Brief introduction of Yao dance in Yuyao

Yuyao yi dance is to send the Yi people for the New Year. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, people used to tie the Yi people with straw, then send them to Jiangtang and the seaside, and burn them with fire to pray for peace. At the same time, a performance ceremony will be held in the village entrance, street and important public places in the village. After the event, the props of the dance will be sent to the main hall, ancestral temple and other places.

Yuyao yi dance has a unique shape. Its head is similar to that of a dog, but it is a bit like a fox. Its beak is divided into upper and lower jaws, with a tongue exposed in the middle. The lower jaw has a short red beard, the upper jaw has a nose, left and right eyes, black hair around the eyes, a black spherical eyeball and two horns and ears on its head. His head is red and his body is yellow. Physically, people who don't know it will think it looks like a dragon, except that it has no scales and a China beard hanging on its back. The tail is divided into two forks, and the head and tail are divided into seven sections.

According to "Si (Si) Men Xie Er Fang", dancing is the custom of Qin Dynasty, and Yuyao has a history of more than two thousand years. It is a unique folk dance of the Han nationality, which combines the ancient philosophical thoughts of our ancestors-the principle of mutual generation and mutual resistance of the five elements and the folk connotation of praying and entertaining the gods. In Yuyao, yi dance not only has the function of blessing and entertainment, but also has the function of entertaining people.

In the past, there were dances everywhere in the northwest of Yuyao. Nuo dance, accompanied by instruments such as suona, gong, drum and cymbal, has a unique dance form and method, which is a kind of Han folk culture that people like to see and hear.

Legend has it that the Dragon King of the East China Sea gave birth to nine sons, but his ninth son was a dragon. The dragon gave birth to water and dew, and he was fierce in nature, eating tigers and leopards and killing evil spirits.