Basic information of crane dance

"Crane Dance" was originally just an interspersed performance form in the large-scale court song and dance "Dancing in Five Places". In the Li Dynasty, the crane dance had a new change in performance: two cranes danced around two lotus flowers and became an independent lotus dance. Crane dance has been introduced into China for a hundred years. After re-processing and sorting by folk artists, it is more perfect, circulated among the people and deeply loved by the masses. In the early days of liberation, it was popularized in counties and cities in Yanbian area, and now it is most widely popularized in Antu. Crane dance vividly shows the Korean people's spiritual belief in crane worship and their strong pursuit of goodness and beauty by simulating the leisurely movements of cranes, such as strangling, pecking fish and swinging arms. Crane dance was introduced to China through Korean immigrants. 1952, Jin Zaishan, the first generation inheritor of crane dance, performed "Crane Dance" during the amateur cultural performance of farmers in Wanbao Township (now Wanbao Town) of Antu County. In 1980s, after the excavation and arrangement by literary and art workers, the crane dance was spread. 1989, Antu county team performed "Crane Dance" and won the first prize in Quanzhou Art Show. 1997 "Crane Dance" was included in the book "China Korean Dance Integration" edited by the Ministry of Culture.

Koreans in China have been engaged in rice production in the north for a long time. In order to facilitate large-scale rice planting and management, they often adopt collective labor and mutual cooperation. Every time people go to the fields, they bring "Pinggu" and "Suona" to the fields with farm tools. During the break, people will improvise in cheerful drum music and use cheerful songs and dances to clear up fatigue. With the passage of time, these impromptu songs and dances have gradually formed an entertaining Korean folk dance, which runs through various traditional folk activities.

The Korean people have used birds as their national totem since ancient times. Under the influence of Taoist culture, they regard "crane" as a bird attached to the gods in the sky, which is called "crane". With the progress of science, although the religious color in people's thoughts gradually faded, their love and reverence for cranes remained the same. People think that the crane is a symbol of longevity and happiness, and that its habitat is an auspicious place. It is said that the traditional clothing of Korean men wearing black vests outside plain white suits is derived from imitating the white and black wings of "crane". Moreover, when attending formal occasions, you should wear a black gauze hat similar to the "crane crown", which gives people a noble and elegant feeling.

In the early days of the "Crane Dance", dancers' costumes were as lifelike as replicas of red-crowned cranes. After the middle of the 20th century, the crane dance introduced to China began to change obviously due to the processing of folk artists, which was more and more different from the crane dance on the Korean peninsula. These changes are most obvious in clothing. The dancer's clothes are sewn with feather yarn, usually dyed blue, and the long "crane mouth" cut with bamboo tube is fixed on the thumb and forefinger of both hands, showing the beautiful scene of red-crowned crane singing with the dancer's dexterous hands. During the performance, although there is only one dancer performing on the stage, it looks like a pair of cranes dancing in opposition, which is also true and illusory.

Due to the impact of modern culture, traditional culture is difficult to develop, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities for professional performances, making it difficult to develop. The talents who can perform and master the art of crane dance are aging, the backbone is seriously lost, and the old, middle-aged and young talents are out of gear, which leads to the danger of crane dance. "Crane Dance" mainly depicts people's yearning for a better life by simulating the leisurely movements of cranes, such as hooking their necks, pecking fish and swinging their arms, and vividly shows the Korean people's spiritual belief in worshipping cranes and their strong pursuit of goodness and beauty. It is the only bird masquerade in Korean folk dance. Its rhythm and movements imitate the shape of a crane, and its characteristics are obvious, simple, soft and stretched, which is a special art performance form.

"Crane Dance" has a long history and is a unique dance performance form of Korean people. It has national characteristics and artistic research value, which has important reference value for the study of Korean dance and is of great significance for enriching and perfecting the forms of China national dance. The traditional Korean dance "Crane Dance" inherited, excavated and arranged in Antu County has been designated as a national intangible cultural heritage for its high artistry and appreciation.

Crane dance has high artistry and appreciation. Last year, Antu County declared the crane dance as a national intangible cultural heritage, which was officially passed at the beginning of this year. In view of the lack of professional talents and the low level of relevant theoretical research, since last year, the Antu county government has allocated 20,000 yuan of special funds for talent training and the establishment of a performance base, and established the Antu county Korean art training center, with crane dance as the key training content. In the future, Antu county will establish a dance performance team with "crane dance" as the main content in tourist attractions, and build a folk culture system with crane dance as the focus.

However, when China tried to declare the crane dance as a world intangible cultural heritage, it was questioned by South Korea. Many people in South Korea believe that the "home countries" of Korean people in China are North Korea and South Korea, and the "Crane Dance" first appeared in South Korea, so China is not qualified to apply for the "Crane Dance". In this regard, some senior experts in China pointed out that although China's "Crane Dance" was developed on the basis of the original "Crane Dance" on the Korean Peninsula, after nearly 1 century of development, China's "Crane Dance" has become unique, which is very different from South Korea's, so China can apply for the "Crane Dance" in Antu County. 2010May 18, the Ministry of Culture of China announced the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage recommended projects (newly selected projects). The "Crane Dance (Three-stove Crane Dance)" declared by Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province was selected as the intangible cultural heritage of traditional dance projects.

Zhuhai crane dance is distributed in Sanzao, Jinwan District, Zhuhai City. It originated in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 700 years. The crane dance performance was accompanied by percussion music, and the atmosphere was cheerful and warm. It is a folk dance created by Sanzao people in their long-term production and life practice, imitating the posture and movements of white cranes and studying their living habits. In the long-term historical development process, crane songs and crane dances have been preserved as they are. During the Expo, Sanzao Crane Dance will perform the process of cranes coming to the door, foraging, gargling, grooming and playing, with vivid modeling and realistic dancing. 1. Everything was done by Han Feizi: "Gong Ping said,' My favorite person has a nice voice and is willing to listen'. Shi Kuang had to play the piano and play drums. Just after the performance, Xuanhe Baer came from the south and gathered in Langmen. Play it again; Play three times, stretch your neck, relax your wings and dance. Later, people used "crane dance" to describe beautiful dance.

Cheng's Poems of Shangguanyuan Part II: "Luan Song blows with the wind, and cranes dance with the strings." Tang Wu thought twice about the inscription of "The Queen of the Big Week": "The pen moves back and forth and the strings are harmonious."

2. Metaphor is heavy snow.

Chen Yi's "Spring Reading of Chairman Mao and Liu Yazi's Poems on Snow in Qinyuan, Chun Xue, Shandong Province" says: "There is a crane dance in Liaodong to clean up the defects; Jianghuai Jinyun, building jade relief. "