Artistic Characteristics of Shanxi Stilts

Shanxi stilts artistic characteristics are as follows:

It is a two-person performance of the conjoined stilts, by the head of the beast, the body of the beast, the performers composed of stilts, stilts performers feet tied to the wooden stilts, the waist bound to the animal skin, the front of the Department of the beast head, playing the role of riding the beast; the performers are loaded with heavy loads, synchronized walking feet, in order to cooperate with the same, the performance of the performance of the song according to the rhythm of walking, the difficulty of the It is extremely difficult.

Existing beasts are basically handed down from generation to generation, after many repairs, the original appearance still exists. The head of the beast by highly skilled artists to make a model, and then use soft cloth, hemp paper, straw paper by the glue multi-layer laminating, drying, take the mold and retouching, coloring and painting and become.

The body of the beast is mainly made of the main frame, bamboo board, hemp belt, hemp silk, hemp rope, wire, soft cloth, straw paper and other sewing and binding, and paste, decoration and become. Its performance needs to be accompanied by auxiliary instruments such as flower drums and gongs, with the flower drum category consisting of about 15 people and the gong category consisting of 13 people.

The beasts of Beiyangcheng are of various patterns and peculiar shapes. The beasts of Beiyangcheng include: unicorns, brave wolves, unicorns, bamboo horses, cats, etc.; and the beasts of Nanyangcheng include: black beaver tigers, sika deer, tapirs, etc. Most of these beasts are originated from mythological stories, and most of them have their own origins. Most of these beasts originate from mythological stories or totem worship, and the beasts perform mostly mythological stories.

Because the beasts are very peculiar, from the outside looking like a real person riding a beast show, marching in formation in the sound of drums and music, the momentum is grand, very spectacular. On the twenty-ninth day of the first month of every leap year, in the ceremony held in honor of the God of Fire as one of the folkloric performances, meant to drive away evil spirits and demons, to overcome the disaster.

Stilts

Stilts (stilt-walkers), a traditional dance in Jishan County, Shanxi Province, one of the national intangible cultural heritage.

The stilt walker is a form of performance in the temple fair cultural activities in Yangcheng Village, Qinghe Town, Jishan County, Shanxi Province, which flourished in the early years of the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty and appeared in the grand scale of the temple fair activities. It is a conjoined stilts performed by two people, skillfully combining man and beast to interpret myths and legends.

The history of stilt walking in Yangcheng Village, Jishan County, Shanxi Province, can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. Legend has it that the temple of the God of Fire was set up during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, and large-scale rituals were held on the twenty-ninth day of the first month, of which the performance of the stilt walkers was one of them.