zhezhi dance was danced by Xiao Lian.
one of the famous "healthy dances" in the Tang dynasty. It was originally a folk dance in the western regions. The Tang Dynasty said that zhezhi dance Fu said: It was originally a local dance in Zhizhi (that is, in the area of dzhambul in Central Asia today).
After it was introduced into the Central Plains, it was all the rage and spread widely in Chang 'an, Kyoto, Tanzhou (Changsha, Hunan), Hangzhou, Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places. Dancers wear soft, close-fitting embroidered Luo clothes, wide collars and narrow sleeves, a thin waist with ribbons and beaded ornaments, a beaded flower hat and brocade boots. The costumes are quite ethnic.
drums are the main accompaniment, and there is a saying in Tang poetry that "Zhezhi gives a drum sound". Dance changes are very rich, sometimes tactfully graceful, graceful and soft; Sometimes agile and unrestrained, cheerful and lively.
the dancing sleeves sometimes hang down and flutter, and sometimes the sleeves are lifted. The dancer's boneless soft lower back movement is amazing. During the long-term spread of zhezhi dance in the Central Plains, there appeared an artist "Zhe Zhi Ji" who performed this dance. With the aesthetic requirements of the Central Plains people, the form of performance has gradually changed. Originally a solo dance for women, it was later developed into "Double Zhezhi" performed by two female geisha.
In addition, the dance music has also changed: the healthy dance Zhezhi belongs to the feather tune, while the soft dance Qukuzhi belongs to the business tune. During the performance, the two girls first hid in the lotus flowers, and then came out to dance relative to each other. The dancer wears a hat with a golden bell, and when she dances, the golden bell makes a crisp sound. The Tang people praised this dance as very elegant and wonderful.
In the Song Dynasty, the court team dance "Children's Team" included "Zhezhi Team Dance", and the aristocratic family also had geisha performing "zhezhi dance", which was still popular with people. This is one of the examples of Song Chengtang dance.
There are many beautiful sentences describing "zhezhi dance" in the poems of the Tang Dynasty. Zhezhi dance Fu was written by Shen Yazhi in Tang Dynasty. Yuefu Poetry Collection and Mengxi Bi Tan.
In Zhang Ku's "Watching Yang Yuan and Tuozhi", there is a sentence of "slowly covering Tan Kou to sing new words", which shows that there are singing passages between the performances of "Tuozhi Dance".
"Tuozhi Dance" has gradually developed and changed in a wide and long-term spread since it was introduced into the Central Plains, from zhezhi dance, a solo who maintained the original national style, to the "Double Zhezhi" performed by two people, and Qu Tuozhi (or Qu Tuozhi) by children dance.