Ali peacock dance originated in Pulan County and spread in Pulan and Shiquan River. This is a folk dance danced by local people on holidays, which expresses people's yearning and pursuit for a better future. Dances are mostly circular or semi-circular, and there is no limit to the number of people. There is no instrumental accompaniment, but there is a backup singer. Peacock dance has a monotonous rhythm, but it is a popular folk dance. The basic steps are "two steps and one stamp" and "small steps". The upper body is rich in movements, such as "double waving", "shaking shoulders", "double akimbo" and "peacock fetching water". There are lyrics when dancing, and the dance and lyrics are very closely matched. Dancers do various actions according to the meaning of words, such as: how to shake their heads when singing peacock? Dancers do "shaking their heads left and right" with their hands akimbo; Sing how peacocks fly. Dancers do "double waves" to show their flying. One of the most distinctive movements is "Peacock Pulling Water". Action: put your feet together, land on the outside of your feet, squat with your knees open outward, lean forward until you hold the wooden bowl on the ground with your mouth, and get up slowly. Hands have been doing "double pendulum" flight movements. It looks beautiful and distinctive.
Linzhi peacock dance
Linzhi peacock dance originated in Zhaxi Raodeng Township, Milin County, Linzhi Prefecture, and spread in Milin County and Zhaxi Raodeng Township. Peacock dance of Linzhi often sings and dances by himself without musical instruments. There are many forms such as solo dance, duet dance, threesome dance and group dance, which can be used by both men and women. Group dancing is a big circle formation, basically jumping in the same place, sometimes moving clockwise. Peacock dance and Linzhi are folk songs and dances performed by local people during the Tibetan calendar year and other folk festivals. At that time, people got together to drink, sing and dance "Chababo" (a folk song and dance in Linzhi area), with peacock dance's performance in the middle. Peacock dance's performance is a kind of song and dance that amuses himself. It also expresses people's yearning and pursuit for a better future. Peacock dance's movements are relatively simple, but the lyrics are closely combined with the dance movements. For example, when singing "Peacock, where are you from? Peacock, I am an Indian in the East", the dancer makes a "waist-tied hand" and then makes a "double wave" to indicate flying. How to draw water when singing Peacock? Peacock, I am like this ",the dancer does the action of fetching water: standing with his feet in a small splay, his hands sticking out obliquely to the back, swinging his wrist downwards to show that he flies up and squats, and then holding the wooden bowl on the ground with his mouth. This action needs to be completed in the second beat, which is very difficult. Peacock dance's basic steps and postures are "one step at a time", "eight-character squatting", "peacock pumping" and "peacock flying". With beautiful movements and vivid images, it is a folk song and dance art loved by local people.
Batang peacock dance
Locals call it "Macha Qutong". "Macha" means peacock, and "Qutong" means painting water, which means peacock painting water. This dance is mainly spread in Batang area of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province and Lhasa area in Tibet. Peacocks only jump on holidays, which is a typical folk song and dance of Baxie (black boy in Batang) and a favorite song and dance of local people. When jumping, it is in a big circle or semicircle shape and can move. There is no limit to the number of people, men and women are half or mixed, and they are free to come and go, using the form of two-person transfer. There is no wooden bowl for wine or water in the center of the circle. The lead dancer (male or female) dances around the wooden bowl, and everyone dances with the piano player. Lead the dance to imitate the peacock according to the lyrics. If you sing Peacock, where are you from? When it came from India, the lead dancer made a flying action "double wave". When you sing "Peacock, what kind of water do you drink? When drinking the cool spring water, the lead dancer does the action of pumping water, that is, squatting all the way, stretching his arms to the oblique rear and opening and closing his sleeves backwards, while holding the wooden bowl on the ground with his mouth and drinking all the wine. The basic steps and postures of peacock swimming are step by step, step by step, step by step, step by step, step by step, step by step, flying flag and so on. Peacock's elegant, euphemistic, light and stretched water posture expresses people's good wishes for a better future.
