Peacock dance is the dance of which nationality?

Peacock dance is a dance of the Dai people.

Dai peacock dance is the most famous traditional performing dance among Dai folk dances in China. It is popular in Ruili, mangshi, Xishuangbanna, Mengding, Mengda, Jinggu, Cangyuan and other places in Dehong Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, with peacock dance ("Jia Luo Yong", Dai language) in Ruili City in western Yunnan as the most representative.

Dai dance has a long history. According to legend, 1000 years ago, the Dai leader told Ma to imitate proud as a peacock's graceful posture and learn to dance. Later, people followed suit and were handed down by folk artists through the ages. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dai leaders sent envoys to Luoyang many times to perform peacock dance, magic and acrobatics. It can be seen that peacock dance had reached a fairly high level at that time.

Dance characteristics

1, peacock dance is a traditional folk dance in Dai villages, accompanied by drums, cymbals and cymbals. Dai peacock dance can be divided into solo dance, duet dance, trio dance and musical. In the performance, the dancers wore peacock-like decorations, white pointed bodhisattva masks on their faces, female masks when they danced solo, and male and female masks when they turned around.

2. When dancing, imitate the peacock's movements, starting from leaving the nest, going down the mountain, dancing, looking for water, taking pictures, drinking water, taking pictures at sunset, and finally spreading your wings and flying. The whole set of movements has strict pace, orientation and action combination, mainly in sculptural dance modeling, focusing on the meekness, cleverness, beauty and grace of peacocks.

3. Dai peacock dance's action is characterized by standing with his neck back, which is refreshing, showing the peacock's vigilance and self-confidence with the movements of his arms, the "three bends" of his body and the flip of his wrist; Peacock's calmness and tranquility are expressed by stepping, flying and circling. In this way, peacock dance is not only an artistic representation of peacock's image, behavior and living habits, but also a beautiful vision, ideal and hope that peacock is personified with dance vocabulary.

4. Dai peacock dance is an important symbol of Dai culture and an important part of Chinese national culture. Dai peacock dance is rich in vocabulary, complete in form, outstanding in style and graceful in dancing. Its theme, performance form, dance modeling and basic gestures all have unique dance style characteristics.