Lifting the flower pole
Flower pole dance is also called flower pole dance. According to local folk artists, it is an artistic activity derived from the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty when people carried flower baskets to worship the goddess of the elder sister. It is mainly spread in Nantun, Wucheng County. The dance is rough and bold. The performance form is that two people carry one pole, and in the middle is a 0.6-meter square pole cabinet. Bamboo shoots are tied on the pole cabinet, and the bamboo shoots are decorated with silk flowers, paper flowers and many copper bells. A feather duster is erected on the top, and a red cloth canopy is hung below. The combination means "good luck". The performers cannot hold the pole with their hands, and use their heads, shoulders and backs to change their movements by shaking. There are movements such as head-lifting pole, shoulder rotation, shoulder change, back rotation, back shaking, squatting, digging, light step, etc., which are performed by two shifts of four people. The on and off stages are skillfully switched by martial arts movements, which does not affect the continuity of the performance at all. The performers must have a solid foundation in martial arts. The characteristics of the movements can be summarized as: "sunken footsteps, slightly bent knees, small swings, big swings, and horse-riding squatting with full body shaking". The flower pole lifting is included in the "Shandong Volume of the Collection of Chinese National Folk Dances". In 1992, it won the Outstanding Program in the International Folk Culture and Art Performance in Shenyang, China; in 1996, it participated in the Qilu Folk Square Art Performance organized by the Propaganda Department and the Cultural Department of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and won the "Black Peony Award". (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)