What folk activities in ancient China were related to masks?

Shamanism dance, Han Nuo opera, Tibetan mask dance

The first two have been detailed, and they are supplements:

Tibetan singing and dancing rap mask

Tibetan folk song and dance rap faces include yak dance, Zhuo dance (inspiration), Zhega, Jeddah Jim and so on.

The leading dancer wears a yak dance mask. Yak dance is mainly popular in Lhasa and other places. Five people perform, one leads the dance, and the other four play two yaks, similar to the lion dance in Han areas. The leading dancers are dressed as herdsmen and wear white masks, similar to the Wanba mask in the blue mask play. There is no standard requirement for masks, so some people wear blue masks now. Yak dance is performed in large-scale celebrations and festivals.

Zhuowu is popular in Lhasa, Linzhi, Shannan and Shigatse. Zhuowu has two styles: Shannan and Shigatse. Shannan encouraged the two to lead the dance. After the first dance, the leader wears a white flat mask and wears a long braid on his head. At the climax of the dance, both hands beat drums, the body rotates up and down from left to right, and the long braid rotates with it, which is very spectacular. The drum of Shannan Zhuo Dance is very small and tied to the waist, so the dance moves greatly. Shigatse Zhuo dance has a big drum with a long handle, which is inserted between the straps when dancing. One person leads the dance, and the leader wears a blue mask and holds a long-handled auspicious arrow, dancing in the middle of the garden. Zhuo dance will also be performed on important celebrations and auspicious days.

Zhega was originally a rap performance when people begged, but now it has been preserved as a folk performing art. In the streets and alleys of Tibetan New Year, in the crowds of Karin Garden in summer, or at wedding celebrations, there are artists who fold ga. Zhega artists bless people and people give them food. There is no doubt that the artists who went there added a little joy to the festival. The creaking mask is always worn on the rapper's shoulders and occasionally on his face, so it is only a prop to match the performance. Folding masks are generally rough in texture and made at will, but they use the most beautiful symbols to win the favor of donors and seek charity with the good wishes of performers. Nowadays, Zhega has become a popular folk art form and shines brilliantly on the literary stage in Tibet.

"Jeddah Jim" is a kind of disaster-resistant song and dance that spread in the post-Tibet area. Its content, performance form and mask props are permeated with traces of primitive culture. After Tibet is dominated by agriculture, it often encounters hail disasters, and people expect to surrender the disasters and win a bumper harvest. So Jeddah Jim came into being. There are lamas who specialize in hail suppression among the people. They went to other places to sing and dance and beg for food, so as to dispel evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Jeddah Jim's dance is circular, centering on drummers and offerings. The content of song and dance shows the scenes of production and life of people who depend on land, such as farming, textile and fertility. Finally, the dancer raised his knife and drew his bow to cut the leg of dried lamb placed next to the venue, indicating that the hail demon would be killed. During the performance, the audience kept sending items such as Ciba and highland barley wine.

Jim in Jeddah is usually performed by nine people, and the relationship between the characters is arranged according to the family generation. He plays his father's four brothers, his mother and four Azar (Indian monks). His parents' masks are similar to those of traditional tibetan opera masks. Azar's masks are goatskin, with four colors: white, yellow, blue and black. Jeddah Jim can only perform during the disaster.

Mask, a tool that makes people unable to see your true face, makes people unable to see your joys and sorrows, and your expression.