Tujia Copper Bell Dance

Introduction of Tujia Copper Bell Dance

The copper bells jingle, the cow horns sound loud and clear, and the dancers hold the eight treasures of copper bells, dance with their hands and feet, mimicking the actions of feeding, washing, teasing, and mounting the horses, etc. Every time you watch the Tujia Copper Bell Dance, you will be captivated by the scene. Every time I watch the Tujia copper bell dance performance, always be that scene was taken, that rough and simple dance, let a person both feel happy, but also feel solemn. Here I take you to understand the Tujia copper bell dance.

The copper bell dance, also known as the eight treasure copper bell dance, is a religious profession of the Tujia people in northwest Hunan, the Tulaosi (Tujia language known as? Tima?) It is a ritual dance performed by Tulaosi (called "Tima" in Tujia language), a religious professional of the Tujia people in northwest Hunan. Copper Bell Dance originated in the Tang and Song dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty said in the Chu Rhetoric Annotated: ? In the past, in the south of Ying, between Yuan and Xiang, the custom of Chu was to believe in ghosts and good rituals, and the rituals must make wizards make music, songs and dances to entertain the gods. The entertainment songs and dances were performed by Tima as "Tima Divine Song". In ancient times, when Tima sacrificed his ancestors, he read incantations and danced with his hands, forming the Tujia copper bell dance.

The Tujia Copper Bell Dance is the most distinctive recreational dance of the Tujia people in western Hunan. Tujia copper bell dance originated from the Tujia "Tima jumping god", is the Tujia Tima (Tulushi) to do the religious law program, hand holding the eight treasures of the copper bell performance, also known as the eight treasures of the copper bell dance? Eight Treasures Copper Bell Dance? Song? Zhu Xi "Chu Rhetoric Annotated" said: ? In the past, the Chu South Ying's Eup, between Yuan and Xiang, its custom believe in ghosts and good rituals, its rituals must make wizards for music, singing and dancing to entertain the gods. Among them? Wizards make music, songs and dances to entertain the gods? in "Wizards make music, songs and dances to entertain the gods". Songs and dances? are all performed by the tema. Tima Songs. The Tima Songs are a collection of poems, songs, music and dances. is a large-scale music and dance epic of the Tujia ethnic group that integrates poetry, song, music and dance. Because Tima holds a copper bell when he performs it, it is called the "Eight Treasures Copper Bell Dance". The Bao Bao Copper Bell Dance.

Form of performance: the early performance of the copper bell dance set song, music, dance, words as a whole, about the origin of the Tujia, migration, production, life, war, the study of the history of the Tujia ethnic origin, has a very important historical value. Copper Bell Dance performance is rough and bold, props copper bells with dance skills with high manipulation, with the uniqueness of the Chinese national dance irreplaceable. Copper Bell Dance is an important performance in Tujia festivals, with strong spontaneity and group, which has certain social value for active mass cultural activities, promoting national unity and building a harmonious society. In the performance of copper bell dance, the sound of copper bell is clear and bright, very entertaining, and has great development value for cultural tourism. Because of the impact of foreign cultures and the impact of modernization of the economy, coupled with some of the traditional arts old artists are old, the inheritance of Tujia copper bell dance is very difficult, so far there is no set of Tujia's complete data, rescue work has been urgent. At present, the cultural department of Baoging County has developed a long-term protection plan for the Tujia copper bell dance, with strong protective measures to rescue the Tujia this unique dance? Copper bell dance.

About the origin of the Tujia copper bell dance, folklore in honor of ? The eight part of the king? According to legend? The eight great kings of the ancient times. For the ancient times of the Tujia ancestors eight tribal leaders, later, eight leaders died in battle. The descendants in order to commemorate them, the production of eight copper bells, and wear eight king through the eight skirt, riding a symbol of the ancestors rode the BMW, hand shaking the copper bells, dancing, singing ancestor seeking blessings war song. Because the eight bells represent eight leaders, the dance is named ? Eight treasure copper bell dance ?

