Which ethnic group is known for its ability to play the lusheng and dance the lusheng dance?

Lusheng is a reed instrument of the Miao, Yao, Dong and other ethnic groups in the southwest. It originated in the Central Plains and was later developed in minority areas, and its predecessor was the yu. Minority villages in Guizhou, known as the "township of the reed-sheng", "the township of song and dance". Lusheng is one of the old musical instruments that ethnic minorities are particularly fond of, and they hold various kinds of colorful Lusheng festivals, blowing up the Lusheng and dancing to celebrate their own national festivals.

The Lusheng Dance is the most representative and favorite folk dance of the Miao people. The Lusheng Dance can basically be divided into three categories, mass Lusheng Dance, performance Lusheng Dance and customary Lusheng Dance.

Yi

Popular in the Liangshan area of Sichuan Province and some areas in the western part of Yunnan Province, it was once used in the ceremonies of rewarding the gods and sending off the dead to the funeral to celebrate the harvest. Qing Dynasty "Diannan Zhiliu Draft" contains:

"...... every year after the fall, slaughtering animals to sacrifice to the gods, blowing the sheng dancing and singing, known as the sacrifice of crops." Qing Qianlong "Kaifa Fu Zhi - IX" records: "...... funeral, son-in-law blowing sheng dancing in front of the corpse." Gourd sheng dance has been more for mass self-indulgence dance. Some places in Yunnan Province, in addition to using the gourd sheng as a dance accompaniment instrument, but also with the flute, moon zither and other simultaneous accompaniment, known as "playing jump" or "playing song". Young men and women sing and dance, swinging their shoulders back and forth, dancing in a fit and graceful manner. Liangshan District, Sichuan Province, where the auspicious day are jumping gourd sheng dance; every Torch Festival is more grand, when the day and night dance, for three days in a row. Dance without song, mostly for two people a pair, each other foot action, men's action amplitude is large and powerful, leg high lift heavy fall, women's action is small, leg not high lift, the crowd around the circle and dance, blowing gourd sheng in the circle lead dance, there are also women playing the moon zither side of the dance, or blowing the side of the lead dance.

Lahu

Dance of the gourd sheng is performed during festivals and after labor. Legend has it that there are more than 80 sets of dance songs. The movements in the dance can be roughly divided into those that express productive labor, daily life and simulate birds and animals. For example, the dancers? Sweeping the leg inward with the foot and limping the foot outward with the hooked foot is an expression of harvesting grains; and "picking grains by turtledoves" shows turtledoves foraging for food and playing. The dances are expressive, lively, interesting and unique. The men play the sheng and dance in the circle, with complicated movements, while the women hold hands in the circle, with simple movements. The speed of the dance movement is generally slow and then fast, and the amplitude of the movement is gradually increased. Lusheng Dance The Lusheng Dance is a representative folk dance of the Lahu ethnic group. It is performed during festivals or rituals. The Lahu, like the Yi who belong to the Qiang ethnic group, worship the gourd and regard the gourd as a symbol of the mother of the birth of their ancestors. The movements of the Lusheng dance, except for a few unique movements for ritual activities, are mostly expressions of productive life and simulation of animal life, the process of which is very detailed.

The basic dance form of the Lusheng Dance is the one in which the men play the sheng and the women hold hands and dance in a circle. The Lusheng Dance is a representative dance of the Lahu ethnic group with outstanding characteristics. Dancing the Lusheng Dance enhances the sense of national identity, fills the joy of national reunion, and strengthens the confidence and strength of the nation. More than eighty percent of Lahu people are concentrated in the area west of Lancang River, and all of them dance the Lusheng Dance. And with other ethnic mixed areas are more popular jumping song.

The Lusheng Dance is a melodious and melodious dance with a melodious and melodious sound of mouth strings, and the "Harvest Dance" which expresses the labor scene of Lahu is full of joy and passion, which makes it unforgettable.

The Lisu people

Lead the dance by those who play the gourd sheng, followed by all the people, moving in the counterclockwise direction, pulling each other's hands, flinging their arms, and the action is mostly relative to each other, with the front and back to the feet or face to face and back to back flipping and turning the body, the action is powerful, and the jump is not too high, and there are occasional clapping of the hands to beat the beat and the dance. The dancers are cheerful and unrestrained. In western Yunnan and Sichuan Xichang and other places are also known as "drop foot" or "hoof foot".

Naxi

In the ancient Naxi Dongba scripture "Lu Bon Lu Wan", it has long been recorded that the pastoral slaves made and played the lusheng scene, the lusheng dance is also generated accordingly. Naxi Hulusheng Dance is a self-indulgent dance during festivals. Generally speaking, the first thing to do is to dance a section of "twisted beauty", which is the basis of the Hulusheng Dance. Dance when the crowd hand in hand clasping arms, facing the center of the circle, the left shoulder slightly forward, crotch with the movement of the feet slightly forward and backward flickering, when the leg forward, the body slightly forward, crotch backward, the rhythm is unique

