What are the characteristics of Han dance?

Han dance, as its name implies, is a traditional dance of Han nationality in China, which belongs to China National Dance School. Han dance has a long history and a wide variety. Even the same kind of songs and dances will have their own characteristics and unique charm in style, dress and expression because of different regions. However, due to historical reasons, the original appearance of many Han dances has been lost. At present, it generally includes Han and Tang classical dances (step songs, harmony songs, etc. ) and folk dances (such as Shandong Yangko, Jiaozhou Yangko, Yunnan Lantern, Anhui Flower Drum Lantern, etc. ) are divided into dance circles.

Chinese name

Han dance

abbreviate

Hanwu

dance

folk dance

Representative dance

Dragon dance and so on

type

various

basic feature

China Han folk dances are not only rich in content, but also varied in types and styles. Even the same kind of songs and dances, due to different regions, will have their own characteristics and unique charm in style, clothing and expression.

Song and dance activities of the Han nationality in China have been rich and colorful since ancient times, and with the development of history, they have never stopped spreading and developing. For today's urban residents, due to the high tension of work and life; The living space is narrow and the interpersonal relationship is relatively alienated; Foreign cultural factors, the introduction of high-tech entertainment and many other factors have made generations of future generations in the city gradually forget and leave, so that they simply don't understand and will no longer dance their own national dances. This often leads to the conclusion that the Han nationality has no dance.

The annual Spring Festival is the biggest and warmest traditional folk festival of the Han nationality. People devote all their time and energy to the activities held during the Spring Festival, wishing the beginning of the Spring Festival and the renewal of Vientiane, praying for the prosperity of crops and people and animals in the future, and getting the only complete relaxation and pleasure of body and mind in a year.

As long as you live in an area where Han people live, almost the whole period from the end of the twelfth lunar month to the first month of the new year can be called the Spring Festival period. People are full of excitement, from making new clothes, cleaning houses, preparing sacrifices, preparing holiday dishes to preparing celebrations and performances. In order to realize their expectations for the new year. The first month of winter is the off-season in all agricultural areas of China, which provides conditions for planning and celebrating the Spring Festival. In the Han nationality, people celebrate the Spring Festival on the third or fifth day of the first month because of the difference between the north and the south, but basically the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is the climax and end of the activity. Of course, there are also some areas that will hold the "Reunion after the Reunion Year" on the 28th of the first month.

During the Spring Festival, there are still some folk song and dance forms that began in the Song and Qing Dynasties. Since ancient times, people in China have regarded dragons as totems. In the long years, dragons have gradually been deified by people. They are regarded as gods who can not only ride clouds, but also cross rivers and seas, dominating the drought and flood of farmland, and are respected and worshipped by Han Chinese who make a living by farming. Therefore, in the Han nationality areas from south to north, during the Spring Festival, people sing, dance and play in the smoky and deafening firecrackers, and there are countless dragons in various forms. Among them, the most familiar one is Bulong or Cailong, which is huge, about 10 meter long and tied with colored silk.

The famous dance

dragon dance

"Dragon Dance" is an enthusiastic plastic dance. Several men hold high the wooden handle supporting the dragon body and perform "Rolling Dragon", "Dragon Tail" and "Golden Dragon Wrapping Jade Column" in the shuttle running. In addition, it is still circulating in Zhejiang, where many women hold clouds and lotus flowers in their hands. After the beautiful and lyrical lotus dance, the "Hundred Dragons" composed of lotus petals connected into scales, floating among colorful clouds under the guidance of dragon charmers, is really vivid and eye-catching; In the southern rice-growing countries, the "grass dragon" tied with straw and filled with incense dances in the middle of the night on the first day of the New Year's Day, just like a dragon floating with twinkling stars in the night sky, hovering and dancing in the smoke, which has a unique style. In addition, the "earthworm", which walks on the ground with its claws and constantly sprays water around it, was handed down in the Qing Dynasty. I wish the next year a good weather. A beautifully made dragon was tied to a bench, and three men each held a stool leg, running, jumping and dancing under the noisy sound of gongs and drums. "Wolong" is a popular form of dragon dance in provinces south of the Yellow River. In addition, the dragon body is divided into several "sections" of Duan Long and Wujielong; Played by one person alone, they stayed in Suzhou and Hangzhou and northern Sichuan, the little "black dragon" and "paper dragon"; There are also the little-known "Jewel Dragon" and "Eighteen Speed Dragon", which continue in the coastal fishing villages of Zhejiang Province and are almost boat-shaped without dragons. They are really colorful and countless. During the Spring Festival, these dragon shapes with different varieties and strange shapes flying in the vast areas of Han nationality fully demonstrated the long history and broad culture of the descendants of dragons.