Folk customs of loess high slope

1. Xintianyou

Xintianyou is a popular folk song in the Loess Plateau. The style of "Xintianyou" is simple, simple and heroic, and it has a strong charm of the northwest plateau. The words of "Xintianyou" are plain and easy to understand, usually two sentences and one paragraph, each sentence varies from 7 words, and many metaphors are used.

There are dozens of qupai * * * of "Xintianyou", most of which are high-pitched, loud and vigorous, with a wide range of contents, and most of them sing for improvisation, and most of them sing about love and express their desire for a better life. The more famous songs are "Walking to the West" and so on.

2. Ansai waist drum

Ansai waist drum is a unique folk large-scale dance art form with a history of more than 2, years. Ansai waist drum shows the simple and bold character of farmers in the northwest loess plateau, and displays a unique artistic personality.

Its bold and rough movements and vigorous dancing fully reflect the simple and honest, brave and powerful personality of the people in the northern Shaanxi Plateau. Ansai waist drum performance can be performed by several people or thousands of people together, which is magnificent.

Extended information:

The Loess Plateau is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, and Neolithic cultural sites are widely distributed in the southern part of the Loess Plateau, especially in Fenwei River Valley and western Henan. At that time, people made a living by fishing, hunting and gathering, indicating that the southern part of the Loess Plateau maintained a good natural ecosystem at that time.

in Shang and Zhou dynasties, written records appeared in China. With the improvement of productivity, agricultural production changed from primitive agriculture to traditional agriculture. During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the main activities of Zhou people were the plowing agriculture in Beijiang (Qingyang and Xifeng), Gujiang (Binxian and Changwu) and Zhouyuan (Fufeng and Qishan), which had developed to a certain level.

Even so, from the Book of Songs, we can still see that the southern part of the Loess Plateau is full of wild deer, tigers and leopards, vast forest area and limited farming area. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, ironware appeared, plowing agriculture gradually replaced hoeing agriculture, and agriculture in Guanzhong, Fenhe Valley, Luoyang Basin and Tianshui Basin further developed.

During the Warring States Period, Qin pushed its forces to the upper reaches of Weihe River and the northern part of northern Shaanxi, while Zhao expanded to the northern part of Shanxi Province, establishing cities in these areas, reclaiming land and developing farming. But until the end of the Warring States Period, farming owners concentrated in the area south of Yitianshui in Taiyuan-Longmen, and the animal husbandry in the north was still dominant. The whole loess plateau was sparsely populated and the reclamation index was not high.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Loess Plateau

People's Daily Online-Ansai's "Waist Drum of a Thousand People" dances to show the vitality and vitality on the Loess Plateau.