Peacock dance historical legends

Historical Legend of Peacock Dance

Lightweight feet pointing to the ground, cherry beak one by one, flexible fingers a little bit of a hook, a drop and a lift - that is a noble peacock in the high view. The following is the historical legend of the peacock dance that I have organized for you, welcome to read and collect.

Peacock Dance historical legends Part 1

Peacock Dance is China's Dai folk dance in the most prestigious traditional performance dance, spread in the Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Ruili, Luxi and Xishuangbanna, Mengding, Munda, Jinggu, Cangyuan and other Dai inhabited areas, which is most representative of the Peacock Dance in Ruili, western Yunnan (Dai language for the "Galaoyong"), rumor is that the Peacock Dance is the most representative, and the Dai leader of more than a thousand years ago called for the Dai to be the first in the history of the Peacock Dance. More than a thousand years ago, the Dai leader called Ma Li Jie number to imitate the beautiful posture of the peacock and learn to dance, and then processed by successive generations of folk artists molding, passed down, the formation of the peacock dance.

The Dai people have a long history, from the 1st century AD, the Han Emperor Wu Di developed the Southwest has been with the mainland in the economic and cultural aspects of the exchange. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the chief of the Dai tribe sent messengers to Luoyang to perform music and dance, magic and acrobatics. It can be seen that the music and dance culture of the Dai people had a fairly high level as early as two thousand years ago.

In the minds of the Dai people, the peacock is a symbol of happiness and good fortune. Not only do many people keep peacocks in their homes, but they also regard peacocks as a symbol of goodness, wisdom, beauty, good fortune and happiness. Among the many kinds of Dai dances, the peacock dance is the most favorite, the most familiar, and also one of the dances with the greatest changes and development.

The traditional peacock dance of the Dai folk has a long history and has been incorporated into the rituals of religion. Peacock dance is the favorite folk dance of the Dai people, and in the dam area where the Dai people live, there are "pendulums" (festivals) almost every month, and there are songs and dances every year. In the Dai annual "Water Festival", "closed door festival", "Open Door Festival", "Catch Pendulum" and other folk festivals, as long as it is a place of fun and joy, the Dai people will gather together, ringing the gongs, playing the drums with elephant feet, jumping up and down the beautiful "Peacock Dance", the sound of songs and dances presents the joyful atmosphere of the harvest and the beautiful scene of national unity.

Peacock Dance History Legend Part 2

Peacock Dance has a wide range of mass and a long history. As early as more than a thousand years ago, the Dai people have circulated many beautiful legends about the peacock dance among them, and the story of Zhaoshutun and Lanwu Lona is one of them. The Peacock Dance performed by the folk in the "Catch Pendulum", festivals and various celebrations is made up according to various legends. One of these legends goes like this:

A long time ago, there was a poor Dai young man in order to earn a living, he went to the river every day to fish under a hollow tree, and every time he could catch a lot. However, one day he fished from morning to night and could not see a single fish shadow. He felt very strange.

At this time, a light wind suddenly blew into the hollow tree behind him. The wind was blowing in the hollow tree behind him, making a "buzzing" sound. At this time, the riverside fruit trees ripe fruit, also with the wind ding dong dong fall into the river, issued a crisp and pleasant sound. In this moment, he saw the river reflects the peacock on the hillside of the fair reflection. The young man was surprised to see a pair of green peacocks unfolding their beautiful plumes, dancing to the sound of the sound.

At that time, the young man could no longer restrain his inner excitement, he said loudly: "Ah! I have arrived today at the place where the gods live!" So, the young man dropped the fishing rod, surprise, ran back to the village, alive and well to the townspeople to tell what they saw. The townspeople were so amazed that they all wished they could see the moving scene with their own eyes. Later, the young man with many folks came to the river, the hollow tree cut down, saw Lou do long drum, covered with a layer of yellow cowhide, with a hand to beat, suddenly issued a "boom-boom ba-boom" of the melodious sound, and then, the young man and find a copper pot, copper pot cover, so that other young people with the knocking of the rhythm of the sound of the righteousness of weaving and knocking. Then, the young man in the happy sound of drums, imitating the peacock's every move, jumping up the exquisite peacock dance. At that time, the crowd was mesmerized and never tired of watching. Since then, the townspeople unanimously elected the young man to perform the peacock dance at the mass gatherings of the "Catch Pendulum". On the day of "catching the pendulum", the young man performed the peacock dance for the first time for the Dai family, and artistically reproduced the image of the peacock, which won the appreciation of the Dai family. Since then, this kind of peacock dance accompanied by elephant foot drums and gongs has been spread among the Dai people.

