Huishou Dance - Hand Waving Dance (Zhangjiajie)

DATE:08-06-2011

Huishou Dance, as a traditional large-scale dance loved by the Tujia people, is divided into two kinds: Dabaishou (large-scale hand waving dance) and Xiaobaishou (small-scale hand waving dance), both of which have strong colors of sacrifice offering. From the third to the seventh day of the first month of each lunar year, it is held in Baishou Tang (Hands-waving Hall) or Wangjiaci (Wangjia Ancestral Hall). Firstly Tulaosi holds up a broom to sing Saoxie songs (exorcism songs), and then he waves hands and the team come to the performing ground holding large dragon and phoenix flags, blowing horns, trumpets and So-na, squibbing Three-Eye firecrackers and firecrackers. And then they dance gracefully with a hilarious atmosphere.