The Traditional History of Yi Dasanchu

Early jumping music, also known as "Abo Bi" in Yi language, for the meaning of palm jumping, the rhythm of the dance is soothing, the movement is light and stretching, men and women play and sing while dancing, accompanied by musical instruments in addition to the small sanxian, there are also flutes, Sanhu, Yueqin and Muye, etc., more in the village within the choice of venues. After the Republic of China, the gourd small sanxian accompanied by jumping music was changed to wooden tube-shaped small sanxian. 1921, Mile County, Phoenix Village, A fine young man Duan Xianwang made the first generation of large sanxian on the basis of the tube-shaped small sanxian.

In 1930, Zhang Chongren, a young man from Xishan Village, made the second generation of big three-stringed musical instruments, and from then on, the use of big three-stringed musical instruments to accompany jumping music was spread to every village in A Thin. Since then, Yi folk artists, such as Shi Fenglin, have reformed and standardized the big sanxian, which has become the popular Yi big sanxian.

In the summer of 1946, some teachers and students of the Southwest United University went to Lunan to organize the Guishan Yi dance team and performed in Kunming, making the folk song and dance "A Fine Jumping Music" on the city music stage for the first time. Nowadays, this kind of joyful jumping music (jumping moon), also known as "Gaspi" in Yi language, meaning joyful jumping, has become a traditional dance of the Yi folk, which is famous for the "A fine jumping moon" all over the country. Festival night, the moon hangs high, in the Yi village outside the open field, young men and women in a circle, the center of a tall fire, the young man while playing the big three strings with the girl on the side of the dance. The main action is to run three steps, stop two beats, lift the foot forward and jump in place, etc. The dance is robust, agile, melodious, fast-paced, and the whole dance is full of enthusiasm and joyful atmosphere.