Wuyuan Nuo Dance

Jiangxi
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Wuyuan is located at the junction of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces. "Mountains block cars and water rushes, boats cannot travel". It is remote and has poor transportation. It is this relatively closed natural environment that has preserved the primitive and rough Wu Nuo culture: Wuyuan Nuo dance. Wuyuan Nuo dance, commonly known as ghost dance, is a type of Jiangxi Nuo dance. It originated in the Tang Dynasty, went through the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and flourished in the early Ming Dynasty. The "Wu Family Tree" of Mingzhou Village, Duanxin Township, Wuyuan County records: "In the 14th year of Zhengtong (1449), the community first collected rice and goods to reward the Nuo performers, so it was called the incense and fire fight." Wuyuan ghost dance Nuo troupe, in its heyday, spread throughout the county, and was once known as "36 Nuo troupes and 72 lion troupes". The lion troupe dances lions and dances Nuo, and the lion and Nuo are performed together, also known as "lion Nuo troupe", commonly known as "dancing Huihui". There were originally more than 60 ghost dance (Nuo dance) programs, including "Chasing the King" and "Building the Frame" to welcome the gods and expel the ghosts, "The Sun Shooting the Moon", "Houyi Shooting the Sun", "Tang Monk Seeking the Scriptures", "Pangu", and "Harmony" to reflect mythological stories, "The Prime Minister Exercises the Soldiers", "Guan Gong Sharpens the Knife", "Zhang Fei Sacrifices the Gun", "Six Princes", and "Meng Jiangnu" to reflect historical legends, "Dancing Cranes", "Two Monkeys Catching Lice", and "Single Monkey Carrying Water" to simulate animal play, and some martial arts duels such as "Double Sticks", "Beating Sticks", and "Dancing Little Ghosts". The performance forms include solo dance, duet dance, trio dance, and group dance. The art still retains the unique style of simplicity, roughness, simplicity, exaggeration, image, and vividness. There are more than 200 masks of ghost dance (Nuo dance), all carved from camphor wood, with god heads and ghost faces, and no two are the same. The masks of the six princes are about a foot long and nine inches wide, with wide noses and ears, and 24 feathers on the crown. They are dressed in red, green, purple, black, blue and white clothes, which are majestic and majestic. The mask of General Meng Tian in "The Prime Minister Drills Soldiers" is one foot and four inches long, with a purple gold crown carved on the top. He wears a red back, a black flag on his back, and a sword hanging from his waist, which is majestic and elegant. The mask of Prime Minister Li Si is particularly unique, with two high ears, three torches carved on them, a pair of eyes completely hollowed out, and shiny glass beads embedded in the eye sockets, called "male light". There are also movable lips and chins, and two ropes are connected between the eyeballs and the chin. During the performance, the actor bites the ropes, loosens and tightens, retracts and releases, and at the same time drives the three organs of the eyes, mouth, and chin, which are sometimes closed and sometimes opened, with endless changes. Wuyuan Nuo dance activities start from the Spring Festival and end before the Qingming millet is launched. During the activities, there are strict ritual arrangements, especially the rituals of "opening the box", "sealing the box", "teaching ghosts", "opening the eyes", and "collecting the consumption", which have not changed from ancient times and have been passed down from generation to generation. At night, the performance is performed in the wilderness, and the "fire baskets" are lit for lighting. The lights are flickering, and the air is filled with dense smoke. The hideous ghost faces appear and disappear from time to time, and the jumping figures appear and disappear, mysterious and grand. In 2006, it was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

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