Bronze dance began in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and was popular in Aizhuang Township, Xuchang County. There is no limit on the number of people, with a minimum of 30 people and a maximum of more than 30 people. During the performance, 20 triangular silk flags of various colors are set in front of the team, with a flagpole of 10 feet and a flag surface of 50 feet, arranged on the left and right; another satin brocade flag is set with "County Village" in the upper right corner and "Society (Association)" in the middle. When dancing, fire guns roar and firecrackers continue. The rest, drums, gongs, cymbals, cymbals, and cymbals each hold a color, and with the density and strength of the gong and drum rhythm, they walk out different dance steps and change various pictures. During the craze, they throw hammers, raise gongs, fly cymbals, and play while dancing. Their dance posture is simple and elegant, rough and unrestrained, and magnificent. During the Qing Dynasty, there was a drought in the area for nine out of ten years. In order to pray for God to "open his grace" and rain, there was a bronze society that held a rain-seeking ceremony. When praying for rain, the copperware society first finds a water thief, called a "water waiter" or "code", who is usually a half-witted person in the village. When stealing water, the "code" must wear a sheepskin coat inside out and run to the pond outside the village to fill a bottle of water. At this time, the people of the copperware society beat gongs and drums and pretend to chase him. The copperware beat faster and faster, and the shouts became louder and louder. They chased the "code" until he stole the water back home, spilled a bottle of water on the ground, and then burned incense and paper to pray to the gods. Only then did the rain-seeking activity end. According to Wang Baohe, the elders of the previous generation said that this method was indeed effective at the time, and it really rained in the village after praying for rain. After several droughts, people fixed this way of praying for rain, and there were "full-time" rain-seekers and rain-seeking equipment, and the prototype of the copperware dance was formed. When the old patriarch Lu Yuan led the villagers to pray for rain, he combined the folk art forms of the time and added some running and jumping postures when beating the copperware. At the same time, he formulated three fixed beating systems, namely "Bronzeware Rising", "Heart-protecting Mirror", and "Black Tiger Going Down the Mountain". The rhythm of the beating system ranges from slow to fast, which makes the copperware dance masculine. This fixed system and style have been passed down from generation to generation by the villagers. In the process of transmission, although there are musical scores, there is a lack of command, which affects the time and rhythm of the beating. If the beating time is not long, some people will mess up the rules and follow others to beat randomly, making the scale of the copperware dance chaotic. In order to change this phenomenon, a patriarch in the village held a small drum to lead everyone, and everyone started or ended the beating with his drum sound, which is the elbow drum now. At this point, the organizational form of copperware dance was basically established, and the conductor of modern copperware dance also emerged. On April 26, 2006, villagers in Luwan Village, Aizhuang Township, Xuchang County, Henan Province, performed the "Bronzeware Dance", an intangible cultural heritage of Henan Province. "Bronze Dance" originated in Aizhuang Township, Xuchang County, Henan Province. It began in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and was called "Bronze Society". The performance of "Bronze Dance" is grand, usually with no less than 50 people. Its instruments are mainly percussion instruments such as cymbals, gongs, whip drums, and bow gongs. The tunes are mainly divided into three parts: Luoyang Hanging; Tiger Heart Mirror; Black Tiger Going Down the Mountain. The movements are also from life, such as "White Goose Spreading Wings" and "Kite Turning Over". They have beautiful images, brisk rhythms, compact drum beats, pleasant to the ears, and exciting. On October 9, 2006, Henan Province announced the first batch of recommended intangible cultural heritage projects, and "Bronze Dance" was on the list. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)