The Yi nationality's "Wine Ceremony Dance" is mainly spread in Weining County. Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County is located in the Wumeng Mountain area in the northwest of Guizhou Province. It is the only ethnic autonomous county in Bijie area. The county is 116 kilometers long from east to west and 105 kilometers wide from north to south. The total area is 6,295 square kilometers. It is the largest county in Guizhou. There are many valleys around the county. The middle part is mainly flat. The highest is Pingqing Liangzi in Haila Township, and the lowest is Yungui Qiaotou. The altitude is 1,200 meters and the average altitude is 2,200 meters. There are 21 ethnic groups and 3 undetermined ethnic groups living in the territory. The total population is about 1,100,000 people, of which the Han nationality accounts for 75.23%, ethnic minorities account for 24.26%, and undetermined ethnic groups account for 0.51%. According to the "Records of the Southwestern Yi": The Guizhou Yi people are descendants of the Bu and Mo lines of the six ancestors of Wu, Zha, Nuo, Heng, Bu and Mo, who are descendants of Dumu. After the six ancestors branched out, the Bu and Mo branches entered Weining from Dongchuan, Yunnan via Xuanwei, and then gradually developed to the west of Guizhou and the north of Guangxi. The Bu branch developed into the patriarchal system of the two monarchs, Bole and Wusa. The Yi people in Weining are descendants of Mai Zhe Osuo. The various production and living customs of the Yi people have also been passed down through continuous development and evolution. The history of the Yi people entering Weining is very early. According to the "Ethnography" of Weining, it was at least during the Han Dynasty. With the continuous development of the Yi ancestors in production and life, they gradually established their own unique national culture. The wine ceremony dance is a form of singing and dancing created by the Yi ancestors in production and life during the Yi wedding process. Due to the different geographical environments and branches, the modulation, tonality, and dance performance of the wine ceremony dance in various places are different, and the branches of the performers are also different. The Yi wine ceremony dance in Bandi Village is performed by women, the Yi (Red Yi) wine ceremony dance in Ega Village is performed by women, and the Yi (Green Yi) wine ceremony dance in Majie Village is performed by men. It reflects the distinct regional characteristics. The wine ceremony dance is a collective dance formation, with singing while dancing. The wine ceremony dance of Bandi is mainly performed by women. Everyone holds hands, and the people at both ends hold a towel, forming a straight line or a circle, squatting on both knees, slowly shaking in the same direction to the left and right. The people at both ends hold the towel and repeatedly swing their hands outward and inward, twisting their waists. The wine ceremony dance of Oga is mainly performed by women. Each dancer holds a towel, sometimes holding hands, sometimes not, sometimes standing and sometimes squatting. The basic movement is to twist and sway the waist and head left and right. The dance steps do not change much. Following the twisting of the body, step forward, backward, left and right. The "Wine Ceremony Dance" of Majie is a male dance. The people at both ends hold pig feet and pig bladders, and the rest hold hands to form a semicircle. The basic movement is mainly dance steps. The upper body tilts forward and backward with the twisting steps. The dance is simple and rough, humorous and lively. There are various types of wine ceremony dance, including "Amaiken" in Bandi Village, Bandi Township in the northeast, "Qujie" in Oga Village, Xinfa Township in the southeast, and "Chega Moduo" in Majie Village, Yungui Township in the north; the lyrics include praises of love, praises of labor, and descriptions of emotions and scenery; it combines song and dance, and is sung in the Yi language, mainly in unison, singing and dancing, and also with one person leading the crowd, alternating true and false voices. Although the dance performances of Weining Yi "Wine Ceremony Dance" are different in different places, and the music has different modes and tones, the mode, melody, rhythm, speed, and structure of "Wine Ceremony Dance" in different places are relatively standardized. The lyrics of the wine ceremony dance are one of the important components of Yi literature, a distinctive literary heritage with distinct regional and ethnic characteristics. The beginning and end are in line with the Yi marriage etiquette process, involving the Yi marriage customs, and are closely related to the Yi nationality and cultural history. It is an important material for studying the development of Yi folk music and dance, and is the source of artistic creation. During the Cultural Revolution, the inheritance of Jiuli Dance was severely damaged and its singing was banned. After 1978, the county's ethnic cultural workers began to collect and organize again and carried out rescue work. In recent years, it has been hit hard by the strong culture in the process of modernization, and Jiuli Dance is facing a survival crisis. In Weining Yi District, there are fewer and fewer people who can speak and use Yi language. Now the value orientation of the younger generation has changed, and the enthusiasm for inheriting ancient ballads has been lost. In addition, the old artists who could sing the complete songs have passed away one after another. Now there are very few artists who can sing Jiuli Dance in its entirety. What is particularly worrying is that the surviving folk artists no longer sing the traditional Jiuli Dance after converting to Christianity, and the inheritance of Jiuli Dance is under serious threat. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)