan Tenglong Cave, Benxi Water Cave, Wulong Furong Cave, Fengdu Xueyu Cave, each cave has its own characteristics, some colorful and famous, some known for their dreams, and the Tenglong Cave in Lichuan, Hubei Province, is a shock to win, why shock? Because of its grand scale, the cave system is very large and complex, and the total volume is the first in the world, and even helicopters can drive into the cave.
The scale of Tenglong Cave is shocking, there are holes in the caves, rivers in the caves, waterfalls in the caves, and the most amazing thing is that there is also the largest cave theater in China, and every day a very wonderful large-scale Tujia scene song and dance "Yishui Lichuan" will be staged.
This theater has created a large theater with 2,000 seats by using the natural cave of Tenglong Cave according to local conditions. The mobile stilt house, the covered bridge, the dragon boat in the water are moved to the stage, and then the modern technology is used to set up the lifting stage and digital lighting, so that nature and humanities, ancient and modern are integrated, which can be said to be a unique characteristic theater.
Why is the performance here called "Yishui Lichuan"? Yishui is an ancient water name that refers to the Qingjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in western Hubei and its upper reaches of the small river, which is recorded in the Later Han Shu Nan man biography: "Liu Jun was on an earthen boat, from Yishui to Yanyang." Lichuan, on the other hand, is the place name, that is, the city of Lichuan in present-day Enshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, ancient Litongli.
"Yishui Lichuan" consists of three chapters: the first part "White Tiger Heroic Wind", the middle part "Pakistani Style" and the next part "Dragon Boat Ancient Tune", the whole process is about 50 minutes, aiming to show people the arduous journey of the ancestors of the Tujia family in the process of the Great Migration, the tenacious spirit of fighting with nature and the customs and customs of the Tujia family through song and dance.
The performance also tells visitors about the arduous journey of the Ancestor of the Tujia Family, Liu Jun, to open up the territory and expand the territory, as well as his poignant love story with the goddess of salt water, according to legend, the leader of the Bashi tribe, Liu Jun, led his troops to migrate westward, encountering a blizzard through Yanyang Yishui, and Liu Jun fainted in the vast snow. At this time, the goddess of Yanyang, who lived on the bank of the Yishui River, rescued the fainting Liu Jun, and also admired him, and Liu Jun rejected the goddess for the sake of the survival of the tribe. Enraged, the goddess disguised herself as a moth to cover the sky and try to stop the emperor from advancing westward. Helpless, He took off his bow and arrow and shot the goddess. After shooting the goddess, Liu Jun felt guilty and turned into a white tiger. The Tujia have worshipped the White Tiger for generations, and they call themselves "Bizka".
Throughout the performance, some festivals and customs of the Tujia family were also displayed, such as the daughter's meeting, the hand-waving dance, the weeping marriage, the Silan Kapu, the meat ringing, the shangdao mountain, the Eight Treasures Brass Bell Dance, the Maogus, the grass handle dragon, the six teas, the dragon boat tune, etc., and the professional cast and crew showed the folk art of the Tujia family (also some Miao) to the fullest.
A thousand strands of thread, a heart, a sister doll window to weave brocade. The moonlight can know the heart of the sister and the baby, and the brocade is for the heart. The thread walks in the hand, the love goes up the shuttle, the colorful clouds on the edge of the sky are collected, and the lovers are woven and dedicated to the lover's heart. The daughter will be the Valentine's Day of the Tujia family, the sister and the baby will catch the song together, sing and communicate, and hope to return with the lang; weeping marriage is a procedure that the Tujia sister must go through before getting married, the joy is to get along with the sweetheart day and night, and the sad is to be reluctant to be a father.
The performance is very exciting, the scene is magnificent. Among them, six sips of tea are brisk and catchy, which is an ancient national etiquette for young men and women in Enshi Tumiao to pursue love and yearn for a happy life. The lyrics are asked one by one, one by one, and the fragrance is mellow, like a delicate sound; sweet and not greasy, like a lover's kiss; refreshing and pleasant, like a string song around the beam.
The most evocative is the world-class famous song "Dragon Boat Tune", when the familiar melody sounds, the high-pitched singing voice quickly pushes "Yishui Lichuan" to a climax. Along with the female protagonist's sentimentality of "the sister baby wants to cross the river, which one will push me", the atmosphere of the scene immediately boiled up, applause, cheers, and exclamations were like the surging flood of the Qingjiang River outside the cave, an hour in the cave, through thousands of years, outside the cave, heaven on earth, to Enshi travel, Tenglong Cave can not not swim, into the Tenglong Cave, "Yishui Lichuan" can not not watch, otherwise it is a pity.