According to Tujia customs, only the Tujia people to participate in the eight treasures copper bell dance activities, foreigners are not allowed to participate, there are ? Brass does not dip iron, Tujia does not dip Hakka? (Hakka means foreigners). As the Tujia, Miao, Han people fought side by side, *** with the enemy, formed a deep friendship, the Tujia palm teacher will give the bell to the Miao and Han people each one. So, now the eight treasure copper bell only six copper bell. With the development of history, originally for the Tujia ancestor ritual ritual dance? Eight Treasures Copper Bell Dance? Afterwards, it became the oath dance symbolizing the unity of the nation.

The "Eight Treasures Copper Bell" was originally used by the Tujia boss to host the sacrificial ceremony. The magic tool? One of them. Copper bell props have a wooden handle, 30 centimeters long, carved on the wooden handle with a horse's head, the left and right ends of the wooden handle, each with three copper bells. Copper bell props to symbolize the soil Lao Si practice of a BMW, horse head and neck tied five-color ribbon to symbolize the horse's mane.

When jumping eight treasure copper bell dance, soil old Si head phoenix hat, wearing eight skirt, head wrapped in red silk handkerchiefs, waist tie short knife, feet wearing horseshoe cloud shoes, left hand holding eight treasure copper bell, right hand holding a round Division knife, the side of the bell shaking the knife side of the dance side read and sing the "Tiema Divine Song", singing songs of the Tujia ancestors entrepreneurial achievements, praying for the ancestors of the peace, and prayed for the future generations of good fortune. Tu Lao Si dance, eight skirt spread, as the peacock open screen, beautiful and colorful. In the middle of the gap, blowing bullhorn trumpet to emphasize the atmosphere. Its dance imitates the performance of feeding, washing, teasing, holding, mounting, straddling, running, running, strangling, dismounting, going to heaven, going to hell, crossing the footbridge, playing the swings and picking up the children and other actions, reproducing the Tujia ancestor's migration on horseback and the battle, so it is also known as the horse dance. The Horse Dance is also known as the Horse Dance.

After the development of the bronze bell dance into a Tujia mass dance, the Tulushi solo dance for the collective dance, divided into vertical bronze bell dance and sitting bronze bell dance. The vertical bell dance has only seven bells, and the dancers are required to shake the bells once and turn around after taking three steps forward and three steps backward. The dancers are required to shake the bells once, take three steps forward and backward, and then turn around. The dancers keep walking and dancing, and there are many movements. Sitting brass bell dance brass bells only six, less dance action.

When dancing the Eight Treasures Copper Bell Dance, the Tu Lao Si presses? The people? Zigzag line walking, with a copper bell knocking knees. Several actors to copper bell ringing for the rhythm of the music, sometimes sitting on a stool, sometimes standing step. The basic steps include walking in a cross step, stepping on triangles, bending the knees and rolling over, and crossing and spreading steps. Copper Bell Dance is rich in dance styles, and the basic movements include ringing the bells in a sweeping manner, ringing the bells left and right, ringing the bells in eight steps, ringing the bells in a cross step, stepping on the four sides of the bells, jumping the bells in lotus flower, stepping on the eight trigrams of the bells, jumping the bells in the fire pit, ringing the bells in a horse stance, jumping the bells in horse stance, turning around the bells in a circle, shaking the bells on the horses, etc. In the dance, both knees slightly bent, along the abduction ringing, trembling swing twisting, rough and powerful. Some movements are more skillful, such as? Jumping Fire Pit? , jumping up in the air, legs forward, stretching the right leg across the left leg, turning 360 degrees. Another example is? Playing eight bells?

The bronze bell dance integrates song, dance, and music, and tells the story of the origin, migration, production, and life of the Tujia people, which is of great historical value to the study of Tujia's historical origins. After the establishment of New China, the government organized ethnic workers to excavate and organize the culture of the Tujia people, so that the bronze bell dance was put on the stage of national cultural and artistic performances, and won the provincial and national awards many times, and developed into a collective dance performed by many people by one person to sacrifice to the gods. Choreographed by Shi Yuanao, composed by Li Zhuoyu, "Copper Bell Dance" won the 1980 National Minority Literary Performance Award, so that the copper bell dance in the hundred gardens of national literature and art in the opening.