The culture of Guanyang County

Dance

Chang Drum Dance: It is a traditional dance of the Yao people in Xishan, performed by a single person or a group. The long drum is made of bubble wood, and the drum head is covered with cowhide. The diameter of the drum heads at both ends is about 20 cm, and the drum body is 1 to 1.2 meters long. When performing, hold the waist of the drum tightly with your left hand, beat the drum with your right hand, move up and down, lunge, turn left and right, forward and backward, jump and intersperse, coordinate the speed and pace, and keep in time with the pace. Together with the accompaniment of gongs, drums and horns, the performance is majestic. In 1955, he participated in the provincial art performance and was awarded the third prize.

Tea-picking dance: also known as Shigong dance, popular in Wenshi, Shuichu, Xinwei and other towns. The dancers (usually 6 to 8 people) wear male and female masks (ghostface shells), and are accompanied by flutes, gongs and drums to Shi Gongpai tune. First jump in a square, perform tea-picking movements, turn around in the four corners and insert and repeat several times, and then form a circle. The movements are from slow to fast and chase vigorously. The person who is weak will be eliminated and the last person to stand is the winner. In 1958, it was organized by the County Cultural Center to enrich the content and form. It participated in regional folk literature and art performances and won the third prize in the program.

Lantern Dance: It is popular in Guanyin Pavilion, Dongjing and other towns. It is performed by more than 10 people. The actors hold a bowl-shaped lantern in their left and right hands. After the appearance, the stage lights are dim or turned off, and the actors hold the lanterns to form various patterns. Sometimes it becomes a fire dragon, rising and falling, circling and swimming, sometimes it turns into several lotus flowers or fire rings of various shapes, the actors sing and dance, and the music is beautiful and sweet.

A cappella singing

Also known as "sitting singing", it is the simplest folk art form. Artists often go to the streets, villages and courtyards to sing on summer nights, and the crowd sits around and listens. , the content sung is mostly a twist or play from Gui opera. This form of "sitting and singing" was more popular in the Qing Dynasty and the period of people's poverty, and spread in Huangguan, Chengguan, Xinwei, Wenshi, Waterwheel and other places. Weddings, funerals, and birthday celebrations are mainly performed with Gui opera or colorful tunes, and some are also sung with simple musical instruments.

Fishing drum

The performance form is simple. One person holds a fishing drum tube and beats it while singing, with white in the middle. The tune is a popular folk tune. He sings freely and performs vividly, and is popular all over the county. This form can also be used for performances on the stage, accompanied by a variety of musical instruments. Goutou Cave Site

Goutoushan Goutou Cave is located behind the County Procuratorate and County Health Bureau. It is a Devonian limestone cave. In February 1982, the county procuratorate used the cave as a warehouse and blew open the entrance. All the accumulation layers in the cave were taken out. Among the accumulation layers were found rhino, giant panda, saber-toothed ivory fragments, wild boar tusks and other animal bones. Fossils, the degree of petrification is relatively deep, and two polished stone tools were also found at the entrance of the cave. Judging from the degree of petrification of animal fossils and the composition and properties of animals, stone tools and animal fossils are not products of the same era. At that time, the deposits in the cave had been excavated, and there was no evidence of the nature of the cave. However, the animal fossils belong to the late Pleistocene.

The Jiangtou Village Cave Site

is located on the mountainside behind Jiangtou Village, Mashan, Xinjie Township. The ground inside the cave is dry. One stone ax (29 cm long, 8 cm wide and thick, with traces of polishing) and a stone pestle (31 cm long, 9.5 cm thick) were found near the cave entrance. They had obvious signs of use. There is a thick layer of ash (fire pit) at 5 meters. A one-legged black pottery bean (lamp) was found in the cave, and pottery shards and stone flakes were scattered on the ground. The site is an early Neolithic cave site.

