Stilt seedlings of stilt yangko

The song features the height of stilts, with a minimum of 90 cm and a maximum of 240 cm. Actors need to sit on the eaves and tie their legs. Because stilts are high and elastic, dancers have to swing their arms up and down to perform freely in order to keep their whole body balanced, which constitutes the basic rhythm of stilts "big dance" in western Liaoning. Also because of the stilts, the stilt yangko in western Liaoning has formed the skills of throwing, leaping, squatting, leaving and twisting, as well as the forms of beauty, waves, quickness, beating and teasing. The action is unique and beautiful, the scene is warm and hot, and it has outstanding performance characteristics such as twisting China and the United States, beautiful waves, rushing waves and fierce waves, which fully shows.

Walking on stilts in western Liaoning has its own unique way of inheritance. One is family inheritance, such as Zhu Xiufeng (born in 1840), the first generation descendant of Santun Village in Daxue Township, which has been passed down for five generations; The second is the inheritance of mentoring, such as Zhu Youyu, the first generation descendant of Fantun Village in Yingpan Township (born in 1864), which has been passed down for four generations; The third is natural inheritance. Because the stilt yangko in western Liaoning is deeply loved by the masses, many fans have become a new army by constantly watching performances and teaching themselves.

The stilt yangko in western Liaoning has important cultural and artistic value, and has a wide range of mass influence in the local and provincial areas.

Due to the death of some old artists in western Liaoning, there are few successors, and their performance skills, especially the "super stilts" unique to China, are in danger of being lost and need urgent rescue and protection. The full name of Haicheng stilt yangko is Haicheng stilt yangko, which is one of the traditional cultural activities of Haicheng people and a major custom of Haicheng local customs. Haicheng stilt yangko is a kind of drum stilt, a branch of stilt in southern Liaoning and a larger dance in Liaoning. The main characteristics of stilt performance are twisting, teasing, wave and phase.

Torsion pendulum is the basic feature of the rhythm of Haicheng stilts. Its basic essentials can be summarized as twisting the waist, spreading the arm, holding the wrist, bending the knee and lifting the air. Actors use more than 20 dazzling performance modes, tacit cooperation, skirt dancing and fan dancing, and wherever they twist, there is an ocean of joy.

Funny, a humorous performance, makes people happy and exchanges feelings between actors. In the process of teasing, it can give full play to the distinctive lyrical movements, which is refreshing and completely shows the joy and joy of the grassroots.

Waves are synonymous with the artist's theory of artistic beauty. Beautiful and dignified, romantic and chic style, free and easy and neat, soft and handsome expression, will show the feelings of the characters incisively and vividly Waves are beautiful and people's pursuit and yearning for a happy life.

Phase, that is, drum phase, is the ladder for Haicheng stilts to climb to a high level of performance skills, and it is also the difference between it and other yangko. By shouting drums, the mood and rhythm are changed in the performance, which makes the dance show an abnormal peak trend and highlights the fiery, free, enthusiastic and unrestrained personality of Haicheng stilts.

Haicheng stilts are superior because they combine the essence of five art forms: song, dance, drama, miscellaneous and martial arts, refine and sublimate, form their own system, and create many unique stilt figures and facial makeup art, thus forming a unique style. After continuous evolution and development, Haicheng stilt yangko has formed a unique performance form, which can be called a comprehensive square art with dance as the main body. Haicheng stilts, with a long history, has a history of more than 300 years.