What is a donkey drive

Catching donkeys is one of the traditional folk art activities that the people of northern Shaanxi enjoy.

Shaan donkey driving

Donkey driving is one of the traditional folk art activities that the people of northern Shaanxi enjoy. With the development of the times, this activity has been passed on from generation to generation, and is constantly being renovated.

Donkey driving activities are often carried out with the rice-planting songs. Often is the rice-planting team in front of the line, catch the donkey with the rear end of the running twist. "Donkey" is generally made of paper, cloth or rubber, the appearance of black, "donkey neck" hanging a string of copper bells, "donkey head" hanging red silk, choose a handsome young girl A handsome young woman is chosen to "ride" on the donkey. (? The actual "donkey" body hollow, the person in the center of the hanging on?) The girl is holding the "donkey" in both hands. The girl holds the "donkey's reins" tightly in both hands and deliberately sways when running, like a real donkey running. Followed by a handsome man, head around a white towel, body bundled red silk, or other color belt, holding a long bamboo whip, the tip of the whip is bolted to a handful of red silk. When driving the donkey, the man waved the long whip while running back and forth, teasing and molesting the young girl on the donkey. When the rice-planting team twisted the field, the donkey can be free to run the field. Sometimes the donkey is also allowed to play the field, the woman intentionally let the donkey mouth touch the audience, scare back, the male red tasseled whip can be in the air to play loud, and signal the audience to expand the circle. Subsequently, the game began. A moment to run flying "?8" word, a moment to run in a circle, the style is constantly changing. Sometimes "flat river" as fast as the wind; sometimes "uphill" as slow as a cow; sometimes "across the river" uneven, unsteady; sometimes "downhill" people leaning forward and panicking. Sometimes "downhill", the person in front of the panic, until frightened and crazy, into the mud pit struggling and other actions appear. Let the audience look dazzling, can not help but be happy. Men and women playful, more so that the audience feasted their eyes. Sometimes like brother and sister; sometimes win husband and wife; sometimes like first love. Make the action both naughty, and with flirting, flirting, happy, sad, happy, angry. The audience concluded: "Catch the donkey good game, colorful and fit, vivid image of vitality, sad and angry people will also look at the smile playful".