The poet Bai Juyi wrote in "Song of Everlasting Regret": "The fishing sun stirred the earth and shocked the song of neon clothes and feathers." "Nishang and Feather Clothes" has always been entangled with the fate of the country and its characters and events in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. , if we rely solely on music and dance itself, it is difficult for it to penetrate such a long history. What future generations will never forget is the history and plot behind "Neon Clothes".
Reliefs on the tombs of kings of the Five Dynasties playing drums and musicians
The Tang Dynasty was a period with the richest music and dance in ancient times. The poet Bai Juyi wrote in his poem: "Thousands of songs and dances are countless, and among them are the most abundant ones." "Love Colorful Clothes and Dance", among countless music and dance works in the Tang Dynasty, "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes" has always been at the top of the list. After the Tang Dynasty, "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes" continued to spread and influence. Even on the stage of modern China, music and dance works named "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes" still appear from time to time. The fact that "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes" can become a representative work of music and dance in the prosperous Tang Dynasty is inseparable from the exchange of Chinese and Western music and dance on the ancient Silk Road. "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes" is a combination of "Hu music" and "Chinese music". "Neon Clothes and Feathers" has a long-lasting influence, and there are many reasons for this. In addition to the performing arts effect and influence produced by the combination of "Hu music" and "Chinese music", the artistic realm expressed by this music and dance, and the final condensation of music and dance Its historical connotation is the intrinsic reason that prompts it to travel through time and space and be remembered by future generations.
Creation and Performance
"Neon Clothes and Feathered Clothes" was created during the Kaiyuan period, and its originator was Li Longji, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty. "Nishang Yuyi" is recorded in official history, separate histories, miscellaneous records, and poems. Based on comprehensive historical materials, "Neat Clothes and Feathered Clothes" is a work that combines the "Brahman Song" presented by Xiliang Jiedushi and local Taoist music. In some poems and annotations, it is also mentioned that Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty visited a fairy mountain called Nuji Mountain and made a wish to seek immortality. After returning, he named the music and dance "Nancy Clothes and Feather Clothes". In the fourth year of Tianbao's reign, "Neon Clothes and Feathers" was played at the ceremony for the canonization of Concubine Yang. Later, Yang Guifei's dance to "Neon Clothes" was praised by the people of the time as an unsurpassed performance that "can cover up the past". From then on, "Neon Clothes and Feathers" became famous.