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Imitate the eight dance movements of birds.

The eight dance moves that imitate birds are as follows:

In zhuang dance, there are many kinds of hand movements, but the basic hand positions include finger, bow, hook, grip, stall, palm and palm.

The main dance forms of Zhuang nationality:

Zhuang nationality is a minority in China, and it has many dances. Let me introduce the main dance forms of Zhuang nationality to you. Welcome to read them, I hope it will help you.

Pole dancing:

Also known as "Dalulie" and "Gulang". Spread in villages such as Mashan and Du 'an in Guangxi. The word "Gulang" in Zhuang language means a wooden mortar for holding rice. In the past, the Zhuang people hollowed out logs to make rice and used wooden pestles to make rice. This dance originated from cooking. At first, it was performed around a wooden mortar, and later it was developed to beat the bench with a bamboo pole. It can be said that only the "pole dance" of Zhuang nationality is

Get rid of the limitations of cymbals, it is more lively and free than the original form, and the sound rhythm is more diverse and beautiful.

This dance can not only show the labor process of transplanting rice, harvesting, threshing and threshing rice, but also retain the quaint charm accompanied by the knocking of bamboo tubes. "Pole Dance" is especially popular among middle-aged women. The number of performers is generally four, and more than ten people are a group. They either play the bench together or cross each other, one after another, and dance in an orderly way.

On the night of the Spring Festival, there are lights everywhere, people organize their own percussion and dances, laughter bursts, the village boils, and there is a scene of bumper harvest. There is a saying in Zhuang Yan that "the first month is full of spring, and there is a bumper harvest everywhere this year".

Rice dance:

It used to be the "ancestral temple" of Yue and Xi 'ou people in Gudelo, and later it developed into a form of song and dance for many ethnic groups. For example, the rice dance of Buyi and Li nationalities, the inspiration of Wa nationality, the inspiration of Gaoshan nationality and so on. Clam dancing has existed since ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, Liu Geng described the sound of beating rice in the "Ling Biao Ji": "There is a beating canteen in Guangnan, with muddy wooden pits as the trough and about ten ridges on both sides, standing between men and women, beating both sides of the trough with rice and grain.

As for the word "pound hall", Zhou Qufei in Song Dynasty explained in "A Generation Beyond the Ridge": "When the valley falls, it sounds like a wooden fish in a monk's temple, so it is called pound hall ..." So pound hall means that women pound rice rhythmically. In other areas, it is called "Dancing" and "Beijing Dance".

Jade bird dance:

Spread in LiuZhou Wuxuan Zhuang inhabited area. Props are made of bamboo and birds, covered with green silk and sewn with green hair as feathers. The local people like this emerald bird, which has green fur, crisp sound and gentle temperament, and regards it as a symbol of good luck. During the Spring Festival, one person dressed as Pei Cuibird and the other as an old man, holding the bird together to ask about the wishes of various New Year performances. During the performance, the dancers enter the props, hold or hook the bird's head, eyes, mouth and wing joysticks with both hands. The bird's head turns, its eyes open and its mouth squeaks.

Show intimate and moving movements such as flying, foraging, drinking, bathing and dozing off. After the dance, pull out a "feather" from the props and give it to the host, wishing the family prosperity. The host rewards wine, meat and red envelopes. Sending blessings along the door can be associated with the performance of Han Yangko. The performance technique is similar to that of Dai peacock dance, and the dance of various bird-shaped props is integrated with the wisdom and creation of the Zhuang people.

Frogs turn and dance:

That is "frog dance". The local people call the frog the frog monster, and there is a tradition of worshipping the frog monster. Every year, on the "Frog Monster Festival" in the first month of the lunar calendar, people will perform a series of dances related to frogs, which are popular in Tiane, Nandan, Fengshan, Hongshuihe and other Zhuang communities in Guangxi.