Stringing Spring Beads is also known as Jumping Nine States, Walking Spring Tide, and Walking Line. It originated from the "Zou Dang" of worshiping the ancestor Pan Wang in ancient times. The "Weidang" and "Chuan Dang" in the activities of jumping Pan Wang are the music dances developed from the ancient music god dance. It is the sister of the Yao people's long drum dance. Later, it gradually evolved into a collective dance for the Yao mountain villages to celebrate the Spring Festival. Men, women, old and young can participate, but at least 12 people. As the saying goes, "A year's plan lies in spring." Sow a seed in spring and harvest a basket of millet in autumn. Spring is as valuable as jewelry. Seize the spring and string the "Spring Beads" well, and you will have a good harvest in autumn. Stringing Spring Beads is spread in Xiangjiang, Shuikou, Mashi, Beijiang, Weizhukou, Daxu, Xiaoxu, Huajiang, Wujiang, Daxi and other towns where Jianghua Yao Autonomous County is located in Hunan Province, as well as Yao areas such as Hongtangying Yao Township in Dao County. In 2008, Stringing Spring Beads was identified as a project in the second batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Hunan Province. Before the dance begins, a ceremony of worshipping Pan Wang must be held, commonly known as "opening the gong". After worshipping Pan Wang, the chief priest leads the drummers, gongs and other percussion players in the hall to run 24 circles around the square table. This action is called "returning to the dragon". Then the team is led to perform on the open space outside, and the rest of the people follow with colorful flags, red cloth strips and other objects. Since there is no limit on the number of people, the performance time can be long or short. During the dance, the drums and gongs sound, and the cymbal holder leads the dance, beating the cymbals and walking in a circle around the dance floor, and the dancers follow in turn, forming a large circle. At this time, the drum and gong sounds turn into dongdongba, dongdongba, and the leader leads everyone to walk slowly in a zigzag jump to "rub the string of beads". Rub and rub, rub faster and faster, the drum beats speed up, and everyone cheers while dancing: "Hi! Hi! Chunzhu, hi! Hi! Chunzhu." When the drum sound slows down, the dance steps also change from fast to slow, and it is relaxed and stretched. The leading dancer leads everyone to search for "Spring Beads" in all four directions. With the sound of "koukoukouqie, koukoukouclang" of percussion music, they move their hands and feet to search for "Spring Beads" step by step. Each corner walks and jumps a circle to form a bead, and finally restores a large circle to form a large Spring Bead. Then the sound of gongs and drums "clang dongclang, clang dongclang" starts, and the leading dancer leads everyone to string "Spring Beads", forming a circle and then passing through the middle. This is stringing beads, stringing small beads and then large beads, stringing one after another. After the Spring Beads are strung, they are laid out in rows, and the dancers are divided into two groups, interspersed with each other. After the Spring Beads are laid out and piled up, they are divided into multiple groups, each group makes a circle and piles them up on the field. There are also "Lifting Spring Pearls" and "Sunning Spring Pearls", etc., with various shapes and movements, such as "Worshiping the King of the Pan" to worship ancestors; "Worshiping the Four Directions" to pray for good luck to the Yao people in the southeast, northwest, and northeast; "Sowing" and "Planting Rice" to reproduce the real life of the Yao people; "Rooster Pecking Rice", "Rooster Wagging Tail", "Carp Going to the Beach" to imitate animal images; "Falling and Blossoming" to reflect the Yao people's contentment and living and working in peace and contentment; "Wearing Five-pointed Plum Blossoms" to reflect the Yao people's hospitality; "Hunting" and "Condensation" to reflect the unity and struggle of the Yao people; "Reunion" to reflect the Yao people's joy of a good harvest, etc. The dance scene is grand and warm, reflecting the Yao people's desire for a good harvest and their joy of getting a good harvest. The props for the Spring Bead Dance mainly include drums, gongs, cymbals, suona, sheng, bamboo clappers, flutes, copper bells, Chaopai, small drums, small gongs, large gongs, bowl gongs, small cymbals, large cymbals, small hairpins, colorful flags, red cloth strips, branches and other props that can be struck and waved. Artistic Features 1. The movements are simple and rough, with a strong breath of life. "Rubbing the bead rope", "Looking for spring beads", "Stringing spring beads", "Lifting spring beads", "Sunning spring beads", "Sowing", "Planting rice", "Rooster pecking rice", "Carp on the beach", "Falling to bloom" and other movements are all reproductions of real life and are the artistic crystallization of the production and life of the Yao people. 2. Distinctive national characteristics and high original ecological value. The orderly music and the hard and soft dance movements just express the performers' piety and admiration for the ancestors of Panwang, and at the same time show the simple, hearty and persevering character traits of the Yao people. 3. The instrumental music and dance are integrated, with a unique style. The dance moves with the music, and the music and dance are integrated and organically integrated. The movements of jumping, squatting, wearing and turning in the dance are performed with the speed and weight of the percussion rhythm, and the artistic image is ready to emerge, making the whole scene ups and downs, warm and grand, and colorful. From the perspectives of history, ethnology, Yao studies, national cultural history and other disciplines, the original dance of the Jianghua Yao ethnic group "Stringing Spring Pearls" has a high research value. Pan Caiyi Pan Caiyi Stringing Spring Pearls Pan Caiyi, the inheritor of the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage projects in Hunan Province, is a male, Yao nationality, born in October 1928, from Tianchong Village, Xiangjiang Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, and the 24th generation inheritor of the original dance of the Jianghua Yao ethnic group "Stringing Spring Pearls". He has been learning Yao folk dance from his master Pan Caiyou since he was a child. He is particularly proficient in the art of the original dance "Stringing Spring Pearls". From the 24th day of the 12th lunar month to the 15th day of the first lunar month of the following year, he leads his apprentices to visit villages and villages, dancing to express good luck, good wishes, and abundant harvests, etc., to reflect the self-esteem, self-love, and self-reliance of the Yao people, and to cultivate... More>>>Pan CaiyiPan Caiyi Stringing Spring PearlsThe inheritor of the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage projects in Hunan Province, male, Yao, born in October 1928, from Tianchong Village, Xiangjiang Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, the 24th generation inheritor of the original dance "Stringing Spring Pearls" of Jianghua Yao. He learned Yao folk dance from his master Pan Caiyou since he was a child. He is particularly proficient in the art of the original dance "Stringing Spring Pearls". From the 24th day of the 12th lunar month to the 15th day of the first lunar month of the following year, he leads his apprentices to visit villages and villages, and dances auspicious dances, wishful dances, and abundant harvests, etc., to reflect the self-esteem, self-love, and self-reliance of the Yao people, and the cultivation of...more>>>Pan Caiyi Stringing Spring PearlsPan Caiyi, the inheritor of the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage projects in Hunan Province, is a male, Yao nationality, born in October 1928 in Tianchong Village, Xiangjiang Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, and the 24th generation inheritor of the original dance "Stringing Spring Pearls" of the Jianghua Yao nationality. He has been learning Yao folk dance from his master Pan Caiyou since he was a child. He is particularly proficient in the art of the original dance "Stringing Spring Pearls". From the 24th day of the 12th lunar month to the 15th day of the first lunar month of the following year, he leads his apprentices to visit villages and villages, and dances auspicious dances, wishful dances, and abundant harvests, etc., to reflect the self-esteem, self-love, and self-reliance of the Yao people, and the cultivation of...more>>>