Yugur Dance Culture with Regional Characteristics

Among the 56 ethnic groups in China, Yugur is one of them. Ethnic minorities are good at dancing, and their dances and songs come from life. Because Yugur people only have language but no writing, dance has become a way to express their feelings in the process of national development. How much do you know about Yugur dance culture? The following Yugur culture brings you more content.

1, celebration dance: group dance form. Minghua, Le Kang and Dahe in Sunan County are popular. Mainly accompanied by drum music and songs. Men and women, old and young, dance in a line or in a circle. There are bonfires and prey in the middle. Fast, slow, light and heavy movements are very rhythmic, supplemented by "pull", "old", "grandfather" and "yo". Among them, the circle is from left to right, and the foot is mainly step by step, slightly like Tibetan tap dance. Hand movements are more staggered, with "swinging" (like Hada's square cloth), holding hands and holding horn drums, more than when celebrating harvest and festivals.

2. Round dance: the form of duet between men and women. Popular Minghua, Le Kang and Dahe District. It mainly shows the content of working life and customs. Such as mowing, milking, hunting, wedding and other scenes. According to the speed of rotating to the right, women mainly take step by step, and men mainly take step by step. At the climax, it rotates like the wind, much like "Hu Xuan Dance". Therefore, the local Yugur elders called it "twist dance".

3, drunken dance: men and women solo dance. Popular Minghua, Le Kang and Dahe District. He is good at jumping and dancing. Before the performance, the dancer knelt down in front of the audience, praised and saluted in his native language, and then danced. Sometimes in dancing, you squat down, put your backhand on your back and take a small step back. Sometimes, they are as agile as birds and keep jumping into the air. It is said that when dancing this kind of dance, the dancers first drink to add fun, and the dance presents a state of drunkenness.

Because of its strength, it is very intense. Dancers always sweat. 1958, the professionals who danced "protecting the law" or "giving the child" in Yugur area basically retained the ancient dance form of Yugur. Dunhuang frescoes and the Thousand Buddha Cave in Baicheng, Xinjiang, also preserve a complete ancient dance form of Yugur nationality.

4. Dance at once: Yugur folk weddings are often interspersed with plot ceremonies, which used to be the material of the dance work "On the Road to Wedding". According to its national custom, when a girl gets married, Ana (mother) must dress up for her, mainly wearing a headdress, which means that her daughter is about to leave her mother. Later, my uncle led the farewell party to the top of the mountain. Guidance is a procedure in the traditional wedding of this nation, that is, the bride and the farewell guests ride horses or camels and greet the groom halfway while singing. At that time, the man set up a carpet on the way, put a whole sheep and a wedding banquet on it to show his marriage, and the two sides sent Hada a toast to each other. After a short rest, I will go directly to that man's home.

After that, under the auspices of the host, a ceremony was held to crown the groom, also known as "to reach Quger". That is, the bride stands on the red carpet or cloth and scatters a glyph with rice at her feet. The wife who presided over the wedding held a white cloth square towel or Hada, while the other held a plate with a dragon bowl filled with fresh milk and ghee and Yaoda (a kind of mascot) wrapped in black and white wool to accompany her. Whenever the wife who presided over the wedding said something, the person holding the plate would repeat it. There are two other people holding the groom's dress, ready to change the groom's crown. At the end of the ceremony, the host inserted Yao Da into the groom's waist as a certificate for young men and women to get married. At this time, everyone shouted "Yaoda" and "Yaoda". The young man also grabbed Yaoda to tease the bride, so a couple entered the bridal chamber with the help of their families and the noise of the guests.

In the long history, due to the influence of geography, culture, religion, life and other factors, coupled with the process of continuous communication with various ethnic groups and national integration, with the progress of society, Yugur dance has gradually evolved from simple imitation and unconscious self-entertainment to an art with artistic value now.