What are the 24 Folkloric Masterpieces?

The 24 folkloric masterpieces include handkerchief work, fan work, hand yuzi, big bamboo boards, walking on the tip of the knife, plum blossom pile, sand book, and face-changing, etc. Handkerchief work and fan work are the most used, and can be danced up and down. Handkerchief and fan work is the most used, you can dance to turn up and down. There are also many ways to play the hand jade and the big bamboo board, and they can perform the movements such as "Su Qin carries the sword" and "Zhang Fei cheats the horse", etc. The right hand and the big bamboo board can be used to play the "Sword" and "Sword".

Dancers who hold a big board in their right hand and a flutter in their left hand are usually able to dance "Wind Swinging Willow", "Immortal Picking Beans" and "Golden Dragon Coiling Jade Pillar", "The Black Tiger Comes Out of the Mountain", "The Golden Mouse Returns to the Hole", "Wrapping the Head and Wrapping the Brain" and other difficult movements.

In addition, there are juggling, martial arts, single drum, whip and other stunts, some artists will be able to knife, gun, stick and other weapons in the "crossroads slope", "split Guanxi" and other duo martial arts segment in the use of free.

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After the main drama was weakened, the stunts became more and more independent. In the fierce market competition, "a large number of wizards and eccentrics" (Wang Liqun's words) stood out. Many artists even traveled overseas by plane to watch their peers perform, and then imitated them according to their own circumstances. Folk artists have a strong sense of crisis and constantly challenge themselves in order to survive.

If they want to increase their competitiveness, they must develop new skills, so that they can be "new to me, new to me, and new to me". The handkerchief is one of the best skills of the duo, but some artists have developed their own styles after practicing hard to make it their specialty.

Liu Peng's performance of "Handkerchief Dance" highlighted the backstabbing, Chai Baoyu developed a double-sided color-changing handkerchief and a lighted handkerchief, and Zhao Xiaolong was able to dance an oversized handkerchief with a diameter of three meters, which took the audience's breath away.

In addition to the traditional stunts, a huge variety of new stunts were developed through constant stage honing, such as: shrinking bones and drilling steel rings, drinking beer upside down, breaking bottles on the head, breaking bricks with the arm, wrapping a wire around the neck, holding a table in the mouth, ventriloquism, singing upside down, splitting in the air, spinning and flying and so on, which reflected the versatility of the folk performers.

Some artists are good at playing erhu, hulusi, saxophone, violin and other instruments, but also often develop a variety of unique blowing methods, such as "nose blowing hulusi", won a warm applause, laughter and cheers. As the saying goes: one minute on stage, ten years of work off stage. For a wonderful moment on stage, the effort behind the artists is unimaginable.

Interestingly, the simple handkerchief and fan performance, even if it is not combined with the main theater, people generally do not question its attributes of the duo. The newer styles, though well received, are not recognized by the traditional duo because they are not combined with the main show in a subtle and natural way.

The mere performance of stunts loses its operatic character and becomes a complete acrobatic or juggling act. The debate over whether the attributes of the duet are opera or opera has existed for many years and is no longer present in the "new type of duet".

On Feb. 10, folk artists performed "sand book" in Jiangdi Paradise in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. The day is the third day of the Lunar New Year, China held a rich and colorful Spring Festival folk activities around the country, walking knife tip, plum blossom pile, sand book, face changing and other folk stunts brilliantly, to the Year of the Monkey Spring Festival holiday added a strong flavor of the New Year.

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