What are the cultural characteristics of Jilin Province?

Local Characteristics of Jilin

Yangge

The Northeastern Big Yangge Yangge is a folk art form widely spread among the Han Chinese in China, with a very long history.

At present, the Yangge, popular in Jilin, is a folk art that synthesizes dance, singing and drama, with dance as the main focus. From the form of performance can be divided into ground rice-planting song, stilt rice-planting song, inch rice-planting song, as well as lifting pole, back pole, peg pole and other forms of expression. Usually, it is also combined with folk dances such as dragon lanterns, lion dances, dry boats, carts, and whip-playing.

Di Yangge is one of the most popular and flexible of the several types of rice-planting songs. There are several theories about the origin of Jilin's rice-planting songs. One of the most widely circulated is that after Kublai Lie claimed the throne of the Yuan Dynasty and established the Yuan Empire, he organized the people into teams of every 50 households and assigned a Yuan soldier to watch over them. During the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, in order to prevent the people from mobbing for rebellion, the Yuan soldiers gathered the men of each household and let him lead the group in singing and dancing. This activity was later passed down as a form of performance and evolved into today's Yangge. The basis of this statement is that in the traditional Jilin rice-planting songs, there is the character of "Old Tart" (referring to the Yuan soldiers), and he is the leader and conductor of the rice-planting team.

Jiangcheng's rice-planting song has a strong local color and local flavor, and has a simple and natural life archetype beauty. It has the artistic style and characteristics of fire and joy, boldness and robustness, simplicity and simplicity, humor and wit, etc. It is especially famous for stilt-walking, playing dragon lanterns, running dry boats and teasing lions.

Stilts

Stilts, a form of folk dance widely spread throughout China, is a popular folk dance in the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, temple fairs and other traditional festivals. It is also very popular in Jilin area. Popular in our Jilin area stilts content is relatively rich, traditional stilts play the role of the characters are the first stilts (martial arts as a son), the second stilts (martial arts as a dancer), fishing, woodcutting, farming, reading, the green snake, the white snake, Hsu Hsien and the general on the dress (female role), the lower dress (male role) and so on.

The stilt-walking performance artistry is very strong, requiring actors to have a good foundation, in addition to the marching and dancing on the square while walking in a variety of formations of the big field, there are two or three people in a group to perform the small field. The performances of small field Yangge are mostly based on stunts, which are also very attractive. Nowadays, stilts, as an art form popular with the masses, have been given new contents, and it is loved by the masses as it either plays into a live newspaper drama or a role in a play.

Dragon Dance

Dragon Dance is a kind of perfect dance with high artistic skills. Due to the popularity of different regions, the dragon dance performance form is also colorful, in the Northeast, the masses of the dragon dance to the category of rice-planting songs, customarily known as "playing dragon lanterns".

China's ancient people created the image of the dragon to send good wishes, people take the "dragon" as the embodiment of good luck, with the dragon dance to pray for the blessing of the gods, in order to get the wind and the rain, a good harvest. Juggling dragon lanterns is very rich in action, Jilin region is more popular "dragon manipulation of water", "dragon lying on the sand", "small flowers", "pulling out the waist of the nest "Golden Dragon Coil Jade Pillar" and other forms. Its art is characterized by grandeur, vivid and varied dance movements. However, no matter which fancy movements are performed, the performers have to start with broken steps. Today, the Dragon Dance has become a symbol of the revitalization of the Chinese national spirit and is the most popular folk dance during important festivals.

Running Dry Boats

Popular in the Jilin region, "running dry boats" are often accompanied by rice-planting teams, which are part of rice-planting juggling. The traditional performance program of "dry boat" is generally a fisherman doing simulated actions such as unhooking the cable, a fisherwoman riding the boat forward, and the two of them swinging and dancing. Nowadays, many new elements have appeared. For example, "happy to send grain", "husband and wife to the market" and other forms, more accepted by the masses and enjoyable.

Lion Dance

"Lion Dance" is an animal dance, is a pearl in the treasure trove of folk dance in China, but also a traditional folk sports activities, which originated in the North and South Dynasties. Now, we are popular in Jiangcheng, is the famous "northern lion" school, commonly known as "tease the lion", under the category of rice-planting songs. The lion dance is lively, skillful and beautiful, accompanied by the joyful sound of gongs and drums, which makes it more festive and adds a rich atmosphere of joy.