Introduction of Shangsi Bamboo Horse Dance

Bamboo horse dance originated in the Southern Song Dynasty, mainly distributed in Hangzhou Lin'an and Shangsi (turn pond, Zhoupu) area, there are "open" and "closed" points, that is, singing songs, performances, and the combination of light is performed respectively. The performers are usually teenagers in their teens.

Shangsi Bamboo Horse Dance belongs to the "open" dance, the team in front of the gongs, drums, suona and other musical instruments such as gongs and drums, followed by a team of performers dressed in costumes, the pressure is the sword flag. Among them, the performance team consists of 24 actors, led by the actor with a yellow umbrella, followed by the emperor, ministers, young students, flower girls, clowns and other roles, followed by four bamboo horses wrapped in red cloth. During the performance, the umbrella first sang by the person who sings, the lyrics are improvised, and then by the performance team of actors and actresses take turns to sing a variety of operas, such as the "Legend of the White Snake," and other traditional drama and folk tunes in the town of Qitang, the actors and actresses dressed as bamboo horses are clamped with bamboo horses and sang with the bamboo horse dance.

It is said that the pigs and goats that have jumped through the Bamboo Horse Dance will be prosperous in the coming year

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