The Houdabang(Monkey Stick Dance) Troupe wishes netizens a happy Lantern Festival. Photo by Wu Peijian/The Great Wall Network
More than 20 monkey stick dance inheritors from Manzidi Village, Sanbozi Township, Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County, Qinhuangdao City, display this charming art of provincial intangible cultural heritage through the Great Wall new media, celebrating the Lantern Festival and extending good wishes to thousands of households.
The local artists are performing the Monkey Stick Dance. Photo by Wu Peijian/The Great Wall Network
The Houdabang(Monkey Stick Dance) is a folk dance with unique artistic performance style of Qinglong Manchu, including stage performances, yangko dances and street performances. It is warm, cheerful and beautiful, with unique dance style and suona accompaniment. The performance is magnificent, and the dancing postures are flexible and natural. It is a rhythmic dance favored by the masses.
76-year-old Lou Zhanxiu is the oldest member of the monkey stick dance troupe. Photo by Wang Zhenjun/ The Great Wall Network
Accompanied by the suona, gongs and drums, the performers painted their faces and dressed as the monkey king, dancing with sticks in their hands, changing the formation and yelling from time to time...
In June 2006, Qinglong Houdabang(Monkey Stick Dance) was listed in the first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage.
Wang Yubao, one of the inheritors of monkey stick dance. Photo by Wu Peijian/ The Great Wall Network
Qinglong Houdabang(Monkey Stick Dance) will accompany you, no matter where you are, to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and show the profound national connotation and local culture of Manchu people.
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