Manual Paper-making Craft of Dai Ethnic Minority 傣族手工造纸技艺
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Location
Dai opera(傣剧) is one of the most distinctive ethnic minority operas in Yunnan. It is popular in Mangshi (芒市), Yingjiang(盈江县), Ruili(瑞丽市), Longchuan(陇川县), Lianghe(梁河县) and other cities of Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, as well as parts of Baoshan.
Dai opera originated from Dai people’s song and dance and zangfang buddhist sutras with certain characters and plots, then it gradually formed by absorbing Dian opera and other techniques.
Origin
The traditional plays of Dai opera are mainly derived from Dai folk stories, narrative poems or buddhist stories, such as Xiangmeng 《相勐》, Thousand-petalled Lotus 《千瓣莲花》 , Langtuihan 《朗推罕》, etc. The others are plays that translated and transplanted from Han opera, such as Chuang Tzu Tests His Wife《庄子试妻》, Ganlu Temple《甘露寺》, Women General of Yang Family《杨门女将》, etc. Dai opera singing strong national music style, gradually developed into the “hanhun” (male cavity)“喊混”（男腔） and “hanlang” (female cavity) “喊朗”（女腔） two basic tones, in the male cavity gradually formed Laosheng cavity, Xiaosheng cavity and Caowang cavity and other different singing characteristics.
At the same time, it extensively absorbed the tunes of dai folk songs for singing and instrumental music, and used cucurbit flute, wood leaves, flute, banhu and erhu as accompaniment. In terms of performance, the opera formula and other body movements of dai dance, such as “peacock dance“, “fish dance” and other folk dances of the Dai people, are used for the performance of Dai opera.
Plays
Since the 1960s, the Prefecture of De Hong has organized, adapted, and performed a large number of plays, such as E Bing and Sangluo 《娥并与桑洛》, Haihan 《海罕》, Love of Bamboo House 《竹楼情深》, Anuanxiangmeng 《阿暖相勐》, Yigou Water 《一沟水》, One Thousand and Eight Hundred 《一千八》, Yanbosan 《岩波散》, Anuanhaiduan 《阿暖亥端》 and so on. In 1962, Dai opera E Bing and Sangluo 《娥并与桑洛》 caused a sensation by attending the performance of minority operas in southwest of China. In 2004, the large-scale mythological Dai opera “Nanxila” 《南西拉》won the first prize of comprehensive program and the first prize of performance, music design and costume design in the new play exhibition of Yunnan province, and was listed as the provincial cultural boutique project at the same time.
Dai opera is performed on occasions such as traditional festivals, slack seasons and weddings, and the Spring Festival and slack seasons are the most frequent. At present, due to the poor economic benefit and insufficient capital investment, the professional dai opera performing groups, especially the rural amateur performing teams, are facing the survival crisis due to the lack of counseling and training and the young performers.
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Yuxi lantern(玉溪花灯) is a kind of Han folk art. It was formed by the Han nationality in the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers and the people in the south of the Yangtze River who emigrated to Yuxi. At that time, they mainly sang Jiangnan minor songs. Yuxi lantern is one of the most influential regional branches in Yunnan Province, which is mainly spread in Hongta District of Yuxi City.
“Old Lamps”(旧灯)and “New Lamps”(新灯)
Yuxi lanterns are divided into “old lamps”(旧灯)and “new lamps”(新灯) according to the formation time. “Old Lamp” is a traditional lantern gradually formed since the Ming and Qing dynasties, which originates from the singing and singing and dancing in the folk “cooking stove”(灶火). In the late Qing Dynasty, it developed into folk art with many forms of performance, such as Xiaoqu, lantern song and dance, lantern opera and so on. After the Revolution of 1911, under the influence of Yunnan opera, some Yuxi lantern artists learned from other dramas, absorbed folk singing books and other plays, compiled plays, and made lanterns develop dramatically. This kind of lantern is called “new lamp”. Since then, “New Lamp” has been further developed in Kunming. In 1937, with the performance of “Peasant Salvation Lantern Troupe”,（抗战花灯） it quickly spread to the whole.
