You should know Guangxi Zhuang bronze drum dance.

You should know Guangxi Zhuang bronze drum dance.

Zhuang bronze drum dance has a long history. It is an important part of the national cul

You should know Guangxi Zhuang bronze drum dance.

You should know Guangxi Zhuang bronze drum dance.

Zhuang bronze drum dance has a long history. It is an important part of the national culture of Zhuang nationality and the reappearance of the agricultural production process. Spring ploughing, summer sowing, autumn harvest and winter storage are clearly expressed by gestures and gestures, giving people encouragement, yearning and full of vitality.

There are two forms of Zhuang bronze drum dance, one is self-entertainment, which is group dance, which is primitive, simple and rough, and the other is performance, which is close to stage art and has certain performance procedures.

Some ethnic minorities in Guangxi have always had the habit of beating bronze drums during festivals or sacrifices, and this custom has been passed down to this day.

At present, Zhuang people in Donglan and Tian 'e celebrate the third day of March and the Spring Festival every year, Yao people in Du 'an, Bama and Dahua celebrate the Spring Festival, Yao people in Nandan hold funerals and sacrifices, and Miao people in Bao Zhong in Nandan celebrate or mourn with gongs and drums during the Spring Festival or festivals.

According to the folklore of Zhuang nationality in Maguan County, Yunnan Province, in ancient times, floods and monsters made people miserable. Later, there were bronze drums with wings on both sides that could fly, and the monsters were killed one by one, so that the people could have peace.

Since then, people have regarded the bronze drum as the sacred object of the town demon, and gradually danced with it to thank it for its salvation. Because the bronze drum has a strong mystery for a long time, it has been endowed with the meaning of indicating good or bad luck and praying for happiness. Over time, bronze drums have been widely used in weddings, funerals, festivals and self-entertainment occasions. You learn from me and pass it on from generation to generation.

Characteristics of bronze drum dance

There are six or seven kinds of sports according to the form. Every movement has different steps, rhythms and styles. The group dance in the bronze drum dance is composed of a fixed group of young men and women in a circle. Its formation also has semicircle, single line, vertical, leaping, square and so on. The dance steps are vigorous, rough and flexible, with large movements and full artistic conception.

When drummers jump to the climax, they are often accompanied by cheerful shouts and excited cries. The ups and downs of emotions and moving scenes fully reflect the bold and simple national character of the Miao people and express their pure and happy thoughts and feelings.

Percussion method

There are many ways to play bronze drums, and the drums are sonorous and rhythmic. One side of the leather drum is placed in the middle of the bronze drum. When the bronze drum sounded and entered the beat, the leather drummer jumped out of the crowd and beat around the leather drum with two drumsticks in his hand.

He is the central figure in this dance, and he must make various dance moves while playing according to the beat of the bronze drum. His actions of playing the drum include frontal beating, sideways beating, leg lifting beating, turning beating, turning beating, sometimes beating the drum heart, sometimes beating the drum edge, and sometimes two drumsticks collide with each other. The movements are fast and powerful, and some difficult movements can only be mastered by a few drummers.

The bronze drum dance was obviously born out of the ancient Zhuang nationality in its performance momentum. March third? The traditional singing custom has the characteristics of liveliness, humor and strong flavor of life. It is reported that bronze drums are related to mining and metallurgy, casting, acoustics, history, art and related history of science and technology, archaeology, ethnology, anthropology and so on, and have important cultural value.