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Western Huaihua, Nuo culture in china's position is essential.
pound, the first line to push the costume is very simple Nuo culture it is the origin of the earliest, is one of the most popular style of Nuo areas. Exorcism on the dance history of the line here and not give all the records witch. Hongjiang gaomiao unearthed a 7400 years ago, painting a face pattern and Facial Niaozhua fangs, mouth Rustic picture long ivory pattern pottery, Nuo culture is prevalent here and the important evidence. Former exile Qu Yuan Chu Yuan-Xiang, Su Yuan River has been Yuanling, Chenxi to Xupu area, witnessed the Nuo folk festivals, book into the eternal and indestructible" Nine Songs." To the Qing period and modern times, when the Central Plains and other areas of the art of Nuo gradually decline, the Western area ZTE witchcraft but the trend appears not only produced a new e River pitched singing, etc., Nuo surgery began with the integration of local drama become more artistic, more expressive. Nuo originally popular activities are more frequent thing, Nuo altar and increased sharply, up more than 30 when a township Nuo altar there. To modern, more is not to cut.
Now in the Western of the village is still popular with over Halloween, so Dojo, Kung land, Dances to God, sacrifice hop aroma, received the soul, income black and other folk customs and witchcraft, and rolled barbed bed, fire tank, the Daoti, step on the fire plow, eat fire, charcoal, etc. are also popular here Nuo technology. Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County of Nuo opera" pound push" Nuo culture is an early product of the same by experts as" the living fossil of Chinese Drama" ; Huaihua Yuanling Nuo County is the hometown of the famous, the existing house more than 1,200 Nuo ; and 300 years of history, full of religious Yuanling" Chenzhou Nuo Opera" has been included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
playful Western, may wish to" Zhuangshennonggui" some, enjoying an odd paradox Nuo deceitful drama.
pound push the performance starts in a small courtyard, do not have to many viewers pound, push, rain sing opera
once in four patio Xinhuang Dong Village, I was lucky enough to catch up with a" pound push" , knowledge of this Nuo culture in the Western most prestigious Nuo Opera.
Patio Village is located in the hillside, it is easy in every planting season on the drought, we used to rely on local villagers jump" pound push" to pray for rain. To the stockade gate, see the southern end of the old people are put yard square table, doing the preparation. They carefully from the box one by one please the Nuo opera masks placed against the wall, and very respectfully put the statue of Nuo (Dong mythology of human ancestors," Jiang Lang," " Sister Jiang" ), and then was the incense, offerings. Those in charge is now 93 years old Dragon Ming, he is the leader of the Nuo opera troupe. Ming Dragon costume with five or six elderly people have a burning paper incense, and then lined up on the incense table Zuo Yi, Libi, he stepped forward alone, his hands close my eyes bend one mantra presence of God, please Nuo .
Nuo wherever he goes, this is the first to open the program, an indispensable process. Only God Nuo scene, the play can begin.
At this time, they need to square table based on role to take up the mask. The curtain of the show.
gongs and drums, the Naoqi wherever he goes out." Jump Land" is the opening program." I am the land, the land of heaven, earth land, the land bridge, bridge end of the land is my land ... ... Twelve." Percussion sound of the land side of God, read the white dance to dance. Actor very hard, wearing a mask over his gown, danced a very exaggerated movements. In the agricultural society, the land that God is the most close to the various gods among mortal God, regardless of the end of the village and camp, col shelters, are equipped to land the altar stone puzzle. Process in the land of God style of singing, one side was the land God bless the request loud, loud one by one if the land God promised. Shouted the pious, God shall also refreshing. Regardless of the promise of the Spirit of God first, not working, it alone can give comfort.
I have seen places such as Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Nuo Opera, the difference is," pound push" chant all by Dong, the whole performances are carried out in the jump, dance, bold and simple, triangular feet stepped on repeatedly with the drums jump. Accompaniment is also very simple, only repeated that the" pound" package drums and gongs" push" sound. Performed using the whole process of child dancers the beat drums, play the drum sound twice," pound" , followed soon as the gong sounds," push" , left step, right foot step, then jump your feet, stepping on the drums will be completed the dance.
next and played a few shows. Senki development, urgent drums, dance shades. A ritual dance program will" jump little devil" , daily life," Laohantuiche" , there are a few out of the opera, such as" Peach Garden" ," Old Town" ," Off Catholic child" ," Kuan recuperate" and so on." Kuan Kung and recuperate" , the 76-year-old artist played Kuan Lung spring, which is the good old dragon play, performed for several decades, a move to try, everything Road. Side of the old man told me it will be played rain plays in previous years, as long as the Guan Gong wield the rain dance a while, the horizon dark clouds appear, there after the rain, the spirit is very Well, today, have not performed up to now little sign of clouds, strange! There are also humorous funny" anti-Buddha Board" , the content is a pilgrimage pilgrims to the temple, the abbot of the temple with the tease with the Buddha, the two great eloquence, put the Buddha silent response, the pilgrims finally turned back to the Buddha him down. Abbot also from time to time with the beat Buddha monk's stick hit their heads. Such and such to fool the past, high above the Buddha, I am afraid that the plot only in entertaining people of God Nuo opera entertainment found.
" pound, push" A total of 36 masks, each mask is a role, namely the ghost Spirit 9, scholar 1 tools, two peasant farmer, magistrate runner 4, Wizards 2, Hong Po, country thug 2, Liu 1, the three figures 12, cow bull dog 3. Normally does not please God, these masks are the symbol of God. It is said that before, two after the temple courtyard Village, Pan Gu Temple enshrines statues, flying mountain temple is dedicated to the Five Dynasties period Jingzhou Yang Rethinking the area as minority leader. Two temple shrine are a big wooden cabinet, from God above, the following tune" pound push" mask, a temple put one year. Now, with exaggerated shapes, these masks have become works of art. But push comes to pound the future, and most of the intangible cultural heritage, faces lost position. Walled in the pound is now able to perform the 30 people are pushing people over the age of 65, able to perform the plays only 20 or so, you know, pound, push the heyday, there were 80 sets of repertoire, able to perform in 4 days 4 nights ah. The transmission needs of people in folk consciousness, if not the local residents involved, sooner or later, the folk customs will be the death of the museum specimens.
Photo story: Lu Kai Nuo face, bestiality One
Nuo mask is the most spectacle of Nuo culture. Nuo Opera masks have their own style of Western, especially Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Luxi most unique mask. Luxi mask known as the" face and shell" , a ritual mask, exorcism mask, Nuo masks, masks and dance in Hong mountains 36 types of masks, mainly for the evil limitless disaster, the common people of God, who worship gods and entertainment, etc. activities. Its shape in addition to folklore, the most important is the" human animal one." Chi You and Huangdi battle, has a mask for the war." Chi did not, the world is complex chaos, then painting the image of the Yellow Emperor, to Granville world, the world that the Chi salty die, eight Fangwan Bang, are all Mi Fu." Luxi is a southern barbarian land, Chi You," the amount of copper iron head" mask shape, the natural shape of an impact on the Nuo masks. Thus, Luxi Nuo masks more performance for the grim, strange, like people using non-human, like animals exaggerated deformation of non-animal techniques. Wood carving artist of the masks eyes, nose and mouth to deformation processing, such as eye shape of a round convex shape of deep relief, mast nose and nostrils expanded, and the intention to shorten the nose, shape of the Xuepentaikou enough space left, while the mouth to the ears as far as possible extension, fangs exposed lips, but it created a strange Luxi deceitful the gods and the 12 zodiac 35 Plough shape. (Text/Wu Jingjun)
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