Thousands of people gather in Mouding, Yunnan to dance leftfoot dance and celebrate the "March Festival" together
2024-05-06
On May 5th, the "Yunnan Life - Yunnan Dancing for Everyone" and the 2024 Mouding "March Meeting" kicked off. On that day, tens of thousands of people dressed in formal attire danced the left foot dance together in Mouding County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, known as the "Hometown of Chinese Yi Left Foot Dance", presenting a wonderful audio-visual feast for local people and tourists from all directions. Mouding County is located in the central northern part of Yunnan Province. The "March Festival" is a grand event of ethnic culture and commercial activities in the county, with a long history. It is held on the 27th day of the third lunar month every year for three days. People gather together, go to the market for business, play the four stringed qin with the dragon head, and dance with the left foot while playing the erhu. In 2006, the county was named by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government as the "Hometown of Yi Left Foot Dance"; In 2008, the left footed dance of the Yi ethnic group in Mouding was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list; In 2022, the "March Meeting" in Mouding was included in the fifth batch of representative projects of intangible cultural heritage in Yunnan Province. The picture shows a dancer performing "Jumping Feet with Strings" on May 5th. Wang Jianghong, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, delivered a speech at the opening of the event, introducing that Yunnan has been the hometown of song and dance since ancient times, and Yunnan dance is an important component of the treasure trove of Chinese dance. The "Yunnan Dance Dance" event covers 129 counties (cities, districts) in 16 provinces (cities) throughout the year, aiming to inherit and promote excellent ethnic and folk dances in Yunnan, promote deep integration and development of the cultural and tourism industry, accelerate innovation in tourism products, formats, models, and services, promote high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry, and vividly present "a kind of life called Yunnan". Li Mingfeng, Secretary of the Communist Party of China's Mouding County Committee, stated that left foot dance aims to entertain and socialize, integrating song, dance, and music into all aspects of the people's lives in Mouding. The March Festival is an important festival for enhancing cultural exchange among folk customs in Mouding, as well as an important bridge and link for Mouding to expand its opening-up and promote high-quality economic development. I hope that tourists can come and experience the charm of left foot dance culture and appreciate the vitality of Mouding in central Yunnan. Welcome merchants to invest and make decisions, share development opportunities and unlimited business opportunities. The picture shows an actor performing "Motorcycle Dance" on May 5th. At the opening ceremony of that day, dance enthusiasts from Dali, Honghe, Lijiang, Pu'er and other places in Yunnan Province also brought their dances to meet their friends. Familiar dances such as "March Scenery of Dali", "Horse Riding Flower", "Naxi Trilogy", and "Motorcycle Dance" attracted everyone to follow and dance. Subsequently, tens of thousands of people danced left footed together, pushing the event to its climax. "I have loved the Dragon Head Four stringed Qin since I was young, and almost every year I bring it to participate in the 'March Festival'." Mao Guomin, a 56 year old from Mouding, introduced that he and his lover used the Dragon Head Four stringed Qin to express their love and affection at the 'March Festival'. On May 5th, ten thousand people danced leftfoot together. Chen Yong, a tourist from Kunming, said that the ten thousand people dancing left footed together on that day was very impressive, and the "Motorcycle Dance" from the Lancang Motorcycle Dance Performance Team in Pu'er City was particularly innovative. "There is a kind of life called Yunnan - Yunnan Dancers Dancing Together" and the 2024 Mouding "March Meeting" are hosted by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Chuxiong Prefecture People's Government, with the participation of the Communist Party of China in Mouding
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Source:China News Network
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