The Gaoshan people are good at singing and dancing ever from the ancient times. Almost all the dinners, get-togethers or big activities cannot do without the lyrical and leidenschaftlich songs and dance. Gaoshan dance has distinct primitive color, simulating, reflecting and reproducing those movement and scenes of fishing, hunting, and farming. Though its content is rich and colorful, its forms are mostly collective dance. The number of participants varies from dozens of to several hundred, even to thousands of. Often with the bonfire as the center, people drink, sing, and dance. Forming a circle hand in hand, people stamp their feet, jump, shake their bodies, and wave their hands rhythmically. The vigorous, beautiful and passionate scene makes people acclaim it as the acme of perfection. The "hair swinging dance" features such a kind of traditional dance showing Gaoshan people's bold, unstrained, and optimistic spirit.
Category: Chinese customs
Uygur music in Xinjiang
Most celebrated music in Xinjiang(新疆Xīnjiāng) today is Uygur folk music(维吾尔族民间音乐Wéiwúěr zú mínjiān yīnyuè), which has inherited the fine traditions of the ancient music of Qiuci, Gaochang (Karahoja),Yizhou, Yutian and Shule.
Xiajiadian Site in China
Introduction of Xiajiadian The Xiajiadian(夏家店Xiàjiādiàn) Site is the ruins of the early era of the Bronze Age in north China. The Xiajiadian Culture includes the Lower Xiajiadian and the Upper Xiajiadian. Large quantities of relics including stone pottery, wares, bronze wares, jade and bone wares were unearthed, among which the bronze ware discovered in the Lower Xiajiadian enjoys the same technical level with the Central Plain of the nearly same period.
Melody from exotic land – talk about folk musical instruments of Hui people
In western China, Ningxia(宁夏Níngxià) is located on the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River. It is known for its lush fields(lush fields or gardens have a lot of very healthy grass or plants) and also for being beyond the Great Wall. The local culture of Ningxia developed through the assimilation(when people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it) of the cultures of the central plain and western regions. There have been many unique musical instruments developed in Ningxia. In the last century it was found that the wawu, mimi and kouxian, all Ningxia instruments, had evolved from the qiangdi (a kind of flute) and the huang (a kind of reed instrument).
About Yazhou Folk Song
The Yazhou folk song(崖州民歌Yázhōu mín'gē) is one of the ancient styles of Hainan folk song. It is popular in Sanya, Huangliu Village of Ledong County and the affiliated territory to ancient Yazhou. The old Yazhou folk song is still popular nowadays. It is a kind of Chinese ballad intonated in Hakka dialect. The folk song has extremely precise rhythm and is an independent integration(if someone integrates into a social group, or is integrated into it, they behave in such a way that they become part of the group or are accepted into it), originating from countryside of "West Six Kilometers" in ancient Yazhou and spreading all around.
About Xingshan Folk Song
The Xingshan folk song distributes at all villages and towns of Xingshan County and their around areas to the east, south and north. Because of its unique "Xingshan Third Interval", it is named "Xingshan Folk Song" by the Chinese.
Hero-praising Dance in China
The Hero-praising dance(英雄赞美舞yīngxióng zànměi wǔ) also can be called "Eagle Song", or "Parrot" or "Yangge". It's a kind of folk square dancing integrating(if someone integrates into a social group, or is integrated into it, they behave in such a way that they become part of the group or are accepted into it) dance, essential of southern style boxing, Chinese acting and opera. Its performance manner is vigorous and heroic, with strong atmosphere. It is popular around Guangdong, Fujian. Always performed by the male, the dance carries the meaning of “hero praising”.
About the Xingan Tomb
Geographical Location: Xin'gan County, Jiangxi Province Period: About 12th century BC Excavated in 1989
Yichang Stringed and Woodwind Instrumental Music in China
The famous Yichang stringed and woodwind instrumental music(宜昌丝竹乐器Yíchāng sīzhú yuèqì) is unique among all the folk instrumental music in Hubei Province,China. It takes strings and bamboos as main instruments to perform. It is a variety of artistic instrument which is combined with percussion. As a result, Yichang stringed and woodwind instrumental music is also called "Fine Music". It prevails in east areas of Yichang and is most booming in Yaqueling Town. There are over sixty instrumental teams, totally seven hundred persons. Since Yichang stringed and woodwind instrumental music has subtle, euphemistical, lucky and elegant effect in performance, it is extensively used in all types of happy occasions, such as folk celebration and grand ceremony. Yichang stringed and woodwind instrumental music has a long history and profound cultural tradition. It has been carried on by seven generations of musicians for nearly two centuries.
Shehuo Ladle Mask 社火马勺
The ladle was a daily utensil used by ancient Chinese to feed the horses; usually the round shaped was for scooping water, while the rectangular shaped for getting feedstuff. To prevent their livestock from the injury of natural pest/disease and ensure their safe and peaceful life, the forefathers painted gods or amulets on the ladles, so the masks were the beautiful wishes for peaceful and happy life of ancient Chinese.
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