Wuhua Bamboo Horse Dance

Guangdong
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Wuhua Bamboo Horse Dance has a long history. It was introduced to the northern part of Wuhua in the late Ming Dynasty, and has a history of more than 600 years. It is mainly distributed in Xinqiao, Huacheng, Tanxia, Qiling, Zhuanshui and other towns in Wuhua area. Wuhua County Bamboo Horse Dance has a certain mass base, especially in the former Xinqiao Town. Bamboo Horse Dance has been passed down from generation to generation. In its heyday, there were 22 performance troupes, covering every village and village. Li Zongqiang, the 83-year-old successor of Bamboo Horse Dance, talks about Bamboo Horse Dance with his hands and feet. His family Bamboo Horse Dance performance team is very popular among the people. The performance props of Bamboo Horse Dance are unique, including bamboo horses, carriages, wave umbrellas, suonas, colorful fans, and ornaments such as fish, chickens, geese, and rabbits. There are many roles, including bamboo horse boys, bamboo horse girls, ugly men, ugly women, cart pushers, wave umbrella girls, suona players, gift girls, girls, and so on. In recent years, the county cultural department has organized the professional staff of the county cultural center to excavate, sort out, process and improve Wuhua bamboo horse dance. Today's bamboo horse dance is passionate, humorous and interesting. It uses people to sing lanterns and lanterns to express emotions. It is full of singing and dancing, and the scene is integrated. The ugly husband and the ugly wife dance with fan flowers, the groom wears a robe and rides a bamboo horse, the maid follows closely with an umbrella, the bride shakes the fan and sits on the cart, the chicken, duck, fish and goose are on their heads, and the graceful girl holds the umbrella with her hands. In 2004, the bamboo horse dance "Sisters Return to Their Mother's Home to Celebrate Birthday" won the gold medal for performance and the first prize for creation at the first International Folk Song Festival in Meizhou, China. In November 2005, the bamboo horse dance "Hakka Girl Returns to Her Mother's Home" won the silver medal in the Guangdong Lingnan Folk Art Festival. On the Lantern Festival in 2006, the Wuhua delegation of 150 people participated in the Meizhou Hakka Folk Song Tourism Festival and won the first prize. In February 2006, the large-scale folk bamboo horse dance "Hakka Girl Returns to Her Parents' Home" won the gold medal at the Guangdong Folk Art Festival held in Yunfu. In October 2000, Xinqiao Town was named "Guangdong Provincial Ethnic and Folk Art Hometown" by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture.

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