What are the customs of Gaochun?

Five Cabin Dance is a classical folk dance evolved on the basis of ancient gods' visits. According to the examination, since the Western Zhou Dynasty, Gaochun Dingkou has kept this activity form. Five Cabin Dance consists of five people wearing masks and robes of Cabin Gods, dressed as five Cabin Gods, mixed with land gods, city gods, monks, Taoist priests and soldiers. Armed with knives, swords, whips, hammers, forks and other instruments, Wu Cang-shen made a patrol appearance, worshiping the quartet, forming a square, stepping on broken steps, running through, stretching his arms and legs, leaning forward and leaning back, and running in circles in turn. The black face is in the middle, and the green, red, yellow and white gods reunite. The dance moves are rough and wild, with big gongs, drums and loudspeakers, and the atmosphere is extremely warm. This kind of activity is only held once every few years. Dingbu village is remote and rarely communicates with foreign art. It still retains its primitive and quaint style. Gao Chun's five dances were selected into "Integration of Chinese Folk Dances" and listed in the UNESCO catalogue.

Damadeng

Big lanterns originated in the Tang Dynasty, prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and are still circulating in Dongba and Gucheng in Gaochun. It has the reputation of "a must in the south of the Yangtze River". The big lantern is taller than the prop horse of the ordinary lantern in shape, and it is a horse performed by two people. One person in front wears props as the horse's head, while the other person in the back bends down to grab the belt of the person in front and wears props as the horse's body, which makes the performance more difficult. In the practical stage, the requirements are strict. Dressing up as a horse must first be familiar with the temperament, dynamic and static features of a real horse. The second is hard training. When a horse walks, the one who plays the horse's head takes the left step, and the one who plays the horse's body must follow the right step. Only when the four legs of the two men cross each other, step by step and cooperate closely to achieve harmony and unity can the fake horse be played realistically.

Dashuihu

Fighting the water margin is not a drama of attacking Liangshan in the water margin, but a performance of the martial arts of the water margin characters. It is a unique martial arts style and routine gradually formed by martial arts masters who integrate martial arts into acrobatics. It is a combination of rigidity and softness, roughness and elegance, which can not only strengthen the body and cultivate the spirit of martial arts, but also has ornamental and entertainment value. In the early years, it spread all over the region, especially the brick walls in Hu Dan and polder areas. Under the command of gongs and drums, rolling, beating, leaping and jumping are quite heroic among Liangshan heroes. Gaochun Wushu has a long history and is quite famous in the Song Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, two schools were formed, namely "Gaochun aristocratic family" and "Gaochun authentic". [50]

Dashuihu

Long Lu ti long

There are many kinds of dragon dances in Gaochun District, among which the Yang family in Xichun Town holds dragons on a large scale and enjoys the reputation of "the crown of dragons". Luchang has a history of nearly 800 years. Youth Lu Chang was an immigrant who moved south during the Jingkang period in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is predestined friends with Yang Jiajiang and has the heroic spirit of caring for the country and the people. In order to honor their ancestors, Yang Zongzu proposed to push dragons, so he set up the Dragon Lantern Festival to raise money and raise food. Yang Yitai, a skilled craftsman, set up five dragons: red, yellow, green, white and black. Xinglong should be held in the Year of the Loong. Due to the cost of elk, during the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, the long deer and the dragon were reduced and the red, white and yellow dragons were kept. Huanglong means bumper harvest, white dragon means good weather, and red dragon means sunny. Traditional dragon dances never leave the land where reeds grow, only string up villages and don't enter the house.

Wandering home

Youzi Mountain is a symbol of Gaochun. According to legend, when Confucius traveled around the world, he climbed this mountain, hence the name. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the governors of all countries didn't take Zhou seriously, and there was chaos in the world. One saint couldn't sit still. He is Confucius, the greatest thinker in ancient China. As a result, he resigned as the judicial chief executive and acting prime minister of Lu, and traveled around the world with a group of disciples to publicize his whole set of political ideas for restoring the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty. As a result of Confucius' trip, later generations renamed Liangshan as Youzishan, meaning that wanderers are homesick. Until today, people still describe Gaochun people with strong local consciousness as "crying when they can't see the mountains."