Jianglou Land Boat

Shandong
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Land boat is one of the folk performing arts. This folk dance is popular in all parts of Shanxi during festivals. It is a folk dance that simulates sailing on the water. The "land boat" is a wooden frame made according to the appearance of a boat. Around this boat-shaped wooden frame, cotton skirts with water patterns or sea blue cotton skirts are decorated. On the top of the boat, it is decorated with red silk and paper flowers. In some places, colorful lights, mirrors and other decorations are installed to decorate this or more than a dozen boats gorgeously. The "land boat" is naturally a boat on land. The boat passenger is usually one person, and sometimes there are two, four or even seven people riding a boat together. The boat passengers are mostly girls and daughters-in-law, and there are also other characters. The actors are both male and female, and they are not the same in rural areas. Nowadays, in many places, the land boat is no longer played by men in women's clothing, but by girls and daughters-in-law who are dressed up and directly play the role of girls and daughters-in-law. In some places, men still dress up as women. When running a land boat, one of the performers paddles and guides the boat, leading the way in front and performing various rowing movements. The boat passengers often take quick and small steps during the performance, which can keep the boat body stable and move forward, just like a boat floating on the water, vividly creating the scene of sailing on the water. The boat passengers have more than one boat, and they are in groups of three or five, lined up in a line, cooperating tacitly with the "boatman", rising and falling from time to time, rotating and bumping with the "waves", just like a vivid picture of running boats on the water. In the performance, generally one boatman leads multiple boats forward, there are also two boatmen rowing one boat forward, and there are also multiple boats without a "boatman" and one boat leading the way. When moving forward, various routines that are usually trained should be performed, with ups and downs, lively and lively, attracting people who watch the "prosperity" and festivals. In recent years, running a land boat has developed on the original basis. In some rural areas, modern vehicles such as motorcycles are decorated as "land boats", and some bicycles are decorated as "land boats". People drive them and move forward in a team, running and performing various activity patterns while moving forward, forming various routines, which are also very attractive to the audience. When running "land boats", the accompaniment instruments used are percussion instruments such as gongs, drums, and cymbals. In some places, one or two pentaphons are added for accompaniment. The atmosphere is warm and the emotions are active, with a strong local flavor and ethnic color (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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