The origin, form and characteristics of Quanzhou breast-beating dance?

The chest-beating dance is one of the most representative folk dances in Fujian Province, which is mainly popular in Fuqiao, Jiangnan and Quanzhou, Kinmen and other places in southern Fujian. The form of chest-beating dance is relatively simple, only one or two people can dance at any time and anywhere. The traditional dancers of the chest-beating dance are male, wearing straw hoops on their heads, with bare upper bodies and bare feet, and their movements tend to be dominated by a single rhythm of hitting, clapping, pinching and stomping, with parts concentrated in the chest, elbows, legs and palms, etc. The basic posture is a posture of pulling up the waist and lifting up the chest and the whole body is jumping, supplemented by the robust squatting step and the head-trembling movements of the Yiranjiran, which constitutes the rugged, rustic, witty and enthusiastic style. The basic action of chest-beating dance is "playing seven sounds", that is, both hands firstly strike a palm in front of the chest, and then beat the left and right chests, the inner sides of the arms beat the left and right ribs, and then beat the left and right legs in turn, and *** get seven sounds, which is worth seven beats; at the same time, with the squatting crotch step of the feet jumping rhythmically, and the body then shakes left and right with a At the same time with the feet crouching crotch step rhythmic jumping, the body then swayed from side to side, with the head trembling action, resulting in a unique shaking rhythm, so that the dance is free and natural, revealing the lightness of wit, witty and bright characteristics, so that the cycle is repeated, continuous performance. The "playing seven rings" most prominently represents the basic rhythm and stylistic characteristics of the chest-beating dance. Nowadays, dancers match the chest-beating dance with music, which makes the performance scene warm and joyful, neat and orderly, and "playing seven rings" becomes "playing eight rings" (i.e., the hands hit the palms in front of the chest for two times), which develops the basic movements of the chest-beating dance, and forms different stylistic characteristics.

Beating the chest is the most important part of the dance.

The snake headdresses on the straw hoops worn by the performers of the breast-beating dance have preserved the legacy of the snake totem worship of the Min-Yueh aborigines in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the performance form has also preserved the legacy of the primitive dance of the ancient Min-Yueh people. The intrinsic rhythm of the chest-beating dance is extremely similar to that of the Tujia dance "Meat Lianzhong", and from the point of view of the distribution of dances, it has a close relationship with the dances of the Li, Gaoshan and other minorities in the south. Quanzhou ancient drama Liyuan opera "Zheng Yuanhe" retained the "Lotus Flower Drop" beggar chest beat a fold, today's folk chest beat dance and use, retained the Quanzhou Nanyin "three thousand two gold", this cultural heritage relationship is also very valuable for research.

The chest-beating dance has a long history, widely spread, different regions, different environments, different identities of the dancers, often forming their own different characteristics of the dance style. Such as the old beggars dance "chest patting dance", the general action range is smaller, more restrained and contraction, and often in the intentionally or unintentionally naturally integrated into the expression of mercy, begging, praying, hoping, and other typical life form movement, the formation of the "beggar chest patting" characteristics; "Beat chest dance" more nearly naked, often need to borrow wine to drive away the cold in cold days, wine between the dance is more exaggerated, large-scale, and even jump up, can lie down, step more upside down, the action of the strength of the rhythm of the faster and slower is also more complex and changeable, and over time the formation of "drunken beat chest The dance style of "Drunken Chest Slapping" has a unique flavor.