"Nuo dance has been a way of communicating with ghosts and gods since ancient times."
"It began to be clearly incorporated into the ritual system in the Zhou Dynasty. The imperial court had national Nuo, and local governments had rural Nuo. The ritual system of national Nuo was followed until the Yuan Dynasty. Because the Mongolians had different beliefs, it was temporarily canceled."
"In the Ming Dynasty, palace Nuo was restored, but in the Qing Dynasty it was completely abolished, leaving only rural Nuo among the people."
“It survives today as a folk custom.”
"The more prosperous ones are the Ying Ge and Dance in Guangdong, the Officers and Generals in Fujian and Taiwan, the Mulian Opera in Zhejiang, and in our local area, there is also the Nuo Opera in Meishan."
"These are teachers and students from the dance department of the Normal School."
"Teacher Ren Qiuping, a master of folk dance, also has great research on Nuo dance."
Chen Menglong invited a group of teachers and students from the Normal University from Jiangcheng to Baling, and then entertained them at a private club. After hearing the introduction, Lu Wenming shook hands with the folk dance teacher.
Ren Qiuping looked at Lu Wenming's stature and squeezed his bones.
He said: "It will be difficult to learn how to do it within two days. He has no dancing skills."
"The movements of traditional Nuo dance are not complicated, but the charm is difficult to express."
"You need to have very advanced dance skills to show that kind of beauty. If you use modern choreography mixed with Nuo dance elements to practice, it will take at least seven or eight days to barely perform it."
Lu Wenming nodded and said, "I won't mention it for now."
"Can Teacher Ren lead his students to choreograph a sacrificial dance in two days?"
"There is no need to completely reproduce Nuo dance."
"As long as it's something like that, with fireworks, scenes, and that kind of atmosphere."
Ren Qiuping said confidently: "That's no problem. My students have just studied with me for more than half a year. They will prepare a Nuo dance program at the orientation party when the school starts next year."
“A lot of the movements and elements were off-the-shelf.”
"It just needs to be rehearsed."
"in addition."
"Let me ask, there won't be any video recording of this performance, right?"
Chen Menglong affirmed: "No."
Ren Qiuping nodded: "That's no problem. I served as a dance consultant for a production crew last year, and there was a Nuo dance part in it, and it was a super-large Chinese Nuo dance."
"There is a Nuo dance performance inside. I will slightly modify the movements and teach you."
"But there is a confidentiality requirement, which is that you cannot leak these actions in any video recording before the movie is released."
Lu Wenming couldn't help but wonder which movie was so professional.
Ren Qiuping replied: "It is a new "The Romance of the Gods"."
This is a private club in the style of a landscape manor. Chen Menglong is one of the shareholders. It is arranged here that Ren Qiuping and his students can enjoy life comfortably and there are many venues for rehearsals.
The clothing chosen by Ren Qiuping and Lu Wenming was not the right-cut dress after the Zhou Dynasty, but a fur-covered dress with shamanic elements, or something closer to the feeling of "witchcraft".
Then another old craftsman who specializes in mask folklore came to visit.
Came here with a whole rack of masks.
"Tickling?"
Ren Qiuping was so happy to see the hunting spirit that she went to admire the various masks and asked Lu Wenming to choose. Lu Wenming looked around and finally chose a civet cat mask with a crimson outline pattern that did not conform to the "etiquette".
At this moment, he was wearing Wu Nuo clothes, looking wild and somewhat delicate.
Wearing a civet cat mask gives you a unique sense of beauty.
"It's a perfect fit."
"The ceremony is to offer sacrifices to mountain ghosts, right? I remember that in Qu Yuan's "Mountain Ghosts" there is a saying 'Riding a Red Leopard to Xi Congwen Raccoon'. The mask of this civet cat makes you feel like a mountain spirit."
Seeing Lu Wenming's half-face covered by the civet cat, Ren Qiuping admired it very much.