Achievement
After the founding of the people’s Republic of China, Yuxi arranged and adapted a large number of excellent traditional lantern plays, and created nearly 100 repertoires, most of which reflect the theme of modern life. At present, there are 301 traditional, modern and creative repertoire. Since the 1990s, Yuxi Lantern Drama Company has created another successes in the history of Yuxi lantern with excellent new lanterns such as “Affection and Love”, 《情与爱》”honeysuckle · Bamboo fence”《金银花· 竹篱笆》, “Zhuo Mei and Aluo”《卓梅和阿罗》, and has won several national awards such as “five one Project”,（五个一工程奖） Wenhua Award,（文华奖） Cao Yu Drama Literature Award,（曹禺文学戏剧奖） China TV Flying Sky Award （中国电视飞天奖）and Plum Flower Award.（梅花奖）
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Zhangha is the most popular traditional art form of Dai people, which plays an irreplaceable role in Dai social life. Its singing range is very wide, every New year of Dai people, closing the door festival, opening the door, worship the god, Buddha, congratulations on the new house, marriage, children full moon and other occasions, we have to invite Zhang ha to sing.
What’s Zhangha?
Zhang ha(章哈), also translated as Zanha, means that the person who can sing, which not only refers to the singer, but also the artistic performance form Dai singers’ singing traditional tunes. Mainly spread in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dai and some Bulang villages of Jiangcheng, Menglian, Jinggu counties of Simao City.
Three Main Singing Forms
Solo, duet and competitive singing. According to the different accompaniment instruments, it can be divided into two forms: one is accompanied by Dai string instrument “Ding(玎)”, the singing content is mostly folk songs and love songs, expresses the deep love between younger man and woman, which is called “Hasading(哈塞定)”and the other played with Bi(筚) which called “Hasabi”(哈赛筚).
Importance of Zhangha
Zhangha has many repertoire, preserves many Dai nationality’s oldest traditional ballads, myths, legends and so on, and creatively develops the Dai nationality poetry art, enriches the Dai people’s spiritual and cultural life. Zhangha plays an important role in enlightening children, advocating social ethics and morality, publicizing production knowledge and so on in the social life of Dai nationality. Dai families have always regarded Zhangha singers as the most knowledgeable people and compared them to “indispensable salt in life” and “fragrant flowers”.
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Brief Introduction
Paper-cut of Dai ethnic minoroty(傣族剪纸) is a traditional folk art form favored by many ethnic groups and wide popularized in yunnan, Dai paper cutting is one of the prominent characteristics, mainly circulated in luxi city Dehong dai and jingpo autonomous prefecture(德宏傣族景颇族自治州潞西市).
History of Paper-Cutting
Dai paper cutting first appeared in the paper horse used in the sacrifice of the Dai nationality , and then gradually enriched and developed under the influence of the Buddhist culture and the Han culture, and was widely used in jubilation, religion, funeral and home decoration. Dai people use special scissors, carving knives, chisels and hammers to cut or chisel their paper-cutting，this skill is superb.Its contents are mainly related to the Buddhism of the southern transmission of the dai faith, and also reflect the people loved objects in real life, with a strong sense of life and local flavor.
Common Patterns
auspicious dragon, phoenix, peacock, elephant, lion, kirin, Wapiti, fine horse, swimming fish and other wonderful beast and strange bird, there are also various forms of glutinous rice sticks to the flowers, lotus flowers, roses, chrysanthemums, camellia, rhododendrons and other plants and flowers, as well as pavilions, pagodas, temples, housing construction.
Main materials
paper-cut is paper, cloth, metal sheet, etc. Dai paper cutting is mainly used in the doors and windows of the Buddha hall, buddhist umbrella, buddha banner, performance props, festival colored awning,water splashing dragon pavilion and home decoration, etc.
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Brief Introduction
Dongba painting(东巴画) is one of the important contents of Naxi culture and art. It is spread in Lijiang Ancient City and Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, and also distributed in Shangri-la County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Dongba paintings are mainly made of wood chips, Dongba paper, linen, etc.The Dongba paintings come in a variety of forms, such as scrolls, woodblock paintings, playing cards, scroll paintings and so on.
Scrolls(经卷画)
Including Dongba picture text, cover painting, scroll page painting and title drawing.
Woodblock Paintings(木牌画)
this kind painting is painted on the simple wooden card , mainly used for Dongba sacrifice and folk legal celebration, there are pointed god card, flat head ghost card two kinds.
Playing Cards(纸牌画)
Card paintings are made of homemade earthen paper, which are divided into idol card paintings, five crowns, door ornaments, pictures and so on.
