Unexpected and reasonable, this year’s Spring Festival, British singing and dancing are popular again.
As early as the year before last, Chaoshan Ying Song and Dance was dubbed "Chinese War Dance" and quickly became popular. The free and masculine movements lifted the spirits of the Chinese people and made this intangible cultural heritage art popular for more than 300 years.
During the Spring Festival this year, English singing and dancing not only "out of the circle" again, but also successfully "went overseas" - on the streets of London, a short 6-minute English singing performance took the lead in the local New Year celebrations. It was completed in one go, attracting 700,000 people to watch.
In an era where hot spots emerge one after another, it is not easy to become popular, and it is even harder to stay popular. The so-called "wind outlet" is often short-lived. Even with the support of cultural "family background", it is rare for a folk custom to become popular again and again. How could Yinggewu go from taking advantage of the situation to generating its own traffic and breaking out of the circle for the second time in a short period of time? If
wants to get out of the circle, it must first create something new. Yingge dance incorporates a large number of martial arts elements. There is no stage for the performance, and it is a world of entertainment just walking around the streets. It is technical work and also physical work. Therefore, "Wuyingge" needs a steady stream of fresh blood.
In the local area, the Yingge Performance Team relies more on young enthusiasts to squeeze out time, organize themselves in their spare time, and practice voluntarily. Therefore, every year in the British singing and dancing performances, behind the colorful and well-defined facial makeup, there are always young faces.
Today, many intangible cultural heritage still face the problem of many performers, few "guardians", many protectors, and few inheritors. As early as 2006, Ying Ge and Dance was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects. Over the years, this intangible cultural heritage has not become a cultural relic, sealed in a window for people to view, but has developed into a more spontaneous mass activity, with new people emerging in large numbers and "resurrected" in the streets and alleys. At a time when some people are lamenting that the spirit of the new year is fading, in Shantou, Guangdong, the youngest Yingge dancer this year is less than 30 months old... Yingge and dance are tenaciously showing another vitality of traditional culture inheritance.
has to find a way to get out of the circle. It is difficult to "eat it all over the world" just by showing off traditional skills. In order for Ying Ge and Dancing to become popular, in addition to having inheritors, it also needs to have promoters who follow the trend. Since the new round of "English singing craze" started on the Internet, relevant departments have also followed suit. In the past year or so, they have launched a large number of new media products that are convenient for online communication. The performance is combined with modern dance, actively adapting to the new communication platform, and allowing young people to Man enriches the "open way" of ancient dance with new expressions. It’s no wonder that many people use “old and trendy” to describe the current development of British singing and dancing. If
wants to get out of the circle, it has to be brilliant. When the drumsticks sounded, thousands of people raised their heads. No matter when and where, as long as Ying Ge and Wu appear on the streets, they can quickly gather a large number of fans. In a nutshell: whether British singing and dancing is popular or not, it will not disrupt the rhythm of dancers' exploration and innovation, nor will it affect people's continuous expectations for high-quality British singing and dancing - this is a brand rooted in the strong local customs , and an activity with a strong mass base. The traffic comes uninvited, and the group with the strongest atmosphere deserves the title.
respects the past but does not respect the past, and the ancient charm renews the sound. During the Spring Festival this year, domestic products are selling like hotcakes, and the rise of national trends has become a new phenomenon. In the crisp and dense drum beats of English songs, there is a code for the resurrection of traditional Chinese brands and traditional arts. The path to rebirth explored by this "old intangible cultural heritage" is another "new story" worthy of discussion and reflection.
Source: CCTV News
