Raise Pavilion (core, iron branch, floating color) (raise in Zhuanglang County)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Taige (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (Gaoyang, Zhuanglang County)

Applicant: Zhuanglang County, Gansu Province

Item No.: 994

Project No.: Ⅹ - 87

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Gansu Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Zhuanglang County, Gansu Province

Protected by: Zhuanglang County Cultural Center

Brief introduction to the Pavilion (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (elevated in Zhuanglang County)

Applicant: Zhuanglang County, Gansu 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.

Zhuanglang County high lift is a kind of folk plastic art style, often with folk stories or traditional opera in a plot as the performance content. It has a long history, mainly spread in the towns of Shuiluo, zhudian and Nanhu in Zhuanglang County, Gansu Province.

Zhuanglang County has a unique design and unique shape. It installs iron pillars on the wooden platform, which is called "iron core". According to the needs of the plot, the iron core is bent to form a high-rise main frame, and then it is attached to the iron core to tie up characters, animals and props. Then it camouflages the iron core with color bars and silk cloth, and sets off the characters and the plot with fake landscapes, flowers, trees and animals. After the high lift production is completed, it is carried by people or vehicles, and performed under the guidance of the high lift designer and producer, showing the artistic characteristics of strangeness, danger, beauty and cleverness.

Zhuanglang County's high lift is not only characterized by fine folk handmade craft, beautiful shape and bright color, but also by the strange, dangerous and ingenious acrobatic performance, which is well-known in Longshang and widely welcomed by the masses. It is an important part of Zhuanglang Shehuo, also represents the highest artistic achievement of Zhuanglang Shehuo, and adds color to the festival life of Zhuanglang people.