第八讲中国的文化和艺术.ppt

* * Chapter 8 China’s Culture and Art ----- Dance Drama Cinema There are a total of 56 ethnic groups in China; each of whom has its own rich, colorful folk dances. In view of their different locations and diverse customs, each dance form reflects the feelings of the local people and their stories related in the course of labor. People love folk dances very much. Nuo Dance in a temple fair. 8.1 Dance The development of these dances has been unbalanced. After the founding of New China, the government attached importance to collecting and sorting out the folk dances of all ethnic groups without considering whether they were elegant or common. At the same time, a host of new artistic forms emerged that combined traditional Chinese music and folk dances, especially the Guwu, Tiaoyue and Tage. Dancing Guwu (literally drum dance) involves dancing to beating drums, including the Swarm Drum Dance and the Shoulder-Pole Dance of the Zhuang ethnic group, the Wood Drum Dance of the Wa, the Long-Drum Dance of the Korean and the Bronze Drum of the Miao, Yao, Yi, Shui, and Li ethnic groups. Wonderful Long-Drum Dance of the Korean minority. Tiaoyue is a sort of dance accompanied by various musical instruments, for instance, the Heizouma Dance and the Swan Dance of the Kazakh people, the Reed Sheng Dance, the Gourd Sheng Dance, the Moon Qin Dance, the Trichord Dance of some ethnic groups in the southeastern areas of China. Dances of the Qiang Tage means dancing to songs and music. Sometimes people dance and sing at the same time; sometimes they dance and sing at intervals; and sometimes they dance to songs. Tage includes Andai of the Mongolians, the Caicha Dance (Tea Dance) of the Zhuang, Jiasu of the Yi, Dabenqu Music of the Bai, Pi-pa Songs of the Dong, and Molun of the Zhuang etc. The Reed Sheng Dance. New dances