"Dongdongtui" is popular in Tianjing Village, Silu Village, Gongxi Township, Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, Hunan Province. It is named "Dongdongtui" because it is performed with the sound of "Dongdong" (drum sound) and "Tui" (a small gong with a protruding sound in the middle) during the performance. The origin of "Dongdongtui" is difficult to trace. The earliest residents of Tianjing Village were Dong people with the surname Long, who moved from Jingzhou in the province in the 17th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1419). People with the surname Long said: "The head of 'Dongdongtui' is in Jingzhou and the tail is in Tianjing." Based on this inference, this Nuo opera is likely to have been introduced from Jingzhou in the Ming Dynasty. In the old days, Tianjing Village had a Pangu Temple and a Feishan Temple. During the Spring Festival, each temple would take turns to offer sacrifices once a year, and "Dongdongtui" must be performed during the sacrifices. "Dongdongtui" is also performed during natural disasters or plagues. "Dongdongtui" has a simple dance plot, and some of it is a Nuo opera with the embryonic form of drama. All the singing is in the Dong language. Its repertoire includes "Dancing on the Land", "The Leper Stealing the Cow", "The Old Man Pushing the Cart" and other plays that reflect the life of the ethnic group; there are also Three Kingdoms plays with Guan Gong as the protagonist, such as "Guan Gong Catching Diao Chan" and "Ancient City Meeting". The music of "Dongdongtui" is mostly developed from local folk songs and folk songs. Common tunes include [Liuliuqiang], [Shiyinqiang], [Yinsongqiang], [Leige] and so on. When singing "Dongdongtui", all characters wear masks. The commonly used masks are called "Jiaomu", and there are 36 of them. The performance of "Dongdongtui" is carried out in the dance. The actors' feet are always in step with the "gong and drum beats", stepping on the triangle and jumping non-stop. According to the old artist, this dance of stepping on the triangle is based on the body of the cow. The cow's head and two front feet form a triangle, and the cow's tail and two hind feet form another triangle. It is the farming culture of the Dong people that gave birth to "Dongdongtui". In 1949, all the masks of "Dongdongtui" were lost. Since then, they have been replaced by temporary paper masks or face makeup when singing. In 1992, the local people remade the masks and restored the original appearance of "Dongdongtui". In recent years, "Dongdongtui" has attracted widespread attention at home and abroad. Experts from Japan, South Korea and other countries have visited it many times and gave it high praise. Long Kaichun Long Kaichun joined the Dong ethnic group Nuo opera troupe in February 1948. He was carefully taught by the old artists, his great-uncle Long Ji and his uncle Long Ziming. He learned the true art of Nuo opera and performed it for decades. Since the reform and opening up, especially in the late 1980s, literature and art have been revived. Nuo opera "Dongdongtui" has received great attention from experts and scholars at home and abroad and higher cultural departments, providing a good development platform for its skill inheritance and performance. In recent years, together with his uncle Long Ziming, he has trained nearly 30 Nuo opera actors and inherited 28 repertoires. The inheritance pedigree of the first generation of Long Jinhai Shundi Eight......more>>>Long ZimingLong Ziming learned "Huhu Tui" from his father Jixiang since he was a child, and he has learned the true art of Dong nationality Nuo opera. He has performed continuously for more than 80 years. Even during the period of banning performances during the "Cultural Revolution", he secretly sang alone in the dead of night, so that 28 Nuo opera repertoires were preserved intact. He has trained more than 100 Nuo opera actors, all of whom were taught by him. In recent years, as young and middle-aged Nuo opera actors have gone out to work, there are not enough actors. In order to receive domestic and foreign experts and scholars, tourists from all over the country and news media, Long Ziming, at the age of more than 90, still wears a mask on stage and performs the "Dong Dong Tui" that he loves all his life. By performing Nuo drama...more>>>Long Kaichun Long Kaichun joined the Dong Nuo opera troupe in February 1948, and was taught carefully by the old artist, his great-uncle Long Ji and uncle Long Ziming. He learned the true art of Nuo opera and has performed continuously for decades. Since the reform and opening up, especially since the late 1980s, literature and art have been revived. The Nuo opera "Dong Dong Tui" has received great attention from experts and scholars at home and abroad and higher-level cultural departments, providing a good development platform for its skill inheritance and performance. In recent years, together with his uncle Long Ziming, he has trained nearly 30 Nuo opera actors and inherited 28 repertoires. The inheritance pedigree of the first generation of Long Jinhai Shundi Eight......more>>>Long ZimingLong Ziming learned "Huhu Tui" from his father Jixiang since he was a child, and he has learned the true art of Dong nationality Nuo opera. He has performed continuously for more than 80 years. Even during the period of banning performances during the "Cultural Revolution", he secretly sang alone in the dead of night, so that 28 Nuo opera repertoires were preserved intact. He has trained more than 100 Nuo opera actors, all of whom were taught by him. In recent years, as young and middle-aged Nuo opera actors have gone out to work, there are not enough actors. In order to receive domestic and foreign experts and scholars, tourists from all over the country and news media, Long Ziming, at the age of more than 90, still wears a mask on stage and performs the "Dong Dong Tui" that he loves all his life. By performing Nuo drama...more>>>Long Kaichun joined the Dong Nuo opera troupe in February 1948, and was carefully taught by the old artists, his great-uncle Long Ji and his uncle Long Ziming. He learned the true art of Nuo opera and performed continuously for decades. Since the reform and opening up, especially since the late 1980s, literature and art have been revived. The Nuo opera "Dong Dong Tui" has received great attention from experts and scholars at home and abroad and higher-level cultural departments, providing a good development platform for its skill inheritance and performance. In recent years, together with his uncle Long Ziming, he has trained nearly 30 Nuo opera actors and inherited 28 repertoires. The inheritance pedigree of the first generation of Long Jinhai Shundi Eight......more>>>Long ZimingLong Ziming learned "Huhu Tui" from his father Jixiang since he was a child, and he has learned the true art of Dong nationality Nuo opera. He has performed continuously for more than 80 years. Even during the period of banning performances during the "Cultural Revolution", he secretly sang alone in the dead of night, so that 28 Nuo opera repertoires were preserved intact. He has trained more than 100 Nuo opera actors, all of whom were taught by him. In recent years, as young and middle-aged Nuo opera actors have gone out to work, there are not enough actors. In order to receive domestic and foreign experts and scholars, tourists from all over the country and news media, Long Ziming, at the age of more than 90, still wears a mask on stage and performs the "Dong Dong Tui" that he loves all his life. In performing Nuo opera......more>>>Long Ziming learned "Huhutui" from his father Jixiang since he was a child, and he has mastered the art of the Dong Nuo opera. He has performed for more than 80 years. Even during the period of the Cultural Revolution when the opera was banned, he sang secretly alone in the dead of night, which enabled 28 Nuo opera repertoires to be preserved intact. He has trained more than 100 Nuo opera actors, all of whom were taught by him. In recent years, as young and middle-aged Nuo opera actors have gone out to work, there are not enough actors. In order to receive domestic and foreign experts and scholars, tourists from all over the world and news media, Long Ziming, at the age of more than 90, still wears a mask and goes on stage to perform the "Dongdongtui" that he loves all his life. In performing Nuo opera......more>>>