How to sing and dance?

When dancing, each person holds two short round wooden sticks called "mallets", with their feet squatting on horseback and their legs jumping sideways. Their hands beat the sticks up and down, left and right with the rhythm of gongs and drums, and their heads and bodies naturally shook.

Song and dance, one of the forms of Han dance, is popular in Shantou, Jieyang, Chaozhou, Shanwei, Hongkong, Thailand and other places in China. Song and dance in Chaoshan area integrates drama, dance and martial arts. ?

As a folk art, the emergence, development and evolution of song and dance are rarely recorded in writing. The recorded history is only four or five hundred years, and there are many different versions of its sources. The main argument is that Nuo dance evolved from ancient sacrificial ceremonies.

Song and dance belong to the emotional dance of Hanfang, which is the most popular area, including Chaoyang District and Chaonan District of Shantou City, Puning City and Huilai County of Jieyang City, Lufeng City of Shanwei City and Chaoan District of Chaozhou City. According to the oral tradition of folk artists and the introduction of some supporting materials, the source of Chaoyang English songs can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty.

In rural areas, English songs are regarded by the masses as the embodiment of heroes, the symbol of good fortune and the magic of exorcism. Generally speaking, everyone who participates in the English song team should be young and handsome. Singers and dancers have excellent relationships with people around them and many friends in their daily lives. Girls have a kind of admiration for him and often choose their lovers from the English song team.

In particular, the first mallet and the second mallet are the objects pursued by girls. Song and dance have always been regarded as the embodiment of good luck, and people think that song and dance is a "good color". Who can join the English song team this year, things will go smoothly this year, and everything will go smoothly.

Puning is a very popular place for English songs. The villagers here believe that dancing English songs can completely drive away monsters and bad styles, so as to ward off evil spirits and keep peace. Therefore, when some large-scale buildings are laid, office buildings are completed, bridges are opened to traffic, and school celebrations are held, it is inevitable to invite English singers to dance.

In rural areas, as long as people hear English songs, they are ready to meet them at the door. The English song team came, and the layman fired a shot and invited. At this time, the English song team had to enter the hospital and perform in the hospital. People believe that the house danced by English singers can keep peace forever.