Dianwei Township, Jianshui County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Dianwei Township

Dianwei township is located in the northwest of Jianshui County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The township borders Nanzhuang Town in the East, Xizhuang town in the south, Shiping County in the West and lihaozhai and Qujiang town in the north. The total area is 157 square kilometers. The township governs Dianwei, Tiesuo, mahuangtian, Yuejin, gaolouzhai and Heiqing village committees, with 62 villager groups. Nine ethnic groups, including Han, Yi, Hani and Dai, live in the territory, with a permanent population of 14526 (2017). The highest altitude is 2061m, the lowest 1535m and the average 1789m. Located in the semi mountainous area, the terrain is slightly higher in the northwest and lower in the southeast. The whole township is hilly and mountainous terrain, belonging to the subtropical plateau monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is 15 degrees, the annual average rainfall is 890-1040 mm, and the frost free period is about 296 days. It is suitable for the growth of many crops and trees. The forest coverage rate reached 48.8%. The main economic crops are flue-cured tobacco, virus-free potato, millet spicy, Houttuynia cordata, etc.

rural economy

In 2006, the village's total rural economic income was 36.57 million yuan, including 31.41 million yuan from planting and 2.81 million yuan from animal husbandry. There were 4079 pigs, 117 beef cattle and 15929 chickens, ducks and geese sold in this year. Fishery income is 110000 yuan, forestry income is 180000 yuan, secondary and tertiary industry income is 1.99 million yuan, wage income is 340000 yuan, per capita net income of farmers is 10654 yuan, and migrant income of the whole village is 340000 yuan. The income of farmers is mainly millet and tobacco.

cultural education

As of December 2007, the township has 6 village committees, 41 natural villages and 14526 permanent residents (2017). There are 1 junior middle school, 7 primary schools, 2 village primary schools and 2 school sites of one teacher's school. There are 10 classes in the middle school, with 449 students. There are 40 teaching staff, including 33 full-time teachers and 3 staff. There are 45 classes in the primary school, including 1288 school-age children, 110 teaching staff, including 92 full-time teachers, 8 staff, 10 administrative staff and 4 substitute teachers.

National customs

The history of Yi People's cigarette box dance Yi People's cigarette box dance has a long history and many routines. It has been widely spread in southern Yunnan for thousands of years. There are more than 180 different dances in Jianshui and Shiping counties alone. It not only has a large number of collective self entertaining circle dance routines, but also has a large number of performing dance routines such as duets and trios, and has many difficult dance movements, which has high artistic appreciation value. Yi people call "cigarette box Dance" as "zebi", which means drum dancing. Chinese is commonly known as "tiaoyue" or "Tiaoxin". Each dance set of cigarette box dance has its own unique life content, and the form of expression is very wide, which is rare in national dance. For example, dance sets reflecting production and life: "stepping on grain", "squeezing sugarcane", "planting cucumber", "whipping millet", "Ma Lao Yang Gu", "beating grass", "ploughing", "rowing boat", "beating stone", "holding fish", "releasing fish" They are: sheep, pulling water, rubbing rope, playing straw sandals, nipping tongs, wrestling, combing hair, dustpan, picking eel, driving Yangji, etc.; they are: the dead pulling corpse, setting up God's head, crying grave, etc.; they are: the old man, Suxiao Yile, amiruoduoxi, etc; The dance routines that show the war include "the veteran draws the sword" and "opening the Gejiu factory"; the dance routines that show the image and habits of animals include "fighting hoof shell", "mandarin duck playing in the water", "mandarin duck cutting off the water", "Egret taking fish", "Egret crossing the ridge", "monkey moving Baogu", "Rooster fighting", "toad wrestling", "crab moving", "small clam shell", "Eagle drying its wings" "Pigeon crossing food", "jackal chasing muntjac", "tiger attacking sheep", "fly rubbing feet", "worm twisting waist" and so on, it can be seen that Yi People's cigarette box dance has a huge system, many dance sets and rich and colorful contents, which is a rare dance in the national and even world national dance. As an art, Yi People's cigarette box dance combines singing and dancing in various forms, and it has a unique feature that it does not need special musical instrument accompaniment. There is a special song in each dance set of cigarette box dance. No matter how many people participate in the dance, they can sing songs and close the beat of the songs. Everyone can get together and form a circle. They can shake their hands and feet and dance with each other by clapping their palms. The lyrics continue repeatedly, driving the dance to continue until tired. the uniqueness of cigarette box dance there is another uniqueness of "cigarette box Dance", that is, taking "cigarette box" as the musical instrument, accompaniment and dancing. "Cigarette box" is a kind of utensil used by smokers to hold cut tobacco. Usually, it is used to hold cut tobacco. When dancing, shake off the cut tobacco, separate the male and female (locally known as "fan"), button one piece on each hand, and use your fingers to care about the inside, giving out a crisp "侉! 侉!" Instead of the traditional accompaniment instrument drum, he accompanies the dance by himself. Dancers hold cigarette boxes and dance while playing. The so-called "cigarette box Dance" also gets its name. This way of accompanying dance with cigarette boxes can be said to be a unique artistic feature of cigarette box dance. the dance posture and movement of cigarette box dance the dance posture and movement law of Yi nationality cigarette box dance are directly related to the production and life of the nationality and its inherent national character. Yi people have a simple, honest, honest, forthright and optimistic national character, which is reflected in the dance art. There are many movements of hands and feet, with distinct rhythm, strong sense of rhythm, unique dance posture and passion. It shows the simple artistic beauty of mountain farming people full of life breath and the image beauty of laborers, and has strong artistic appeal. Yi People's hand movements of cigarette box dance mainly show the movements of carrying a burden, using hoes, sickles and axes to work, and using bowls and sticks to shed and process grain. They are refined, processed and abstracted. Therefore, they are not only beautiful in image, but also have a strong flavor of national life. Hand position can be divided into low position, flat position, high position, lateral position and posterior position. there are many movements on the feet of Yi People's cigarette box dance, which is another major feature of Yi People's cigarette box dance. The basic footwork includes ten kinds of dance steps: fitting foot, passing hall, small step, twisting step, running and jumping step, fighting step, storing water step, stepping on Hall, covering leg back cushion step and right leg covering step. All of them are refined from the actions of Yi People's life, production and labor, and processed by art. there are many movements in Yi People's cigarette box dance, with unique dance posture, strong sense of rhythm and lively rhythm. Hands, feet and body shape can play a unique role in the dance, with unique and strong expressive force.

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