Gong Sundaniang
[gáng sán dànáng]
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Gong Sundaniang was the first dancer in the Tang Palace in the New Millennium. Good at sword dancing, dancing moves the world. He is famous for his sword dancing. She gave a folk performance with a huge audience. She was invited to perform at the court, which was unparalleled. Her sword dance is all the rage. On the basis of inheriting the traditional sword dance, she created Xihe fencing, fencing and other sword dances. Everything is floating clouds, with the skill of Sun Niangzi in the Tang Dynasty as the first priority, but the final outcome is wandering around the rivers and lakes and ending in loneliness. However, her unparalleled skills are associated with two cultural peaks in China's history. It is because of her that we were lucky enough to see a wonderful painting by Zhang Xu, the sage of grass, and read a generous and sad poem "Sword Line" by Du Fu, the sage of poetry. The painter Emma Wu Daozi experienced the skill of using a pen by watching Gong Sundaniang's sword dance. The way to achieve the three saints, this peerless beauty should not be lonely again.
Nickname: Gong Sundaniang.
Time: Tang Dynasty
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Main works: sword dance
Main achievements: sword dance: Xihe sword, sword sliding.
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It is said that Zhang Xu, the sage of grass, looked at Gongsun.
Gong Sundaniang sword dance map
Sword dance, so bliss, achieved peerless calligraphy.
Poet Du Fu also watched Sun's dance when he was young. At that time, Mrs. Sun was gorgeous, graceful and elegant, holding a sword, exuding the myriad weather of the Tang Dynasty. Du Gongyou wrote a poem "Casting Sword", which described the prosperity of Gongsun's sword in that year: years ago, there was a beautiful Gongsun, dancing a dagger and taking a sword from all directions. The audience is like a mountain lost between them, and the world moves back and forth with her movements. As bright as an archer shooting down the nine suns in the sky, as fast as an angel in front of a dragon's wings. She began to vent her anger like a thunderbolt, ending the shining calm like rivers and oceans ... With the great talent of Du Gong, the Dance of the Sun written by Du Gong appeared vividly in front of our eyes, which made people yearn for it. After the Anshi Rebellion, the dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. In Baidicheng, Mr. Du Fu saw another descendant of Mrs. Sun-Li Shierniang's sword-dancing device. Looking back, I can't help feeling deeply. The golden age has passed, Du Fu is no longer young, and Sun's disciples are not in full swing. As for Gong Sundaniang himself, more is "but those red lips and pearl sleeves have disappeared".
The great poet Du Fu vividly described Gong Sundaniang's dance: "A few years ago, the beautiful Gongsun danced with her dagger, which attracted all directions. The audience is like a mountain lost between them, and the world moves back and forth with her movements. As bright as an archer shooting down the nine suns in the sky, as fast as an angel in front of a dragon's wings. She began to be like a thunderbolt, venting its anger and ending the shining calm like rivers and seas. "This means that there was once a beautiful woman, Gong Sun Shi, who danced with a sword. Seeing a sea of people, everyone looked scared and the world changed color. The dazzling light of the sword seems to be that Hou Yi (the hero who shot at the sun in ancient legends) shot down nine suns, and his figure was as vigorous as a god driving Youlong to soar in the sky. At the beginning, it was like a thunder, and at the end, it was like a calm river, freezing the waves ... "
Through a series of gripping comparisons, the poet described the imposing manner of Gong Sundaniang's sword dance, with the green hills bowing, the clouds changing color and the beauty as a dragon.
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Qin Shihuang's "Poem of Jinyang Gate" describes that when Emperor Tang Ming held a grand music and dance performance in the palace on his birthday, he was "amazed at the palace skills" and noted that "there was a sword dance, and the horn was wonderful at that time". "Ming Taizu Miscellaneous Notes" records that "Shang (Xuanzong) is familiar with temperament. Sometimes Gong Sundaniang is good at sword dancing, which can be called "Neighboring Song", "General Pei's Full House" and "Xihe Sword". Everything left behind is beautiful, and everything in time is beautiful. Gong Sundaniang is not only a superb dancer, but also good at dancing many sets of "sword dances", including "Xihe sword" and "vigorous sword" mentioned in Du Fu's Preface to Poetry, as well as "General Pei's full house" and "neighborhood songs". One of the most striking is "General Pei's Hall Full", which must refer to a dance adapted from General Pei Min's unique sword dance skills. In this dance, the status was greatly mobilized, colorful and thrilling. It was an extremely fierce sword dance.
Du Fu writes poems.
Watch Gong Sundaniang's disciples dance swords and musical instruments.
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On October 19th, the second year of Dali, Qui-fu took a different train to Yuan's residence. When he saw Li Linying's Shierniang's sword dancing equipment, he made it gorgeous, and then asked the teacher, "I am a disciple of Gong Sundaniang." In the third year of Kaiyuan, when I was a child, I was frustrated when I thought of seeing Gongsun's family in Yancheng, where my sword dancing was loose. When I won the championship alone, I was worshipped by my wife outside the second geisha workshop in Yichun Liyuan, Gaotou. Xiao is a dancer, and the first day is a saint. Gongsun is just a person. The jade looks gorgeous, and I am bald. I am a disciple of this school, and I am not proud. Knowing its origin, we can know that there are only two waves, and it can be said that it is a "sword trip" if we handle things generously. Zhang Xu, a former Wu native, is good at cursive writing. He often saw Gong Sundaniang dancing Xihe Sword in Yexian County. From then on, cursive script grew up and was grateful, which was known to Sun.
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A few years ago, there was a beautiful Gongsun who danced her dagger from all directions.
The audience is like a mountain lost between them, and the world moves back and forth with her movements.
As bright as an archer shooting down the nine suns in the sky, as fast as an angel in front of a dragon's wings.
She began to be like a thunderbolt, venting its anger and ending the shining calm like rivers and seas.
But those red lips and pearl sleeves disappeared, and no one except this student smelled of her fame.
This beautiful woman from Linying, White God Town, still dances and sings happily.
When we answer each other's questions, we sigh together and feel sad for the changes that have taken place.
There are 8,000 ladies-in-waiting in the harem, but none of them can dance short sword like Mrs. Sun.
Fifty years later, like the rotation of a palm, the voice of the royal family faintly came from the dusty cave.
The musicians in the pear orchard floated by like fog, and now one or two female musicians are trying to fascinate the cold sun.
There are adult-sized trees beside the emperor's golden tomb, and I seem to hear the grass creaking on the cliff in Qutang.
Tears of joy, sorrow rises with the oriental moon, turns a thousand times, and finally bends.
And I, a poor old man, don't know where to go. I must sharpen my feet towards illness and despair on a lonely mountain.
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① Wensheng SHEN WOO: refers to Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
② Pomore: The teacher's dancing skills are similar, not bad.
③ Zhuodong: boundless.
4 hawksbill banquet: Harps and musical instruments decorated with hawksbill.
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The preface of the poem is written like a prose poem, which aims to show that I witnessed Li Shierniang's dancing, listened to her former teacher, recalled the past, remembered the scene of watching Gong Sundaniang's sword dance as a child, admired her superb dancing skills, and embellished it with the story of Zhang Xu's watching dance and great progress in calligraphy.
The poem begins with eight sentences, among which Gong Sundaniang is a superb dancer, such as Shooting Nine Days and Flying Dragon. Then there are six sentences in "Crimson Lips", which write that after the death of Gongsun, the sword dance was silent. Fortunately, there were disciples in his later years. The First Emperor VI