Carp Dance in Different Places

Carp Dance is a popular dance form in Chaozhou, which has been circulating in the Chaozhou folk as early as more than one hundred years ago. Through meticulous observation of the life situation of the carp, the choreographer has refined the dance to show the way in which the carp "come out of the beach", "forage for food", "compare eyes", "gnaw on the mud", "give birth", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat", "eat" and so on. "out of the beach", "foraging", "than eyes", "gnawing mud", "spawning", "leap Dragon Gate" and other actions, combined into different sets of performances, strong, bold and unrestrained, fully expresses the masculinity of the men's dance, with the characteristics of the southern school of martial arts. The props of the Carp Dance are superbly made, with the characteristics of Teochew craftsmanship, and the dance is accompanied by the percussion of Teochew big gongs and drums, which has a strong local flavor and local color. As an excellent Chinese folk dance art, the Chaozhou Carp Dance team has gone to Beijing to participate in the National Folk Music and Dance Festival and won the excellent program award, and has been invited to perform abroad many times, which has made it famous both at home and abroad. The Chaozhou Carp Dance was compiled into the "Chinese Ethnic Folk Dance Integration-Guangdong Volume".

Whenever there is a festival, the Carp Dance can be seen everywhere in the towns and villages of Chaozhou City. The elaborate carp lamps are vividly made, and the carp, led by the head fish, swim leisurely on the surface of the water, dive into the water to look for food, and play with each other. At the climax of the carp tumbling rapidly, fighting with all their might, and finally leaping the Dragon Gate, at this time, the drums thundered, the viewers were emotionally charged, the whole scene cheered and applauded, the atmosphere is very warm. For more than a hundred years, the carp dance has been very popular among the masses and has been performed in Chaozhou, becoming a traditional folk dance program that has been preserved to date The carp dance in Pinghai is performed by five men, and the carp dance has a large amplitude of movement of both hands, and the footwork is based on the "round field step", together with the lifting of the legs, jumping, etc., and the movements are strong and powerful, rough and bold. The movements are powerful, bold and unrestrained. The rhythm of the whole performance is strong, and it is done in one go.

The Pinghai Carp Dance has a history of hundreds of years. They also deepen the processing of the traditional carp dance movements, incorporating the characteristics of the times to achieve harmony between tradition and modernity. In the past, there were 24 sets of movements in the carp dance, which were cumbersome and not easy to learn, but later they condensed and processed them and introduced some new sets, and there were only 16 sets of movements such as Guanyin Sitting Lotus, Chasing Spring, Grinding Sand, and Crossing Water etc., which made the dance more refined and beautiful. Carp Dance is rich in unique artistic characteristics, its props are beautifully made, plus the dance is accompanied by gongs and drums percussion, magnificent, passionate and unrestrained, with a strong local flavor and local characteristics. In earlier years, during the Spring Festival, the Carp Dance could be seen everywhere in the villages of Zhongxin Township, Lianping County. The elaborate carp dances are so vivid that they sometimes look like they are swimming leisurely on the surface of the water, sometimes look like they are diving under the water to look for food, and sometimes look like they are playing with each other, which makes the scene very spectacular and beautiful.

The most primitive Carp Dance is performed by nine young women who each hold up a carp props with the sound of gongs and drums to perform a variety of fish movements, and there are two clowns behind the carp. Two clowns follow the carp. The taller clown holds a fish net, while the other holds a fish basket. Once the gongs and drums stop, the two clowns perform the comical action of fighting fish and tell a joke to amuse the audience. Subsequently, nine young women with carp props sing "Carp Mamma Song", each back to the chorus section, the total **** to perform 12 rounds, sung 12 times. Its tune is similar to the Spring Bull Dance, with a lead singer and chorus. People believe that the carp dance smooth "intention", good luck, every place, the village children will follow the back of the carp dance team shouting "big fish big fish", according to the harmonics of the "big yu big yu," catering to the "wealth and prosperity have a surplus". It is a good omen of "wealth and prosperity" and is therefore welcomed by the people.