Liguaishan Cave Site

It is located about 1 km southeast of Shuiche Village, Shuiche Township. The mountain is about 20 meters high and the mountain circumference is about 160 meters; the entrance of the cave is 15 degrees east to south. The entrance is 2.3 meters high and 1.2 meters wide. The inner depth is about 21 meters and the width is about 15 meters. Stone axes, stone clams, pottery fragments, etc. were found in the cave. , red pottery fragments and stone tools are scattered on the ground near this mountain. Judging from the polished stone tools discovered, this cave is a late Neolithic site.

Wumashan Site

It is located at the foot of Wumashan Mountain in Xiayun, Shuiche Township. In November 1977, an excavation team composed of the autonomous region's cultural relics team and the county cultural department, in conjunction with the people of Shuiche Village, conducted exploration and excavation of the site. Nine exploratory sites were explored, covering an area of ??more than 200 square meters, and a batch of about 1 Cultural relics from the middle and late Neolithic Age and ruins of semi-burrowed houses with rounded rectangular shapes from 10,000 to 4,000 years ago. The distance between the wooden post holes of the house is 0.7 to 1.2 meters, the length from east to west is 4.7 meters, and the width from north to south is 3.1 meters. It is a wooden fence structure with a conical roof. The ground is 0.9 to 1 meter lower than the original soil. A fire pit was found near the north corner, with 0.6 cm thick ash in the pit. There is an oblique secondary earth slope 1 meter away from the fire pit. There are red pottery fragments and black incomplete pottery bowls on the slope. There are pottery fragments, stone axes, stone pestles, stone arrowheads, etc. in the pit. A total of 383 cultural relics were unearthed from the site. .

The Jinjiashan Site

It is located in the south of Zhangjiawan Village, Dingtangkou, Xinjie Township. It has been cultivated by the masses. The stone tool relics are exposed on the ground or in the mud and are scattered about a long Within an area of ??200 meters and about 150 meters wide, there are many relics on the uncultivated grassland at the west end. 213 pieces of pottery legs, rims and other artifacts as well as stone axes, stone chisels, stone rings, stone hammers, whetstones, perforated stone shovels and other cultural relics were collected here. They are sites from the middle and late Neolithic Age.

The Sanjiangtang Hillside Site

It is located about 75 meters south of Lucaotang Village, Xinjie Township. It has been cultivated and buried with modern tombs. The cultural layer has been damaged and the relics have been exposed on the surface. , scattered on the top of the mountain and the southwest slopes. The stone tools collected include stone axes, stone chisels, etc. There are more polished stone tools and fewer hammered stone tools. It can be inferred that it is a site in the middle or late Neolithic Age.

Guchenggang Site

It is located in Guchenggang, Xiangxi Village, Xinjie Township, including Chengziling, Chengwai Mountain and three hillsides to the west behind Xiangxi Village. Stone tools are scattered on all of them, and they are relatively concentrated. It is the central area of ??Guchenggang. The site was disturbed and the entire cultural layer was destroyed. The stone tools collected include a total of 84 pieces of stone axes, stone shovels, stone chisels, grinding rods, whetstones, stone sickles, pottery and stamped ceramic shards, which are sites from the late Neolithic Age. In 1981, it was listed as an autonomous region-level cultural relic protection unit.

The Dalingtou Hillside Site

is located in the east of Shanshushan Village, Sanlian, Hongqi Township. The entire mountain shape is ridged in the middle, with very small slopes on all sides. The relics are mainly distributed in the northeast. There are polished stone tools collected on the surface, which are sites from the late Neolithic Age.

Sifangshan Site

It is located about 500 meters east of Baisha Village, Dongyang, Huangguan Town. There are relics scattered on the surface, mostly on the mountainside and foot of the mountain in the west and south. Stone tools such as stone axes, perforated stone knives, and stone flakes were collected. The size is generally between 7 to 8 cm in length, 3 to 5.7 cm in width, and 0.9 to 1.6 cm in thickness. The shape of the tools is relatively complete. They are all polished stone tools and belong to the Neolithic Age. Late ruins.