Taige (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (Gaotai, Longde County)

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

Applicant: Longde County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Item No.: 994

Project No.: Ⅹ - 87

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Longde County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Protected by: Longde Cultural Center

Brief introduction of Taige (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (Gaotai, Longde County)

Applicant: Longde County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

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.

Gaotai in Longde County is a form of social fire evolved from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods, and performances are regularly held on the ninth day of the first month of each year. In Longde County of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, gaotaima Shehuo is popular in Wenbao, Fengtai, Shanhe, Shatang and other towns.

Longde County has a long history of folk culture. There are many types and varieties of Shehuo. Gaotaima Shehuo, lion, stilt, pushcart, donkey driving, Huachuan, Yangge team, Zhuma, floats, Yaogu team, Xiren and other forms of folk Shehuo performance, including performance, modeling, language, painting, handmade and other artistic contents, have become the living fossil of folk art in Liupan Mountain area.

With the development of the times, the production of high platform in Longde County is becoming more and more exquisite, paying more attention to the depiction of characters and the display of content and plot, and also has a great development in decoration, skills and height. The designers use the mechanical principle to install the ball and gear for the high stage, and develop the lifting and rotating functions, and then decorate with high-tech materials, so that the high stage performance has reached a higher artistic level.

Gaotai in Longde County is a precious traditional art handed down by Longde people from generation to generation, which has high folklore and folk art research value. With the rapid development of modernization, Gaotai in Longde County is increasingly neglected, and the development space is shrinking. At present, many old artists are old and lack of successors. Gaotai in Longde County is on the verge of extinction and needs to be protected.