Peacock dance in Tibetan Opera
Tibetan Opera, called "Agim" in Tibetan, is an ancient opera loved by Tibetan people. It has a history of thousands of years. Tibetan opera generally belongs to the category of song and dance, which is a comprehensive art to express literary content in the form of song and dance. In addition to Tibet, it is also popular in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu and other Tibetan areas. Tibetan opera is a kind of folk song and dance art with strong Tibetan characteristics, which was originally developed from folk rap and other forms. /kloc-In the 4th century, as we all know, Zhu Qin Tangdongjiebu, a great Tibetan man, inherited and developed by building a cable bridge to benefit all beings. Tibetan opera is divided into blue mask and white mask. The white mask is called "Tashi Sheba". The performance of Tibetan opera is divided into three parts: the first opening part is called Wimbledon, which plays the role of introducing actors, attracting audiences and explaining the plot of the drama, so as to prepare for the performance of the drama. The second drama is called "Bear", which begins with Wimba's introduction of the plot and the roles played by the actors, and then it is officially performed. The third paragraph "Tashi" is the end before the performance, which has nothing to do with the plot, but wishes the auspicious ceremony and accepts the audience's hada and donations. The material of Tibetan opera generally comes from folk stories, historical legends, Buddhist scriptures and human feelings. The main repertoires include Princess Wencheng and Nepalese Princess, King Bei Tang, Sujinima, Dunyue Dunzhu, Langsawimba, Zhuowasam, Baimawamba and so on. Some Tibetan operas have peacock dance's dance fragments, and peacock costumes are used to simulate peacock dance.
Qiangmu peacock dance
Qiangmu, which means jumping or dancing, is a religious dance art performed by monks of various factions of Tibetan Buddhism when they hold grand ceremonies in their temples. The scene is spectacular, integrating chanting, music and dancing. The main content is to exorcise evil spirits, welcome good luck and bid farewell to the old days. According to the Tibetan calendar, each temple sets one or several days as the performance date, and then it does so every year. In addition, random performances are not allowed. The origin of "Qiangmu" Most experts believe that it originated in the eighth century, but a few experts believe that it originated in the Bonini period. Opinions vary and need further study. Generally speaking, the relatively fixed roles in "Qiangmu" performances are immortals, magic soldiers, demons, clowns and birds and animals. Peacock dance, which is interspersed with Qiang wood, can only be seen when performing a sex maniac piano in Tashilhunpo Temple. The basic movements are "moving flat", "trotting", "shaking your head left and right" and "stretching your neck". Although the action is not much, it is essential in the lust demon Qing.
Artistic feature
Peacock dance is not accompanied by music melody. Although the accompaniment instruments are only percussion instruments such as elephant foot drums, gongs and cymbals, they are not monotonous. Elephant-foot drums are extremely rich in drums and their sounds change greatly, so performers usually choose a good drummer to accompany them. In this way, you can play colorful and exciting drums. At the same time, it can change the drums flexibly and skillfully with the changes of dancers' dance movements and emotions. Although the gongs arranged in order of size on the wooden frame only play a single rhythm, they can also be divided into light, heavy, fast and slow with the rhythm of dancers' dance movements, and can also change with the changes of performers' emotions and dance movements. So is the cymbal. When the elephant foot drums, gongs and cymbals are played harmoniously, they can not only play gentle and lyrical drums, but also play the peacock dance danced by Kim Hee Seon in the movie [Myth].
Cheerful, bold and powerful drums. Drums inspire the passion of performers, and at the same time, the superb performing arts of performers infect drummers. When the performer jumps to the climax, the onlookers are led by one person (the drummer or the young man in the audience) to cheer: me-me or water-water. At this time, there was an jubilant scene, and a short wave echoed. Peacock dance, an ethnic group in Ruili, A Dai, mainly dances solo, and also has peacock dance for two. Dancers are mostly male. Peacock dance has a variety of hand movements and skills such as jumping and turning. Every joint of the limbs and trunk should be flexed and then stretched downward, and the whole body vibrates evenly, forming a beautiful three-way bending dance. Peacock dance's dance vocabulary is particularly rich, such as flying down from the mountain, peeking in the forest, walking in the forest, flapping his wings, drinking water and so on. Peacock dance is widely distributed, with three Ali parts on the top, four wings on the middle and six hills on the bottom, all of which have folk dances that show peacocks. Due to the different geographical environment and customs, peacock dance's performance forms, style characteristics, technical difficulty, lyrics and musical style are also different. In order to explain the difference between peacock dance and other places, this paper makes a comparative study of several different peacock dance.