With Tujia characteristics? Sweet bell dance?

Babel bell dance, also known as "solving money", is a very traditional dance of Tujia people, and it is also a dance of Tujia people to sacrifice their good brothers and pray for a bumper harvest. In the hearts of Tujia people, the first thing that passed away was the god who sheltered forever. So, do you know the sweet bell dance?

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Babel chime dance is an ancient ritual dance of Tujia nationality. According to legend, Babao was the leader of eight tribes of ancient Tujia ancestors, and was called "Eight Kings" and "Eight Gods". Then eight leaders died in succession. Later, in order to commemorate them, eight bronze bells were carefully made, and according to the eight-Luo skirt worn by the Eight Kings when they were in power, they rode a BMW symbolizing the riding of their ancestors, shook the bronze bells, danced and sang ancient songs to worship their ancestors and seek happiness to show their memory. Because eight bronze bells represent eight leaders, this dance is named "Babel Bronze Bell Dance". At first, only Tujia people participated in the "Sweet Bell Dance". As the old saying goes, "Brass does not touch iron, and Tujia people do not touch guests (Hakka refers to foreigners)", but later, because Tu, Miao and Han went to the national disaster to fight against the invasion of foreign invaders, they forged a friendship of life and death, and Tujia master gave the clock to Miao master. With the development of history, it was originally the ritual dance of Tujia ancestor worship ceremony, and later it became the oath dance symbolizing national unity.

Dance characteristics

After the bell dance developed into Tujia mass dance, Tu Laosi's solo dance was changed into group dance, which was divided into bell dance and bell dance. There are only seven bronze bells in the vertical bronze bell dance, and the dancers are required to ring the bell once and turn around after three steps. This cycle, constantly walking and jumping, more movements. There are only six bronze bells in the bronze bell dance, and there are few dances.

The lyrics of the bell-chime dance in Babel are the Song of God sung by Tujia horses in the past dynasties, which almost covers the origin of Tujia people, the hardships of ethnic migration to fishing and hunting, the cruelty of war, and the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth to the world. Singing music is a "ho ho cavity", and almost every song should be sung "ho ho" and "driven out of my mind". The cavity is simple and deep, bold and straightforward.

The movements of the Babel Bell Dance are mainly composed of routines such as "three steps in the field", "crossing the bridle", "jumping on the beach" and "lying on the horse and shooting arrows". Dance gait is rich and varied, with actions such as ringing the bell, feeding the horse, getting on the horse, dismounting, galloping and running in series.

The chime dance, which combines singing, dancing and being happy, tells the origin, migration, production and life of Tujia nationality, which has important historical value for studying the historical origin of Tujia nationality. After the founding of New China, the government organized ethnic workers to excavate and sort out Tujia ethnic culture, which made the bronze bell dance enter the stage of national cultural performances and won many provincial and national awards. The ritual dance performed by one person developed into a group dance performed by many people. Dance of the Bells, which was directed by Shi Yuanao and composed by Li Zhuoyu, won the 1980 National Minority Literature and Art Performance Excellence Award, making Dance of the Bells bloom in the national literature and art garden.