The Spring Ox Dance originated in the second year of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1874 AD). It was introduced from He County, Guangxi (now Hezhou City) to Xiashuai Zhuang and Yao Township, Huaiji County. It is mainly spread in Tianxin Natural Village of Dongxi Administrative Village and has a history of more than 130 years. The Spring Ox Dance is one of the traditional programs that the local people love to hear and see, and it has certain educational significance and artistic appeal. During the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, villagers go through villages and perform in farmyards or in village squares, wishing people a good harvest, prosperity of livestock, and good luck in the new year. The Spring Ox Dance is a folk dance with percussion music as accompaniment, and it has a strong local flavor. The main props of the Spring Ox Dance are "Spring Ox" and "Plow", which are generally danced by three actors, one dancing the ox head, one dancing the ox tail, and one playing the farmer. During the performance, the farmer follows the "Spring Ox" and plows the field. When plowing the field, he finds a lot of fish and shrimps in the field, so he performs the fish catching and shrimp catching. When he finds that the "Spring Ox" is thirsty and hot, he performs the water splashing to cool down the "Spring Ox". The "Spring Ox" usually responds with joy by shaking its head and tail. Sometimes after the Spring Ox Dance, two or four tea-picking girls come on stage and sing tea-picking songs in the Zhuang language, dancing and singing, and the scene is very lively. The program won the first prize in the Huaiji County Folk Art Performance in January 1983; won the performance award in the Zhaoqing area folk art performance celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1984; won the second prize in the performance competition of the first Guangdong Provincial Minority Sports Games in 1995; and won the second prize in the city's folk art performance in 1998. Over the past decade, although the Spring Ox Dance has made great efforts to discover, rescue and promote it with the strong support and assistance of the local party committee and government, it is still in an endangered state: first, there are fewer and fewer local weaving artists, and some have passed away; second, the age of percussion masters is relatively high, and they are too weak to participate in activities; third, young and middle-aged people have gone out to do business or work to support their families, and rarely participate in activities, making artistic inheritance a problem. In order to rescue and protect this project, the Huaiji County Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Leading Group has formulated the following protection measures: 1. Static protection. Based on the original survey of the Spring Ox Dance, a more comprehensive survey will be conducted to digitize the original and future collected text, pictures, audio and video materials for long-term preservation; organize and publish the Spring Ox Dance performance DVD and the Spring Ox Dance props production picture booklet and music score booklet. 2. Dynamic protection. Organize training courses to cultivate young Spring Ox Dance performers, prop makers and accompaniment musicians; set up an amateur Spring Ox Dance performance art team locally to make the team relatively stable; organize activities, first of all, use festivals and celebrations to organize Spring Ox Dance performances and exhibitions inside and outside the county; secondly, use publicity media to expand the influence and promote this folk art. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)