Acrobatics acrobatic township

The first township of acrobatics in the world

Wuqiao County, Hebei Province, has always been known as the "township of acrobatics". Local people call acrobatics as "playing tricks", folklore has: "up to 99, down to just walk, Wuqiao playing tricks, everyone has a hand." It can be seen that acrobatics in Wuqiao County is very widespread and popularized. Wuqiao acrobatic art has a long history, in 1958, Cangzhou Wuqiao County, small horse factory village unearthed about 1,500 years ago, the North and South Dynasties, Eastern Wei Dynasty tomb mural, depicting inverted, belly tops, turn the disk, equestrian and other acrobatic performances image. However, Cangzhou Wuqiao acrobatics in the country's reputation after the Yuan Dynasty. Before this, Henan's acrobatics is more influential, after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, the capital moved from Kaifeng, Henan Province to Beijing, Hebei Cangzhou Wuqiao acrobatics began to flourish, the impact is getting bigger and bigger, and continues to this day, has become a recognized at home and abroad as the famous "acrobatic township".

Now, in the territory of Wuqiao County, whether it is a village farmhouse, or fields, or streets and courtyards, everywhere you can see the moving scene of acrobatics. Labor tools or household utensils can be used as props for acrobatics. Some acrobatic family, from the age of one or two years old to train children's acrobatic skills. Now, the county has dozens of professional or amateur acrobatic troupes, more than 1,000 actors. There are countless people who usually have one or two hands of acrobatic skills. Over the years, this famous acrobatic circus hometown has cultivated a large number of skilled professional actors. Beijing, Shenyang, Tianjin, Harbin, Chongqing, Kunming, Taiyuan, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan and other more than 50 acrobatic circus art groups in the country, there are many actors from Wuqiao. Among them, many of them have become acrobatic artists who are famous at home and abroad. For example, Xia Juhua, vice-chairman of China Acrobatic Association and head of Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe, who is known as "the flower of acrobatic art", is from Wuqiao. Wang Xifu of the Acrobatic Troupe of Shenyang Military Region of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), who starred in such programs as "Air Hanging", "Wobbling Plate", "Chair Top", etc., which were highly praised by domestic and foreign audiences and recorded into a film for broadcasting. It was recorded and broadcasted as a movie. Famous acrobatic artist Bian Yunming visited India, Indonesia and Myanmar with the Chinese Acrobatic Troupe in 1956, and his programs such as "Flying Man on Trampoline" and "Lever Fixed Vehicle" won honors for the motherland. 1981, the Hebei Acrobatic Troupe visited four countries such as Mexico. In 1981, Hebei Acrobatic Troupe went to Mexico and other four countries to perform, most of the main actors from Wuqiao. Their wonderful performances were praised by their foreign friends.

Expanding a little, and Wuqiao neighboring Tianjin, Tangshan, Liaocheng and other places, can be called the acrobatic area. The history of acrobatics in Liaocheng can be traced back to Cao Zhi in the Three Kingdoms period. This talented man of Jian'an was good at "jumping pills and fencing" and loved "cockfighting" and "horse running". Since then, the acrobatic tradition of Liaocheng has been continued. After the establishment of New China, the acrobatic troupes established mainly by artists in Liaocheng include Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe, Yunnan Acrobatic Troupe, Shanxi Changzhi Acrobatic Troupe and Shandong Acrobatic Troupe, Dezhou Regional Acrobatic Troupe and so on. The oldest acrobatic hometown

In the history of Henan, not only produced China's earliest acrobatic performers, but also held China's largest "Hundred Plays" performance. The book "Liezi" records: "Song have Lanzi, to technology in the Song Yuanjun, called to see, to double skills long times its body belongs to its path and tend; and chi to get seven swords, selected and jumped," this is seen in the records of the Henan Province's earliest acrobatic actresses. After the Northern Song Dynasty, acrobatics flowed into the folk of the Central Plains in large quantities, and its popularity was incomparable to that of other provinces and districts. For example, "Wang Laojia Acrobatic Village" in Mafang Township, Taikang County, has 8 acrobatic troupes with only 100 villagers. Baofeng County, Zhaozhuang Township, "Zhou Ying Magic Village", only a thousand families that there are 33 magic troupes, from the artists up to more than a hundred; Xinye County, only Shi'an, Shayan, Fan set of three townships, that is, more than 1,200 people to play the monkey professionals; Huaiyang County, Taihao Mausoleum Ancient Temples from the Lunar Calendar in February to the third month of March, on the performance of acrobatic troupes are often up to twenty or thirty, "Master Renzu". The "festival" of "human ancestor" has become a spontaneous "acrobatic festival". Municipal acrobatic township

October 21, 2004, the China Federation of Literary and Artistic Associations will be "China's acrobatic township" honor awarded to the city of Zhoukou, Henan Province, and Wuqiao County, so that Zhoukou has become the country's only municipal "China's acrobatic township".

