Raise Pavilion (core, iron branch, floating color) (Zhoucun core)

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

Applicant: Zhoucun District, Zibo City, Shandong Province

Item No.: 994

Project No.: Ⅹ - 87

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Shandong Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Zhoucun District, Zibo City, Shandong Province

Protection unit: Zhoucun District Cultural Center, Zibo City

Brief introduction of Taige (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (Zhoucun Xinzi)

Applicant: Zhoucun District, Zibo City, Shandong 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.

Zhoucun Xinzi is a unique form of folk performing art. Its origin can be traced back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties and has a history of more than 400 years. It is said that Bixia Yuanjun of Mount Tai was born in Changshan, Zhoucun, Shandong Province on the third day of the third lunar month. On the birthday of Bixia Yuanjun, Zhoucun people welcome her home with a series of ceremonies. From the third day of March to the fifteenth day of March every year, Zhoucun holds an annual sacrificial performance of community fire. Inspired by stilts and candlestick, Zhoucun people rely on advanced loom technology to create a unique Zhoucun core and make it a very important performance form to welcome Bixia Yuanjun. Later, Zhoucun people moved this unique art form to the Lantern Festival to perform, adding a bright spot for the Lantern Festival in Zhoucun. After the formation of Zhoucun core, it spread to Boshan, Zichuan, Zhangdian and Linzi.

The core can be divided into "lifting core", "turning core" and "pouting core", as well as single core, double core and multi core. Zhoucun core has always been a "double core", composed of two people. During the performance, the two little actors disguised as characters in traditional opera and historical stories, such as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying, Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi, etc., and then tied to the iron core. First, one end of a steel bar (iron bar) was fixed on a firm base, and passed close to the body of the person below, and then extended from the hands or other parts to the legs and waist of the person above Then the bottom is decorated with flowers and plants or a divine platform, which looks like the actor standing on the palm of the hand or other scenery below, which is very wonderful and interesting. The actors tied to the iron core are solid in shape and light in movement. They dance with the accompaniment of gongs and drums, making the characters in the story vivid.