Which ethnic group is the bamboo stick dance

The Bamboo Dance is a song and dance of the Li ethnic group.

As early as in the Song Dynasty, Su Shi, a great writer, left Hainan at the end of his exile, and was sent off by the Li folks with "Li song and dance wishing the public to return", and wrote a poem of "barbaric dance and Li song, and the aftermath of the sound of the still Tou Tou Tou". It can be seen that the songs and dances of the Li people not only have a long history, but also have their unique charm.

The Li people have a bold character and are good at singing and dancing. The songs and dances of the Li people have their unique charm. The Li people like to dance the "Bamboo Pole Dance", which is usually performed in the courtyard or on the threshing floor. Dance, squatting on both sides of four people, each hand flat hold the end of the bamboo pole, according to the rhythm of the Zhanghe knocking, dancers with the bamboo pole Zhanghe, two feet constantly jumping up and down, making a variety of wonderful movements, the dance is quite enthusiastic, fascinating.

In Hainan, "Bamboo Dance" has become the most characteristic dance performance in Hainan. Bamboo dance to promote ethnic exchanges Bamboo dance is also called jumping bamboo pole, Li language means "jumping firewood", because it is a fitness exercise, foreign tourists also known as "the world's rare aerobics". This sports program is prevalent in the five finger mountainous areas of Hainan Island, Ledong, Dongfang, Changjiang, Baisha and other Li Autonomous County, Li compatriots inhabited areas, according to the evidence has been hundreds of years of history.

"Chai jumping" is an ancient ritual of the Li people. According to the legend, jumping firewood is an ancient way of worship of the Li ethnic group which has a history of hundreds of years. When the Li family returns the new grain to the barn after hard work, men, women and children in the village will be joyful, dressed in festive costumes, cooking new rice, brewing glutinous rice wine, slaughtering domesticated animals and birds, and offering sacrifices to the ancestors and gods.

With the change of time, the custom of Chai Jumping has spread and evolved among the Li people. Nowadays, the color of sacrifice has gradually disappeared, and it has become a kind of cultural entertainment as well as physical fitness activity. In the past, the custom of "women playing and men jumping" was limited to "women playing and men jumping", which is now replaced by "men and women mixed playing and jumping". In the past, "March 3" for the Lizhai Mountain Love Festival, now also enhanced the jumping bamboo and other healthy activities. Young men and women by virtue of jumping bamboo pole activities, looking for "partners", set up a "magpie bridge", the establishment of friendship.