I think this is a beautiful boy with a unique temperament.
"I'm looking forward to your dancing." An artistic woman like her is actually very discerning. Lu Wenming's appearance is not that outstanding, but his temperament is really rare for her.
So compared to before, her interest in teaching dance really increased.
Wu Nuo's choreography is first of all "weird".
The width of the body should be different from the beginning. The body should be kept low, the arms should be spread out, and the body should be driven through the rhythmic changes of the limbs, including some techniques of mechanical dance.
Originally, Ren Qiuping was worried that Lu Wenming's bones were relatively stiff and he had no dance skills, so it would be difficult for him to learn.
But that kind of rhythm seemed to be innately familiar to Lu Wenming.
His movements may not be perfect, but just by memorizing the movements and choreographing them twice, the charm of Wu Nuo can be well released.
Or rather.
This kind of dance actually does not require much movement. Dancers express their charm through movements, while some people use movements casually to convey their inherent charm...
"marvelous!"
"I found a lot of inspiration in you, and I feel like my Nuo dance choreography can reach a new level!"
"Lu Wenming, you are such a genius!"
Ren Qiuping was very happy to praise him. If Lu Wenming hadn't studied history, he would have really wanted to drag him to learn dance. He didn't have enough basic skills to practice, but others could never make up for this kind of charm.
After Lu Wenming finished dancing, he felt the same feeling as when he just started dancing.
how to say……
He felt like he was being moved by invisible energy, as if no matter how he danced his body, there was a smooth feeling of flowing water. Even when he jumped, danced and spun, his body felt extra light...
After contacting Zhao Qingxue, he learned that there are four types of witchcraft.
The witch who sacrifices to the gods, the witch who welcomes the gods, the witch who pretends to be the gods, and... the witch who pleases the gods.
Dance, especially Nuo dance, is a form of pleasing the gods. In modern Fujian and Taiwan, many people such as the "Nine Heavenly Mysteries" go on tour, and the ji boys often dance when they greet them, and there are also various dances along the way.
Lu Wenming can be sure that there is nothing on his body when he dances.
Rather, that kind of charm comes from the power of "technical rituals".
After accepting the mask, although he is not yet the witch pretending to be the god of Wushan Mountain Ghost, he actually already possesses considerable "witch" characteristics, and according to his relationship with the mountain ghost, when he dances, he is indeed a "technical ritual" .
Because of the learning and experience of Nuo dance.
Lu Wenming had a feeling that although he was not a witch pretending to be a mountain ghost, there should be no one in the world who was more qualified than him to embody that charm...
…
After Chen Menglong watched Lu Wenming's Nuo dance, he believed that regardless of whether what Lu Wenming said was true or false, he believed that Lu Wenming was a witch pretending to be a mountain ghost.
He deliberately wanted to learn some knowledge about witchcraft.
Then I realized that this kind of witch pretending to be a god is not so much a witch as the heir of the mountain ghost...
Although I was shocked, I became more optimistic about Lu Wenming.
After returning home, Chen Menglong saw that his daughter was dejected, so he smiled and said, "Why, you didn't find Lu Wenming again?"
Chen Youyou said angrily: "Humph! You didn't tell me that it was dad, and you are making sarcastic remarks here again. I will never pay attention to you again."
"real?"
Chen Menglong sat down and said with a smile: "What if there is a temple fair the day after tomorrow and I have made an appointment with Lu Wenming for you?"
"Really?! Thanks dad!"
Chen Youyou was overjoyed, and Chen Menglong just touched her head lovingly.
…
After receiving the call, Hou Liang said to Butcher Cui: "It's done, the temple fair has been arranged. The information about the temple fair was leaked to the boss's daughter. She has a good relationship with Lu Wenming and has decided to invite Lu Wenming to visit the temple fair. .”
"The temple fair requires many costumes of wandering gods and ancient people, and you will be the ones to play them."
"When Lu Wen's fate comes, we will surround him and kill him together."
