What are the traditional cultural elements in Henan? What are the characteristics of traditional culture in Henan?

Everyone is curious about the local traditional culture and the traditional cultural characteristics of each province. After a long history and years, the province has been developing and inheriting, and there are many rich folk cultural interactions, forming familiar local cultural characteristics. I sorted out the relevant contents, hoping to help you.

1. Traditional cultural elements and customs in Henan 1. Shaolin Wushu Festival

Shaolin Wushu is a wonderful flower in China Wushu and a national treasure. In order to promote Chinese Wushu and open wider to the outside world, Zhengzhou has held the "Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in China" since 199 1, which is held every two years.

During the Wushu Festival, wonderful Wushu competitions and performances are held, and economic, trade, scientific and technological exchanges and various cultural, artistic, entertainment and tourism activities with national and local characteristics are carried out.

This is a large-scale international comprehensive activity integrating economy, trade, culture, tourism and science and technology, attracting hundreds of thousands of people from home and abroad to Zhengzhou every time.

2. Dragon dancing in ancient times

The dragon dance in Guxing Town, Mangshan District, Zhengzhou City has a history of nearly a thousand years. During the Dragon Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, hundreds of Fiona Fang people flocked to Guxing to watch it. It is said that both Qing Qianlong and Emperor Guangxu came to Guxing to watch the dragon dance. After 1949, Guxing Dragon Dance was innovated and developed, and its acting skills became more and more exquisite.

It absorbs the characteristics of various dragon dances and is different from other dragon dances. The story is complete and vivid, the plot is tortuous and touching, the performance scene is grand and the artistic style is unique. The whole performance is divided into 65,438+00 scenes, such as the fish jumping in the dragon gate, the golden dragon coming out of the south gate, the dragon snail jade column, the two dragons fighting, the rescue of the dragon, the two dragons playing with pearls, the dance of victory and so on.

The ancient dragon dance movement has spread to this day, and its great influence and long history are rare in the Central Plains. 1988 Guxing Dragon Dance was invited to participate in the Dragon Dance Competition of Beijing International Tourism Year, which is quite famous in Beijing.

Step 3 laugh at umbrellas

Folk art circulating in Xingyang area. Legend has it that in the 12th year of the Great Cause of Sui Dynasty (6 16), the Wagang Army revolted, and Zhai Rang broke the Jin-Han Pass with Shi Mi, making great efforts in Xingyang.

Zhang Xutuo, a general sent by Emperor Yangdi, defended Xingyang and cooperated with David Wang Qing of Xingyang to launch a crusade. The wagang army was unfavorable in the first battle, and took the opportunity of playing lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month to pretend to be folk song and dance artists.

Mix with the folk social fire into the city, cooperate with the outside, and conquer Xingyang in one fell swoop. Laughing umbrella was one of the programs played by the rebels at that time. Now the funny old man with an umbrella in the choir is the famous Cheng, and the other two actors and actresses are also rebel warriors.

4, the law stick whip

The popular folk songs and dances in Xingyang area are of unknown origin. There are only three actors, male 1 and female 2. The fine musical instrument is composed of 8 ~ 10 people, Qin and Bai, and its rhythm is relaxed and smooth. There are more than 10 kinds of qupai, such as Shuo Diao, Hua Jian, Hua Jian into a new tune, Manzhouli, Shuang Cui Cui, Xia He and Duihua.

During the performance, the hero plays the "xianggong" and the heroine plays the young lady, holding bamboo money. The dance action begins with the melody passing through the door. The actor sang and danced with a fan in his right hand, while the actress whipped the whip up and down with the beat. Dance reflects the love between young men and women.

5. unicorn enterprise

Unique folk dance circulating in Xinzheng area. It was created by the ancient working people according to the story of Xingtian Dance, reflecting the worship of beheading heroes who are not afraid of violence. Accompanied by Qin, he bounced on the court, ran across the table and performed exaggerated performances at his waist to show the unicorn's angry or gentle expression.

Subsequently, accompanied by the urgent "disturbing Taiwan" music, the beast fighter came out with a whip and fought with the unicorn. His actions such as "heading", "kicking", "turning over", "jumping over the table", "standing upside down" and "catching animals" are rough and humorous, vivid and interesting, and have a unique artistic style.

6, jump load

Popular folk dances in Xinmi area. During the temple fair, women carried homemade flower baskets (prayer flags) to the temple fair to offer incense to the gods, and then hummed and danced prayer flags in front of the gods to show their piety to the gods. The music and accompaniment of shoulder dance are mainly warp, the music used is wooden fish and jingle bells, and the accompaniment is warp.

7, Zhang Gongbei Zhang Po

Folk dances circulating in Xinmi area. Only two people participated in the performance, simple costume props and humorous characters. In the performance, the dance music used the tunes of the local opera, such as water board, yangdiao, silver twisted silk, Hanjiang River and so on. According to legend, Zhang Gong was a servant of Jiexiu, a famous family in the state of Jin, who lived in seclusion in Mianshan and refused to be an official.

Jin Wengong burned Mianshan to force him out of the mountain, and Jiezitui was burned to death. Zhang Gong took his mother out of the fire and thought it was a foster mother. Zhang Gong is honest, and when she goes out, she is afraid that her mother will be alone at home or hurt by wild animals.

Therefore, whether farming or going to the market, we must carry our mother to death. Later generations arranged this dance to commemorate Zhang Gong's righteous act to show their admiration.

2. Introduction to Henan Henan has a long history and culture. It is the root of Chinese ancestors in the world and the source of Chinese historical civilization. Brilliant culture, outstanding people and numerous celebrities are the important birthplaces of China's surname. Rich in resources, it is the main producing area of agricultural products and an important province of mineral resources in China; With a large population, China is a populous province with abundant labor resources and a huge consumer market. Located in the center of heaven and earth, it is known as "the hinterland of Kyushu and the thoroughfare of ten provinces", and it is an important comprehensive transportation hub and the center of people flow, logistics and information flow in China. Leading agriculture, it is a big agricultural province and a big province of grain conversion and processing; Rapid development, the economic aggregate ranks fifth in the country and first in the central and western provinces; With great potential, it is in a critical stage of gaining momentum and tackling difficulties, and its development vitality and stamina are constantly increasing.

General situation of Henan

The origin of the name

Henan is located in the middle and east of China, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Because most areas are located in the south of the Yellow River, it is called Henan. In ancient times, there were many rivers, dense forests and wild elephants in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and Henan was vividly described as a place where people held elephants. This is the origin of the hieroglyph "Yu" and the origin of Henan's abbreviation "Yu". "History? Gong Yu divides the world into "Kyushu", and Yuzhou is in Kyushu. Now most of Henan belongs to Yuzhou of Kyushu, so it is called "Central Plains" and "Zhongzhou".