The Historical Origin of Yunyang Board in Longxi

As an ancient Han folk art, the origin and evolution of Yunyang board are not recorded in exact words. Formally, the patterns on the Eight Banners held by Chaoshan Team are dragon, lion, tiger, leopard, sun, moon, star, rosefinch and Xuanwu, while the patterns on Yunyang board, clear umbrella and giant flag are all Taoist Taiji pictures and Yuntou rings, and the costumes they wear are also worn by Taoist immortals. At the back of the procession, it is a statue of Siddhartha Gautama. From the perspective of dance movements, it evolved from the Han folk martial arts routines such as one-handed whipping and two-handed whipping, which are unique in western China. It combines rigidity with softness, rigidity with softness, and rigidity with softness. Judging from the performance content, folk data show that Yunyangban's early performances should be divided into three groups: large, medium and small, with at least 64 people forming eight, eight and sixty-four hexagrams. During the performance, under the guidance of flags and banners, it was constantly transformed into Yin and Yang five lines of gossip Tai Chi to pray for rain. The adapted folk Yunyang board consists of only eight people, which obviously can't complete the above complicated contents. Judging from the music played by the suona, it is a typical folk style of the Han nationality in China, which is very close to the melody of Taoism and its activities. It can be seen that there are both Taoist elements and Buddhist elements in Longxi folk mountain team, and they perform in the "Bathing Buddha Festival", which is formed by the long history of Buddhism and Taoism blending in Longxi Han folk beliefs. The origin of the title "Yunyangban" is also not recorded in writing. However, judging from the production style and striking method, it seems to have evolved from the ancient bangzi. In ancient bands, people who clap their hands are called clappers. The record of clappers was first seen in the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the 3rd-5th century, and gradually refined. The number of wooden boards varies from generation to generation: 65,438+00 in the 7th century (Tang Dynasty), 6 in the 3rd century (Song Dynasty), 4 in the 7th-65,438+04-65,438+07th century (Ming Dynasty). Fujian Nanyin also uses four beats. The clappers in other opera bands have gradually become three pieces, and the two-handed fight has been changed to one-handed slap, commonly known as "tooth". Taoism is also called "yin-yang board", saying that playing it can call the wind and rain, and the magic is boundless. Then, since Yunyang Board in Longxi was created by Taoism, its name probably evolved from "Yin-Yang Board" to "Yunyang Board".