Scroll Paintings(卷轴画)
Scroll painting is a kind of painting form formed by inheriting the traditional painting of Naxi nationality, absorbing the cultural elements of Buddhism and Taoism, drawing lessons from the painting techniques of Tibetan and Han nationalities, especially the artistic characteristics of Tibetan Tangka(唐卡) statues since Yuan and Ming dynasties.
Highlights
In 2006, the Naxi people’s Dongba painting was included in the first list of intangible cultural heritage with the approval of the State Council.
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Brief Introduction
Bronze Drum Dance of Zhuang Ethnic Minority and Yi Ethnic Minority in Wenshan (文山壮族彝族铜鼓舞) is very popular and famous. The tradition is maintained in the Zhuang and Yi villages of Guangnan, Malipo, Funing, Xichou, Maguan and Qiubei counties. The most representative bronze drum dance is that of the Zhuang and Yi ethnic groups of Guangnan County, Xinzhai Village in Malipo County and several Bailuo subsidiaries of Muyang village in Funing County.
Performance Aims
Traditional worship of ancestors and nature among the Wenshan, Zhuang and Yi people. The Yi saw the bronze drum as the wisest of all creatures, believing that it would carry their prayers and petitions to gods and ancestors via the drumming and dancing. Zhuang people, however, believed that beating the bronze drum and dancing would drive away evil and bring good fortune.
Performance Forms
Dancers move counter-clockwise in a circle, keeping time with the drums. The moves reflect daily farming and other activities of the Zhuang and Yi ethnic groups. The Zhuang people from Magui village in Naxi town own 12 sets of specific dance movements, reflecting the monthly production cycle. The bronze drum dances from Malipo and Funing villages are mainly used for folk activities such as praying for rain and good harvest or for funerals.
The Zhuang and Yi ethnic minority dance
The bronze drum dances of the Zhuang and Yi people remain popular. Many of the movements are simple and ancient. The Zhuang dances involve one person beating the drum while another uses a wooden box to improve resonance, which is unique to this musical performance. The Yi use a special technique in which two drums perform twelve combination tones. The male drum is said to symbolize the sun and the female drum the moon. The twelve tones stand for twelve months, thus the Yi bronze drum dances also reflects the 12-month production cycle, as well as honoring ancestors. Traditional culture, along with historical connotations such as national existence and development, gives a specific characteristic to these ancient dances.
Highlights:
The bronze drum dances of the Zhuang and Yi minorities have been listed as the intangible cultural heritage of Yunnan.
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The Wooden Drum Dance is a folk dance popular among the Miao, Li and Wa ethnic groups in southwest Yunnan. Wooden Drum Dance of Wa Ethnic Minority is mainly distributed in Yanshuai(岩帅), Danjia(单甲), Nuoliang(糯良), Menglai(勐来), Banhong(班洪) town of Cangyuan(沧源) Wa Autonomous County, Llincang(临沧). Wooden drum dance can be seen everywhere in Washan counties. Currently, where there are more than 700 wooden drums ranging from big to small and 90% of the people can dance and sing with the drum.
History
Wooden Drum Dance of Wa Ethnic Minority has a very long history. The wooden drum is regarded as a legendary divine instrument, the source of procreation and an important symbol of Wa history and culture. It reflects folk dance, song, literature, art, achievement and religious belief. Apart from their intrinsic value, the drum dances are also important to research into art, ethnology, folklore and religion. They have a unifying effect, and are still popular.
The general wooden drum dance is one part of major sacrificial rites that involve everyone, and the drum is highly symbolic. The acts of beating the drum and dancing to the drum is descended directly from an ancient and primitive culture, with strong values based on ancestor worship and reverence for nature.
Feature
Wooden Drum Dance of Wa Ethnic Minority mainly includes：
- 1. La Wooden Drum Dance (拉木鼓舞)
- 2. Mangluo Dance（铓锣舞）
- 3. Piaoniu(剽牛舞)
- 4. Knife Dance(刀舞)
- 5. Hair Dance(甩发舞)
- 6. Jump Wooden Drum House Dance(跳木鼓房舞)
- 7. Head Dance( 迎头舞)
How to Dance
First the dancers move diagonally one step to the right, bending a little backwards and swinging their hands towards the head. Then they mark time once with both hands swinging diagonally backwards and the body leaning forwards. These moves are repeated.