Zhoukou has a long history of acrobatics and is one of the important birthplaces of acrobatic art in China. According to historical records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhoukou has many folk artists to juggling skills to make a living. Although the times have changed, but the acrobatic art in Zhoukou land has been long-lasting, once a year in Huaiyang County, Taihao Mausoleum ancient temples will be the acrobatic stage of the Great Exhibition. Strong acrobatic art atmosphere, gave birth to a large number of acrobatic households, acrobatic village, acrobatic township. According to incomplete statistics, within the city, there are more than 100 professional acrobatic groups, 201 amateur acrobatic groups and nearly 15,000 practitioners. From the city, county to townships, villages, from basic training to high-precision competition, all kinds of acrobatic troupes, magic troupes, animal taming troupes, flying car troupes, etc. are like flowers, blooming all over the land of Zhoukou. Northeast Zhuang village-level acrobatic township

October 25, 2001, held in Beijing, China Acrobatic Artists Association was founded on the 20th anniversary of the General Assembly, SUNING County, Hebei Province, Wubei Township, DAWANGZHUANG Village and Henan Puyang City, Northeast Zhuang Village was named for the first time as the first batch of village-level "China Acrobatic Township".

Dawangzhuang village existing 3080 people, engaged in acrobatics up to 1600 people, accounting for more than 1/2 of the village population. Local acrobatic classes, troupes have 15. Speaking of Dawangzhuang people playing acrobatics history, we can not help but talk about our country's famous acrobats, known as the "painted eyebrows Zhang" Zhang Zengcai. Zhang Zengcai was born in 1890 and died in 1964. He was known for his ventriloquism and was especially good at imitating the call of the painted eyebrow bird, so his name was "Painted Eyebrow Zhang".

Puyang has long been known as Henan's "hometown of acrobatics", Puyang's Northeast Zhuang and Hebei's Wuqiao since ancient times, "acrobatics north and south of the two hometowns," said. Puyang acrobatic art has a long history, and has a broad mass base in the folk. Northeast Zhuang village people love acrobatics, up to more than 70 years old, down to 3-year-old boy, almost everyone will play a few tricks. Over the past 50 years since the founding of New China, the village has sent more than 400 acrobatic talents to domestic and foreign countries, and has performed in 27 provinces and cities across the country and in more than 20 countries such as North Korea, Japan and Germany. According to local authorities, at home and abroad in the acrobatic troupe, served as the head of the village of Northeast Village, there are 37 people, in the last 10 years, domestic and international competitions to bring back more than 30 trophies for the country won the honor of China's acrobatic art of a long history, a long history, the Chinese nation's valuable and outstanding cultural heritage. Humans created civilization, but also the destruction of civilization, 70 years ago the outbreak of the Second World War, the ancient culture and art of the East by the devastating destruction of the war, the barbaric behavior of the invaders is not only the destruction of China's ancient civilization, it is the whole of mankind's cultural development process and the results of the merciless trampling, the war made the countless treasures of the national art of Greater China by the catastrophe of the war, many of our culture and art passed down from the ancient times On the verge of extinction, save endangered arts, inheritance of ancient civilization, carry forward the spirit of the nation, show the art of fine arts, is the development of the group for many years since the beginning of the ancient unchanging intention, more than 10 years of Chinese intangible cultural heritage base: China's endangered acrobatic performances in the national scope of the extensive collection of digging, excavation, sorting out, screening, refining, training of all kinds of endangered artistic talent, China's folk endangered acrobatic culture and art of withered wood, a large number of endangered acrobatic arts, a large number of acrobatic arts, a large number of endangered acrobatic arts and culture. A large number of endangered acrobatic art once again glows with its former glory. The troupe has a new idea, a new concept, a new approach, a new package, a new model, a new concept, as well as a new taste to promote and exchange at home and abroad. Through the national essence of China's endangered art of this stage, so that the Chinese acrobatic art to release the infinite charm, to become a connection between the world peacemaker's ties, and through this special cultural ties set up a bridge of friendship between the people of the world.