What are there in yi dance?

There are three kinds of yi dance, such as string dance, Zorro, three-string dance and carpet dance.

1, jump string

String dance is also called "cigarette box dance" because the dancer is tap dancing with a cigarette box in his hand. "Smoke Box Dance" is popular in the Nisu inhabited areas of Honghe, Shiping and Jianshui in south-central Yunnan Province. Dance can be divided into "strings" and "miscellaneous strings". Sine is a combination of two-person self-entertainment dance and performance dance. The main traditional passages are Mute Chopping Wood. The dance is elegant and light.

On the other hand, "Miscellaneous String" is further developed on the basis of "Sine", which is a kind of song and dance sketch with characters and stories. Among them, there are more than 100 kinds of representative programs, such as "Mute Touch Fish" and "Boy Worship Guanyin". The local mantra "people don't jump the strings, but live in vain for decades" can explain the important position of "jumping the strings" in people's lives and thoughts.

2.zorro

Zorro, also known as "Solo", is another round dance popular in Nisu nationality, a branch of Yi nationality on the south bank of Honghe River in Yunnan. Melody jumping is cheerful, and the rhythm is clear and powerful, accompanied by dance movements such as quick waving, wrong step and stepping on the foot, which is especially popular among young people. There is no limit to the number of dancers, and most of them perform in an even circle. There is a certain procedure, starting with lyric singing and accompanied by a band.

Step 3 jump three strings

Sanxian Dance, also known as Big Sanxian Dance and Yueyue Dance, is a self-entertainment dance loved by Asi and Sani people of Yi nationality in central Yunnan. Dancing three strings, accompanied by three strings of large, medium and small and bamboo flutes with different timbres, is an essential dance for the Torch Festival.

When the bonfire is lit, people jump and rotate around the bonfire, with short steps and rubbing feet; Clap your hands and break your legs. The pace is harmonious and the action is fierce, showing the nature of "fire".

4. Felt dance

Felt dance is a unique dance form of Yi people in Liangshan, Sichuan. Dancers use blankets as props to imitate the posture of eagles and bears by stretching, folding, swinging and rotating their bodies. This kind of dance has now become a representative performance dance of the Yi people. Felt dance is a kind of sacrificial dance in the ancient sacrificial ceremony of Yi people, and it is a manifestation of reverence and worship for ancestors and nature.