Importance
Wooden Drum Dance of Wa Ethnic Minority shows the diligent and brave character of the Wa Ethnic. Wooden Drum Dance used to be as the start of ceremony, Wa people of all ages dress up and dance around the wooden drum house to the beating of the drums. They start by showing respect to the wooden drum by kneeling and bowing, and then move around slowly counter-clockwise, waving hands and stamping feet. Wooden Drum Dance tells national history, sacrificial ceremonies, production and life.
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Tibetan Guozhuang Dance is one of the three major Tibetan folk dances. Guozhuang means singing and dancing in a circle, homophonic with Guoxie in Tibetan language. It originated from the form by which Tibetans danced around a campfire, all the time. This dance has been with the Tibetan ethnic group throughout their history.
Ganzhuang is a kind of collective dance of Tibetan self-entertainment and without instrument. The Tibetan area of Shangri-La County in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture calls it a Fruit Table(果桌), and consciousness is a joyous dance.
Content
There are three kinds of Guozhuang: Temple Guozhuang, Farm Guozhuang and Pastoral Guozhuang.
- The Temple Guozhuang event is organized for religious purposes in temples or monasteries, or for greeting and sending-off the Living Buddha. It is solemn with strong religious implications, through which believers dance in honor of the Living Buddha, grateful for their expected bliss in their afterlife.
- The Farm Guozhuang consists of two parts: singing, and quick singing and dancing. The tempo is subdivided into slow, medium and quick. At the beginning of a performance men and women stand in two separate circles and sing in rotation while swaying and stamping their feet. They conclude their singing by shouting “Ya!” Then their steps quicken and come to a stop at an exuberant allegro. The allegro music is often a condensed version of the slow music. The Farm Guozhuang is popular in Qamdo in eastern Tibet, while the Pastoral Guozhuang is popular in the vast pasture land of Damxung, Heihe and Sog Xian.
- The Pastoral Guozhuang is largely the same as farm Guozhuang, but there is a big difference in movement. In pastoral Guozhuang, for instance, the dancers jump while waving their hands in front of their chests and step forward, and then turn left or right, and their hands and feet move in the same direction. The sonorous singing produces a magnificent effect.
Guozhuang Dance in Shangri-La County has a very broad mass base, and almost every town has its own team of Guozhuang Dance .
How to Dance Guozhuang
Guozhuang Dance emphasizes mainly the dancing postures and emotion expressing. Although Guozhuang Dance has various schools and categories, whose nature and dancing way are the same. If you can master one type, you can dance others after a short training.
The dancing steps of Guozhuang are agile and vigorous. On the plaza or courtyard, male dancer and female dancer get together, hand in hand, dance clockwise in a circle.When dancing, the dancers are singing the folk songs. Usually, male dancers take the lead to sing and then female dancers sing later on.
The loose, wide trousers of the male dancers look like the feathered legs of eagles, and the men’s movements are imitative of creatures, especially eagles, like an eagle spreading its wings, hopping, and soaring. Women expose their right arms during dancing, with the right sleeve waggling behind. Moving around a circle, they sway their joined hands frontward and backward, keeping beats of their steps, until very late at night.
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Hulusheng Dance of Yi Ethnic Minority mainly circulated in Man Village, Xichou County, Wenshan, where Huayan people gather. Hulusheng Dance is a long-established folk dance. It is unique in the typical dance posture of the “S” shape, showing the charm of the ancient Hulusheng Dance.
History
Long years ago, Huayan people suffered from famine because of a drought. In such a desperate time, a rich man in the village took out the Kuqiao(苦荞) from home to help everyone, who saved everyone’s life. In order to thank the Kuqiao(苦荞) for saving everyone’s life, people practised the Hulusheng Dance. Since then, the day of every year, people will commemorate by Hulusheng Dance. This is the origin of the Qiaocai(荞菜) Festival.
Qiaocai Festival is the main performance occasion for the Hulusheng Dance. Every year of Qucai Festival, people will wear gorgeous costumes to dance in the square.
Content
Hulusheng Dance mainly shows the content of production labor. It has a total of seven different dance movements:
- 1. Standing Dance(牙虐)
- 2. Moving dance(牙庆)
- 3. Step Over Dance(牙拉)
- 4. Cricle Dance(牙降)
- 5. Across Flower(牙稳)
- 6. Relative Nod(牙搞)
- 7. Forwaord and Backword Dance(牙敢)
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The Peacock Dance is the most famous dance in the Dai Minority area – Yunnan Province, China. It spreads in Ruili and Luxi(潞西) of Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Xishuangbanna, Gengma, Menglian, Jinggu, Cangyuan. The peacock dance in Ruili City is the most representative.