Peacock Dance History Legend Part 3

Once upon a time, the Dai had a kingdom, there was a beautiful and noble prince in the country, he was the dream lover of many girls, one day the prince and the guards to go hunting, they chased a rabbit chased to the lake, the prince saw seven peacocks flew from the sky, they circled around the lake, dancing beautifully Xu Xu fell. The seven peacocks shed their peacock magic feathers and turned into seven beautiful princesses, the seventh of which was the most beautiful and the best dancer. The seventh one was the most beautiful and danced the best, and the prince fell in love with the seventh princess. Back to the kingdom of the prince all day thinking about this beautiful princess, one day, the prince can no longer hold back their thoughts, once again came to the lake, while they did not pay attention to, stole the seven princesses of the magic feathers, and so on the other six sisters put on their feathers to fly away, only the smallest princess is still looking for their own clothes, then the prince came out to return the clothes to the most beautiful princess, she also immediately She immediately fell in love with the handsome and noble-looking prince, and after they were married, the princess taught her people the peacock dance and taught them to make peacock clothes, and the people all respected and loved her, and he and the prince lived happily until the end.

Heritage interpretation

The traditional Peacock Dance, in the past, by men wearing a golden helmet, mask, wearing a support frame covered with peacock feathers of the performance of the attire, in the elephant-footed drums, gongs, cymbals and other musical instruments accompanied by the dance. The dance has a strict program, which includes a variety of symbolic hand shapes and various jumping and turning postures, accompanied by a beautiful "three bends" body shape, which portrays the peacock's "peeping in the forest," "walking in the forest," "drinking from the spring and playing in the water," "chasing and playing," and other demeanor and natural scenarios. Although the traditional peacock dance performed by men is more robust and upright with less feminine beauty, the smooth dance posture and the beautiful shape of the simulated peacock tend to mesmerize the viewer, ignoring the gender of the performer.

For the Dai dance accompanied by an important musical instrument is the "elephant foot drum", in the Dai, from 3, 4-year-old children to the elderly, there is no will not play the elephant foot drum. The senior player of the drums is not simply a musician who plays the drums, but must be an excellent dancer at the same time.

Because the performance level of the Dai dancers is closely related to the drummer's performance. Before the dance, the dancers and musicians usually do not practice together, and rely entirely on each other's feelings for tacit cooperation and performance. The drummer, being familiar with the dance, chooses and changes the rhythm and tempo of the drums according to the level of the dancers, and even guides the dancers to show their difficult skills. On appropriate occasions, musicians will also participate in the dance, with the fingers and palms of the hands, as well as fists, elbows, head, feet parts, beating a variety of imitation of the natural world of a variety of audio drums sound skillful, a hammer down, the drums of the sound of the length of the Chinese blouse can be unbuttoned all the loops, and then hit the hammer, and button loops all the buttons on. The musicians sometimes span about 80 centimeters long small elephant-footed drums and dance while beating the drums. Their dance is flexible, cheerful, strong jumping, and is an excellent form for young men to show their personal level of encouragement and skill.

Expansion:

Male Peacock Dance

This is a kind of expression of female peacock dance. In folklore it is mostly performed by men. This kind of dance, knee undulation more rigid, hand movement flexible, hand movement flexible and stretching, small feet more powerful, three curved modeling pike angle is more obvious, the movement is larger and very fit. The enlarged soft shoulders, arched shoulders and broken shaking shoulders strengthen the rigid and stretching character of the dance. The drum beat is powerful and thick, the beat is distinctive, and the rhythm is exceptionally rich.

Small Peacock Dance

Expressed in the dance of the small peacock, this dance, the knee is often used to rapid small trembling, as well as no undulation of the short step, the calf appears to be very light and flexible, and the main leg is often used to crouch down small jumps to make the dance very lively. The hand movements are light and sensitive, and the three curves are small and delicate. The continuous small shrugs are often used to make this dance light, lively and enthusiastic. The drum beat is fast and light.

The Dai people are very familiar with and understand the characteristics of peacock life. Therefore, the peacock dance has a more fixed program. For example, at the beginning of the Peacock Dance, the peacock is generally shown flying out of its nest, looking around sensitively, and when it finds that there is no threat in the surrounding area, it walks down the hill peacefully, dances on the lawn, and then plucks away the grass and branches to look for the spring water (or to look for food). When it finds water, it happily shines the shadow on itself, drinks and bathes by the water's edge, shakes off the water droplets on itself in a dashing manner, spreads out its glorious wings (opens its screen), compares its beauty with all things, flies freely and happily, and so on. This is the general program of the peacock dance.

Because of the peacock dance legends, performers are based on folklore choreography, some focus on copying the peacock's behavior, some performance of the peacock's various inner activities. Coupled with the fact that the Dai people are divided into different branches, so although the peacock dance has a more unified performance program, but it is not a pattern, not set in stone.

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