Which ethnic group is the Tea Ceremony Dance

The Toast to Tea Dance is of the She ethnic group.

The Toast to Tea Dance, a traditional She wedding, is the best time to hold pan songs and perform folk dances. On that day, the bride is dressed in full costume by her aunt, surrounded by the crowd, and rides in a red sedan chair, guided by a matchmaker to the groom's home. In the evening, a grand wedding ceremony is held at the groom's house, and a banquet is held for relatives and friends.

After the banquet, there are several songfields, where the host and guest singers have a long night of singing. Before the small all-night celebration, ten men, including the groom, simulate the appearance of men, women, and children, and stand face to face in two vertical rows, led by a tea drinker, dancing the "tea dance".

The tea bearer holds the tea tray in his hand, his arms swinging upward in a circle to his chest, "stepping" and bending his knees to the crowd to do the "salute" action, the crowd's elbows up, fingers of both hands inserted in front of the chest, while bending the knees to do the salute back. The tea drinker follows a certain route and repeats the salute in the east-west, north-south and south-north directions.

The tea drinker's waist is flexible and his arms are swaying, but the tea is not spilling out. During the tea dance, the tea drinker and other performers congratulate each other with auspicious words, and the whole venue is filled with happy laughter. This ritualistic dance is still preserved in traditional She weddings in Fujian.

She culture and art:

She literature and art are very rich. Mountain songs are the main part of She literature, mostly expressed in the form of singing in She language. So She literature is basically oral folk literature. Whenever they celebrate festivals, their songs fly, even when they are working in the mountains and fields and visiting friends and relatives to welcome guests, they often talk to each other in songs. There are more than 1,000 songs and 40,000 to 50,000 lines of songs that have been handed down to us.

The industrious and simple She women are not only capable of production, but also skilled craftsmen in weaving and embroidery. Their handicrafts are rich in variety, colorful and unique in style. Such as the weaving of the colorful belt, also known as the hand towel belt, that is, the flower belt, the case of a variety of patterns, color matching beautiful and generous.

She people are fond of sports activities, "playing size", "disk wood hammer", holiday hiking, riding sea horses and bamboo forest competition, etc., are She folk circulation is very interesting, unique sports activities. In particular, the wind of practicing martial arts is prevalent, and after thousands of years of inheritance, it has formed a unique folk martial arts.