The Dai people call the peacock dance Galuoyong(嘎洛勇). The peacock is a symbol of happiness in the history of Dai people. There was a story about the origin of the peacock dance. A thousand years ago, the father figure of Dai Minority saw a beautiful peacock dancing gracefully, and he could not help imitating it. From generation to generation, thousands of folk dancers made the “Peacock Dance” perfect continuously.
History of the Peacock Dance
In Eastern Han Dynasty, Dai people often went to Luoyang (the ancient capital of China/洛阳) to dedicate the “Peacock Dance” to the emperor. It can be inferred that the Peacock Dance had already reached a high level two thousand years ago.
The Importance of Peacock Dance
In Dai people’s heart, peacock is the symbol of beauty, happiness and luck. Whenever there are parties or festivals, Dai people will perform the peacock dance to celebrate.
Content of the Peacock Dance
Peacock dances in different regions have rich national cultural connotations and high artistic appreciation. Ruili’s Peacock Dance is mainly a single dance,but there are also couple dances. Dancers are mostly male. Yuexiang(约相), Wangla(旺腊), Dasanmeng(大散梦) and Hansi(喊思) are the representative of the local peacock dance. There are three forms of performance for peacock dance:
- Singles Peacock Dance: Mainly simulates the posture and movement of the peacock.
- Couple Peacock Dance: One female and one male, cuddling each other, chasing and playing.
- Multi-person peacock dance: Performed by at least four or more dancers.
The Features of the Peacock Dance
- First, the dancers’ knees always wave flexibly. It is the common feature of Dai dance. The knees don’t wave mechanically but flexible according to the change of performers’ sentiment.
- Second, the elegant dance is shown by the flexibility of performers’ arms, wrists, and fingers. The movements are soft and elegant to show the docility of peacocks.
- Third, the performers’ legs move promptly and the eyes move flexibly to show the flexibility of the peacock.
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Yanhe Dance (Tobacco Case Dance) of Yi Ethnic Minority in Shiping County（石屏县彝族烟盒舞）is also known as “jumping Strings”, “Longzong( 垄揔，田埂)”, spread in the Yi village of Shiping(石屏) County, Honghe（红河） Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
Sine(正弦) and Miscellaneous Strings(杂弦)
Forming a variety of genres in mountainous and dam areas, dance routines up to 220 sets, at present we have collected and sorted 117 sets, of which 62 sets of sine, 55 sets of miscellaneous strings. The dam area style mainly highlights the sine part, takes the three-step string as the foundation, the skill action is derived from the three-step string, and most of them are imitation performances of animals habits, the skill component is more, mostly two people jump face to face.The mountainous style mainly highlights the miscellaneous strings, it is emotional sing and dance, The atmosphere is warm, reflecting pleasure, joy and unity .Dance forms include double dance, pas de trois(三人舞) and group dance, dance process with tobacco case and four strings and other musical instruments playing，the rhythm is bright, the atmosphere is enthusiastic . The beautiful dance benefits the ingenious use of head, feet, body, hand, waist and other parts of the whole body, lower waist rolling and other difficult dance skills contain a high artistic value.
History of Yanhe Dance
Yanhe Dance of Yi Ethnic Minority in Shiping County has a long history of heritage. And it loved by the masses, spread throughout the urban and rural areas. It has developed into a compressive art of song, dances, music, athletic and bionic performance, it has many advances, such as distinctive dance, a variety of skills, can be simplified, can be fitness and entertainment, dance smooth and chic, and artistic appeal.
Feature
Yanhe Dance as one of the distinctive dance species of Yi nationality in southern Yunnan, it tells us the view of history, morality, values and way of thinking of Yi people by dance language. And has high research value in ethnology, folklore, sociology and other fields. Its rich and varied dance routines and connotations show the Yi people’s outstanding ability of dance creation and artistic understanding. With the vicissitudes of the Times, the traditional ” eat tobacco ” tobacco case dance custom has disappeared, tobacco case dance with the appearance of style homogenization, the connotation of the trend of superficial, the traditional charm of the Yanhe Dance classic set on the verge of loss.
Highlights
On May 20th, 2006, the Yi ethnic minority’s Yanhe dance was approved by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China and listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
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