Miao

Miao folk dance is the most widely circulated, the most representative dance form. As early as the Ming Dynasty "Nanzhao wild history" in the "male blowing reed-sheng, female vibration bell chorus dance side by side, all day long," the record, the Qing Dynasty "Hmong customs" also recorded "every year in the spring,......, men and women are more clothing and makeup. Men weave bamboo for the reed-sheng, blowing before the female Zhenduo after the section, and shoulder to shoulder dance, back to the flying twists and turns, all day long tireless. This shows that more than 1,000 years ago, the Miao lusheng dance has been prevalent. It also shows that the women's dance has been continued to the Qing Dynasty, now mostly unarmed and dance is different. In some areas, there are women's Lusheng players who have never performed Lusheng Dance in the past. The Miao Lusheng Dance can be roughly divided into three kinds: self-entertainment, competition and ritual, among which the self-entertainment Lusheng Dance is the most common. During the dance, the lusheng player leads the dance in front of the team or in the circle, usually in the queue of men in front and women behind, marching counterclockwise around. Some areas also use 3.3-meter-high large reed-sheng and mango tube accompaniment to increase the effect of bass accompaniment. Whenever a grand festival, hundreds of reedsongs, thousands of people, layers around the dance of reedsong, the momentum is extremely spectacular. In national festivals such as "Jumping Flower", "Jumping Moon" and "Stepping on Flower Mountain", young men and women also choose their spouses through the Lusheng Dance, such as "Discussing Flower Belt", "Holding Flower Belt" and "Taking Flower". The dances, such as the "Hunt for the Flower Belt" and "Holding the Sheep", are dances that show the love between young men and women. Competitive Lusheng Dance, held during the festival, is characterized by many tunes and difficult skills. The dance movements include continuous rotation, short steps, inversion, tumbling, etc. The music is not interrupted during the dance. The music is not interrupted during the dance. In some areas, when an old man of the Miao dies, there is the custom of sacrificing to the spirits and comforting the family of the deceased with the Lusheng Dance. Its dance movements are calm and steady.

The drum beat is resounding, and the dance is pure and simple, showing the life of the mountain people in farming and hunting, and the style is rough and plagiarized. Although the performers do not have a high artistic sense, what one can realize from their rehearsed dance steps is the enthusiasm, exuberance and broad-minded imagination...

Guizhou people of all ethnic groups in the long-term production and life, created a rich and colorful ethnic arts and culture, and colorful ethnic dance is also the essence. The beautiful Lusheng dance and copper drum dance of the Miao people in Southeast Guizhou; the moon piano and passionate bell dance of the Yi people in Northwest Guizhou; and the pendulum dance of the Tujia people in Northeast Guizhou all add color to the garden of ethnic arts and culture.

The Lusheng Dance is one of the main dances of the Miao people for ancestor worship or festivals and celebrations. But because of the history of national oppression and class oppression and other reasons, a considerable part of the Miao villages have been lost, now still preserved reed-sign dance is better under the cross, witch busy, party Road, Nangong, anti-row, Panzhao, Gedong, BaoGong, Taipan and other places. Legend has it that there is a girl named Ge Yangxiang in a Miao village; she is very pretty and has been sown with a poor young man. Love each other, however, there is a rich man wants to go to occupy. One day Ge Yangxiang and Xiangxuan both agreed to stay away from the countryside. However, the rich man knew about them and chased them with his servants. When chased to a cliff, Xiangbao fell off the cliff and died. Ge Yangxiang this grief and indignation, so on the first day of the Lunar New Year, invited companions together to blow the air dance, in order to mourn the death of the spirit of Xiangbao. When everyone danced until dark, Ge Yangxiang collapsed and died. Later, the Miao people in order to commemorate the innocent love of these two young Miao men and women, every New Year's Eve blowing Lushi dance in memory. Han historical records of the Miao reedsong culture is also vivid: "six bamboo pipes, the long sound of yellow bells Tao, the short sound of clear micro-scattered, dance with the section of the whirlwind, blowing away the other urged slow, Miao women **** Miao men, the bright moon and flowers all over the mountain." Lusheng dance music and dance steps, similar to each other. Lusheng dance music can be divided into ritual music, narrative music, marching music, song and dance music. The form of lusheng performance and lusheng dance can be divided into lusheng accompaniment, lusheng leading and lusheng dancing, the first two lusheng blowing can be seven, nine, eleven or more people. The accompaniment dance of the sheng-blower and the sheng-blower do not dance or dance in the middle of the field, and the men and women around them dance in layers; the leader dance of the sheng-blower and the sheng-blower dance in front of the sheng-blower and the men and women dance in groups around the circle and dance in a stepping sound, which is a spectacular scene. Blowing sheng dance refers to a small group, double or single sheng player with a small reed sheng performance, also blowing and dancing, dance movements difficult, with the tacit understanding. The dance movements of the lusheng can be summarized as walking, moving, crossing, turning, standing, kicking, stopping, hooking, turning and so on. Lusheng dance movement performance or solemn and solemn; or compact rhythm, intense action; or relaxed and bright, active and agile, are different depending on the application. The Lusheng Song and Sasheng Dance reflect the various lives and cultural forms of the Miao people.

The Water Tribe

The Water Tribe Year in the ninth month of the lunar calendar is the most active day for the Lusheng Dance. The Lusheng Dance is usually held together with the Copper Drum Dance and the Fighting Horn Dance***. Lusheng team generally consists of five different high and low pitch lusheng and seven low pitch mango tube, the man in front of the side of the blowing dance, the woman holding a flower handkerchief in the back of the dance and follow. The movements are mostly simulated as boat-riding, horse-riding, hunting or buffalo-rolling, etc. The movements are characterized by ruggedness and toughness; the hips are opened, the chest is lifted, and the whole body shakes violently.

The Dong people

The Dong people, mainly found in Guizhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Hunan Province, belong to the Zhuang-Dai and Dong-Shui branches of the Zhuang-Dong language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Their forefathers are the descendants of "Xiu", a branch of "Luoyue" in the ancient "Baiyue". During the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, they were once called "Dong" and "Dong", and only later did they take "Dong" as the ethnic name of the nation.

The Dong people of the Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, hold a grand national event with colorful contents on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar every year.