Lifting Pavilion (core, iron branch, floating color) (high installation of dam)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Taige (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (Dam High decoration)

Applicant: Xingwen County, Sichuan Province

Item No.: 994

Project No.: Ⅹ - 87

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Sichuan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Xingwen County, Sichuan Province

Protection unit: Xingwen County Cultural Center

Brief introduction of lifting Pavilion (core, iron branch and floating color)

Applicant: Xingwen County, Sichuan Province

Also known as "lift angle", "lift song", "lift high", "naoge", "naoge" and "Gaozhuang", lift Pavilion is a form of folk Parade Performance in traditional festival activities. It originated from the activities of meeting gods in the Central Plains, and then gradually spread to the southeast coast and Northwest China. It was popular for a time in the Qing Dynasty. In the process of spreading, it combined with the specific situation of different places and formed different characteristics.

In the activities of raising the pavilion, several children dressed as ancient opera characters, formed wonderful shapes according to the plot, fixed on the iron pillars and supports of the square attic, and carried by people. The traditional modeling of the pavilion is mostly taken from such plays as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Tian Xianpei, the legend of the White Snake, journey to the west, Zhaojun's leaving the fortress, blue bridge club, Yellow Crane Tower, fishing and killing the family. The height of the traditional modeling is about 3 to 5 meters. The attic has 3 to 5 floors. Generally, there are 1 person on each floor, 4 people on the bottom floor, 5 to 6 people on the middle floor, and 1 person on the top floor. During the pavilion tour, four lofts are generally used, and six or even eight lofts are often used. Each loft is carried forward by four or eight people.

It is popular among the people for a long time because of its beautiful shape and spectacular pictures. With the acceleration of the modernization process, the activities of raising the pavilion are gradually declining, and there is no successor in the production skills of raising the pavilion in rural areas, so the relevant rescue and protection work is imminent.

Daba high decoration is a kind of special folk plastic art, which originated in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty and spread in Daba Miao Township in Xingwen County of southern Sichuan.

The parade is held every year on the first and second day of the second lunar month. In front of the parade, there are 28 trails. The prodigy rides to lead the parade, followed by Gaozhuang, antique carrier, dragon lantern, lion lantern, Lusheng (Miao nationality), gongs and drums, suona, and so on.

It is a high wooden platform with four columns and four square meters. There is a four to six meter iron pole standing in the platform, which is called "loading Pavilion". The upper end of the loading Pavilion is cast into a "ㄣ" shape. Generally, there are four costumes, each of which is a play. The one on the top of the booth is the heroine, while the one on the platform is the supporting role. The characters are all dressed up by 12-3-year-old children, who hold props and make various shapes. Each rack is clamped with two large clamping bars. Eight people lift it up and walk slowly along the street. Generally, one set is for 16 people, and they rotate with each other. The characteristics of high costume are "cover the head" and "false feet", which are the main props of High Costume performance. It is cleverly arranged in the middle of the iron Pavilion and under the feet of the top costume actors. The false foot of the top costume actor in embroidered shoes stands on the "cover head", while the other false foot is tilted backward, and no trace of camouflage can be seen under the cover of the robe.

Dam height has a long history, which is deeply loved by the people of Xingwen County in the process of long-term spread. It has become a vivid material to study the local history and culture, local conditions and customs.