In Mongolian culture, there is a traditional folk dance called Wan Ding Dance, which has also influenced many other ethnic minorities, such as * * * Er and Dai.
Top Bowl Dance is a folk dance handed down by Mongolians from Yuan Dynasty. According to relevant historical records, the origin of Ding Bowl Dance has a certain origin with Buddhism. There are many rituals of offering sacrifices to the Buddha in Buddhist teachings, including offering sacrifices to milk with bowls and offering sacrifices to geisha music in song and dance performances. The combination of the two leads to this kind of bowl dance with chyme on its head, which is novel in form, graceful in action, elegant in temperament, unique in style and full of national characteristics.
It occupies an important position in the whole history of Mongolian folk dance development. There are 1 Mongolian people who can sing and dance at wedding banquets and festive gatherings, with a cup-shaped or bowl-shaped oil lamp or bowl on their heads, and water or milk wine in the bowl; Holding two handlebars or a string of bamboo chopsticks in one hand, dancing in singing and music.
There is no fixed number of movements in the top bowl dance. After mastering the basic movements and the rules of beating cups and chopsticks, the dancers improvise on the spot, and their emotions are passionate, and their movements and dances are colorful, which fully demonstrates the skill, wisdom, flexibility and variability of Mongolian dance.
Top Bowl Dance is a very popular dance form of many ethnic minorities in China, especially in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. After years of tempering, it has become more and more popular. The magic of this kind of dance lies in the blending of technology and art, which requires dancers to be extremely high and often requires long-term training. Actors should not only practice excellent dance skills, but also have superb top skills, and it is the perfect and harmonious combination and display of the two that brings people pleasing artistic enjoyment. In addition, * * * Er, Dai and Tujia are also good at top bowl dancing.