In the performance of the yangko on stilts in Haicheng, the grand stage and the light and delicate stage include music, dance, acrobatics, opera and other forms, which constitute a comprehensive folk square art with dance as the main body. The following is the classification of stilts that I helped you sort out. Welcome to share.
Nowadays, stilts used by people are mostly made of wood, and performances can be divided into double stilts and single stilts. Double stilts are often tied to the calf to show their skills; Holding the top of wooden stilts with both hands, it is convenient to go up and down, dynamic and interesting. Its performances can be divided into "Wen stilts" and "Wu stilts". Literary stilts emphasize pretending and teasing, while martial stilts emphasize personal skills and unique skills. Stilts around the country have formed a distinctive regional style and national color.
The height of stilts varies from a few inches to seven or eight feet in Shanxi. In Ruicheng County and Xinjiang County of Shanxi Province, the height of stilts reaches 15 feet or even 18 feet. Usually, the height of stilts is about four feet.
Stilts have a long history in Shanxi, and pictures of stilts and acrobatics can also be seen on the sarcophagus of the Northern Wei Dynasty unearthed in Yushe County, Jinzhong area. Although stilts are not recorded in writing, they should have started from the Northern Wei Dynasty at the latest. There are two kinds of stilts in Shanxi: Wen stilts and Wu stilts. Literary stilts are more important than twisting steps, while martial stilts mainly perform stunts.
In Fushan County, the first stilt is the conductor, the second stilt is the leader, the opera characters are in the middle, and finally the ugly ones are behind. The performance begins with twisting various field maps, and then performs various difficult movements such as "crossing the fairy bridge", "jumping on the table", "jumping on the double stool" and "splitting".
In Hucun, Yuanqu County, stilts mainly perform stunts. The stilt performances here not only have tricks such as twisting waist, bumping, backflip, falling fork, jumping table and somersaulting, but also have difficult lifting methods such as lifting two knots, three knots, sitting lifting, standing lifting and combination lifting, and can form the shape of "horse-drawn cart" and "crossing the overpass". Walking on stilts in this county, the most difficult thing is to "climb the tiger ladder".
"Butterfly" in Bai Bi Village, Xinjiang County and Shuangchi Town, Jiaokou County are stilt programs, which have both storylines and many difficult movements. This program is performed by three people. The young woman plays the role of an angel, carrying butterflies forward, the young man plays the role of a niche, holding a butterfly fan, and the clown plays and chases with a rattle. It is very vivid, lively and interesting. In the performance, these three people have some skills, such as squatting, jumping on the table, kite flipping, jumping over the head, rolling backwards and jumping on one leg.
The "animal stilts" in Jishan County and Youyu County are conjoined stilts performed by two people. Stilts performers have wooden stilts tied to their feet, animal skins tied to their waists and animal heads tied to their foreheads. Their upper body plays the corresponding numbers to form a group of shapes, dancing forward in the music and gongs and drums.
It is very difficult for three people to step on four stilts in Xiaxian and other places, and four people * * * tie five stilts, so the performance needs tacit cooperation.
The stilts in Yuanping, Pingding and Dingxiang counties are called "stilt yangko", which is called "stilt yangko" by twisting yangko steps and changing formation, and then commenting and singing. In Ganjiazhuang, Xixian County, there is also a performance mode of "singing stilts", in which a small bell is tied at the joints of stilts.
In Shanxi province, stilt performances are varied and eclectic. The performance time of these stilts is generally in the "golden age" activities around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and stilts are a form of performance in the whole activity. This kind of activity is flexible in content and relatively free in action. You can perform in a big venue or walk around the street.
Shandong stilts are often stacked on three floors (two or three floors without stilts) to play opera characters, and the upper people step on the shoulders of the lower people and March as usual.
On the stilts around Beijing and Tianjin, actors often perform such difficult skills as "jumping on one foot", "splitting" and "crossing obstacles". Others perform stunts, such as jumping off four high tables with one foot.
Stilts are popular in Northeast China, and the most famous is "Southern Liaoning Stilts". Its form is complete and its performance is standardized. At first, I wanted to "build an elephant" (in the shape of a two-story building) to sing yangko, which means "there is an elephant living in peace", and then I ran to the big field to change the formation, and then performed duets, "butterflies flapping" and "fishermen fishing", and performed folk operas in groups.
On the stilts of ethnic minorities, actors all wear their own clothes and perform in a unique way. For example, Buyi people have both double stilts and single stilts (also known as single stilts), which are easy to make by holding both ends of stilts with both hands, and their single stilts are especially popular with children; In the Bai people's "stilts playing with horses", the actors also stepped on wooden stilts and performed with horse-shaped props; Uighur "double stilts" integrate folk two people into it.
Stilts originally belonged to one of the hundred ancient operas in China, which appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. In China, stilts first appeared in Liezi Fu Shuo: "Those who had orchids in the Song Dynasty used their skills to dry the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Summoned in the Song and Yuan Dynasties to see their skills.
There are two branches twice as long as its body, belonging to its shin, which go hand in hand, making the seven swords overlap and jump. The five swords were always in the air, and Yuan Jun was frightened and gave them gold and silks. As can be seen from the article, stilts have been popular as early as 500 BC. Performers can not only walk with long wood tied to their feet, but also jump and dance swords. Stilts are divided into three types: stilts, middle stilts and running stilts, with the highest being more than ten feet. In the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, stilts were called "stilts" and in the Song Dynasty, they were called "stepping on a bridge". Known as "stilts" since the Qing Dynasty, it is made of 1 to 3 feet long wooden strips and wooden supports. Performers tie their feet to sticks and dress up as various figures. One or more people dance together and perform interesting actions or stories with suona. Beijing is known as the "stilt club". The Yellow River basin is called "sticking high feet" and can be divided into literature and martial arts. Wenqiao mainly performs walking and singing, and the dance movements are simple. Wuqiao performed handstands, high jump tables, stacked arhats and splits. According to ancient records, ancient stilts were all made of wood. Make a support point in the middle of the planed wooden stick to put your feet, and then tie it to your legs with a rope. Performers can dance swords, splits, stools, cross tables and yangko when walking on stilts. In the northern stilt yangko, there are fishermen, matchmakers, silly sons, second brothers, Taoist priests and monks. The performer's funny performance can arouse the audience's great interest. In the south, stilts play the role of traditional operas, including Guan Gong, Zhang Fei, Lv Dongbin, He Xiangu, Zhang Sheng, matchmaker, Jigong, immortal and clown. They sang while performing, making fun and entertaining themselves. It is said that this form of walking on stilts was originally developed by ancient people in order to collect wild fruits from trees for food and tie two long sticks to their legs. ;