Yingshang, Anhui, March 3 (Zhongxin Net) (Liu Hao, Zhang Tianfeng) Boom! Boom! Boom...... Recently, in the Youjia Garden in Yingshang County, Anhui Province, with a crisp drum sound, the flower drum lantern actors dressed in bright costumes stepped on the drums, twisted in pairs, or danced soft and cheerful dance steps, or soared into the air, the scene was lively and jubilant, and the tourists on the scene took out their mobile phones to record.
It is reported that the flower drum lamp originated from the Song Dynasty, and after the development of successive generations, it formed a distribution area centered on Bengbu, Huainan and Fuyang in Anhui Province, radiating more than 20 counties and cities in Henan, Anhui, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. Yingshang Flower Drum Lantern is one of the three major genres of Anhui Flower Drum Lamp, mainly popular in the Huaihe River Valley of Anhui Province, is a kind of folk dance that integrates dance, lantern song and gong and drum music, episodic double (three) person dance and group dance in one, known as "Oriental Ballet".
Yingshang County Flower Drum Lantern Art Troupe performance attracts tourists to watch Photo by Zhang Tianfeng
The dance of the flower drum lamp on the ying is dynamic, the rhythm is tight and powerful, the movements are full of charm, the speed is fast and keen, the posture changes frequently, the performance scenes are hot and jubilant, the actors' emotions are cheerful and exciting, the singing voice is rough and high-pitched, and it is rich in local characteristics.
In 2006, Yingshang Flower Drum Lantern was selected into the first batch of representative items of national intangible cultural heritage.
In recent years, Yingshang Flower Drum Lantern has been constantly innovating, blazing a unique path of integrated development of "intangible cultural heritage", and has been invited to participate in international art exchange activities for many times, presenting the folk culture of the Huaihe River Basin on the world stage.
"As an important cultural business card in Fuyang and even Anhui, Yingshang Flower Drum Lantern mainly shows the style and style of the Huai region along the Huai, as well as the people's good wishes for a happy life, we will protect and inherit it well, so that more people can understand the charm of this intangible cultural heritage." Liang Xiulin, deputy head of the Yingshang County Flower Drum Lantern Art Troupe and county-level representative inheritor, said. Since its establishment in 2009, the troupe has taught nearly <> students through expert guidance and folk artists, and its performances have repeatedly won awards in domestic and foreign competitions. (End)