Yi folk dance "Axi dance"

The traditional folk dance "Axi Dance" of the Yi people is widely spread in the areas where the Axi and Sani people, a branch of the Yi people in Lunan, Maitreya and Qiubei counties, live in concentrated communities. Because people dance in the moonlight, it is also called. Xi jumped over the moon? . So what? Xi jumped over the moon? What's the legend? Get to know it with me!

Yi people are good at singing and dancing, and there are various tunes circulating among the people, such as climbing mountains, welcoming guests and marrying relatives. Yi's musical instruments include Hulusheng, Mabu, Bawu, Kouxian, flute and bronze drum. Yi people's dances are also quite distinctive, such as? Dancing? 、? Jump on the moon? 、? Play singing and dancing? 、? Pot dance? Wait, among them? Xi jumped over the moon? This is one of the most popular dances. As night falls, under the bright moonlight, boys play piccolo and sanxian, and young men and women dance with the rhythm. When they jump with the sound, the girls will pick a leaf and put it in their mouth to play a tune, dancing happily until the moon sets.

The legend of axi dance

According to legend, a long time ago, a mountain fire broke out in Ashi area, and the ground was hot, so people had to jump with their feet to put out the fire. After the fire was put out, they danced in imitation of fire fighting.

It is also said that in ancient times, rhinoceros and goats fought, their hooves touched sparks on the stones, and the forest suddenly turned into a sea of fire. All the Ashi people were buried in the sea of fire, leaving only a pair of young men and women. At this time, young men and women came to the burned mountain to repair the land and grow crops. Because the burned land was very hot, they had to change their feet and jump around. Charcoal ash stuck to their feet, and they kicked it hard and shook it off, with a "tut-tut" sound in their mouths? Later, this movement gradually formed today's dance: three steps for changing feet and two kicks in the air, forming the basic dance steps of the five-beat combination.

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