Various roles in She Huo

Generally, he plays the characters in the play, such as breaking the bridge, stealing fairy grass, picking yellow robes, learning from the scriptures by the Tang Priest, crossing the sea by the Eight Immortals, and compensating Bao Gong.

Social fire, also known as "performing social fire", refers to all kinds of zaju played in traditional festivals, which belongs to a folk self-entertainment activity and is also a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage. There are many contents of social fire, such as walking on stilts, playing lions, dancing yangko, running dry boats, playing iron flowers, playing drums, riding bamboo horses and so on.

The manifestation of social fire

Each team has a etiquette officer, and the northwest region is also called "Spring Officer" (folk call it "Poet Teller"). For example, when visiting a unit or a resident's home during the Spring Festival, the etiquette officer will say four words and one sentence with the concept of gongs and drums, which is generally made up because of the different nature and functions of the unit or the different family conditions of the residents.

The main events of the social fire team are: stilts, which are called high crutches by the people. Generally, the wooden legs of rectangular columns about 3 feet or 4 feet are made of rafters. Install a long transverse board (with appropriate foot width) at the upper part of about 1 ft, step on the transverse board with the feet, and tie the wooden legs at the upper part to the human calf. Dressed in historical drama costumes. Generally, he plays the characters in the play, such as breaking the bridge, stealing fairy grass, picking yellow robes, learning from the scriptures by the Tang Priest, crossing the sea by the Eight Immortals, and compensating Bao Gong.

Accompanied by the strong rhythm of gongs and drums, do marching queues or venues to perform at designated points. For example, if the bridge is broken, the green snake and the white snake will sing their lines and make simple gestures in Shaanxi opera.