The geographical location and environment of Ansai waist drum

Ansaigu is the land of Bai Zhai, since the Qin and Han dynasties, Gaonu County has been set up, the Sui and Tang dynasties have been Jinming County, and the Song Dynasty has set up Ansai Fort, and the county was established in the Southern Song Dynasty Chunyou Renzi year (1252), which has been more than 750 years ago. Ansai is located in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau in the northwest inland, the edge of the Ordos Basin, located in the north of Shaanxi Province, north of Yan'an City, west of Zhidan County, north of Jingbian County, Yulin City, east of Zichang County, south of Ganquan County, Baota District connected, east longitude 108 ° 5 44 to 109 ° 26 18, north latitude 36 ° 30 45 to 37 ° 19 3, belongs to a typical Loess Plateau hilly and gully area. The county border is 92 kilometers away from north to south and 36 kilometers from east to west, with a total land area of 2,950 square kilometers, accounting for the total area of Yan'an City, of which 10,000 acres of cultivated land and 95% belong to mountainous areas.

The county has jurisdiction over 7 towns, 5 townships, 1 sub-district office, 211 village committees, 1,018 villager groups, with a total population of 10,000 people, including 10,000 agricultural population. The population density is 55 people per square kilometer.

The topography of Ansai is complex and diverse, the ravines in the territory are vertical and horizontal, the Sichuan road is long and narrow, and the beams are all over the place, from south to north, it presents the landforms of beams, ridges, collapses, bays, pings, and rivers, with high mountains, steep slopes, and deep ditches. There are 4 large rivers in the county, and the density of ravines is 10,000 square kilometers. The highest altitude is meters (Gaoshan Mountain, Sickaowan Township), the lowest altitude is 1012 meters (Luojiagou, Yanhewan Town), and the average altitude is meters.

The elevation of the county seat is 1061 meters. In addition to the south high and north bottom of Wangjiawan Township, the terrain is mostly inclined from northwest to southeast. The main hills are Gaoshan Mountain, Yahang Mountain, White Pig Mountain, Tianze Mountain, Jade Emperor Temple Ridge, Shenling Mountain, etc.

Since the reform and opening up, especially since the "Tenth Five-Year Plan", Ansai County has relied on its resource advantages, firmly grasped the opportunity of the large-scale development of the western region, and vigorously implemented the development strategy of "strengthening the county with oil and enriching the people with industry", and the economy and society have made great progress.

The climate of Ansai is a mid-temperate continental semi-arid monsoon climate, with four seasons of varying lengths and distinct dry and wet. In spring, the climate rises quickly, the wind and sand are heavy, the rainfall is small, and there are frosts and spring droughts; Summers are warm with droughts, torrential rains, hail and gusty winds; Autumn is cool, with a rapid drop in temperature and frost; Winters are cold and dry. There are three water systems in the territory: Yan River, Dali River and Qingjian River, and the main rivers are Yan River, Xingzi River, Xichuan River, Xiaochuan River, Xiaogou River and Shuangyang River.

The total water resources are 155.72 million cubic meters, or 947 cubic meters per capita. The annual average temperature is extremely hot, the lowest temperature is extreme, the average annual precipitation is millimeters (the maximum is 645 millimeters, the minimum is millimeters), the annual sunshine hours are hours, the sunshine percentage is 54%, and the frost-free period is 157 days a year. The main natural disasters are:

Drought, high winds, hail, frost, etc., especially drought.

Location: Located at 108°5 44E to 109°26 18 E, 36°30 45 N to 37°19 3 N, the Loess Plateau is connected with the Mongolian Plateau in the north, the Qinling Mountains in the south, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west, and the Taihang Mountains in the east.

Environment: It is located in the transition zone between temperate continental climate and temperate monsoon climate, with annual average temperature and precipitation decreasing from southeast to northwest, and vegetation distribution: southeast, central, northwest, forest-steppe, grassland, wind-sand steppe.

Land fragmentation is severe:

The geographical location is relatively special, various natural elements are mixed together, the natural conditions are not stable enough, and geological disasters are prone to occur.

The loess is relatively soft, coupled with the erosion of the torrent valley, which is prone to soil erosion.

Longitude 108°5 44 to 109°26 18 E, latitude 36°30 45 to 37°19 3 N

It is a typical hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau.

The characteristics of the Ansai waist drum are:

After more than 2,000 years of evolution, Ansai waist drum has formed the artistic characteristics of vigorous and passionate, fierce and bold, majestic, deep and solemn, sonorous and powerful, powerful and vigorous, smooth and elegant.

The performance of Ansai waist drum is more free and flexible. The number of performers can be as large as a few or a dozen, or as many as hundreds or thousands. Since there is no limit to the number of performers, the performance format is also more flexible.

Generally speaking, there are two forms of performance of Ansai waist drums, one is the field drum and the other is the road drum.

The inheritance value of the Ansai waist drum:

Ansai waist drum is well-known at home and abroad and has a long history. Its style is strong and bold, full of vigor, known as "the soul of the Chinese nation", "the king of Chinese drums" and "the first drum in the East", is an integral part of the Yellow River culture, is the embodiment of the Han in northern Shaanxi, tiger strength, and bull strength, with national style and regional characteristics.

In 2018, the 1,000-person waist drum stage in Fengjiaying Village, Baiping Street, Ansai District was officially opened, becoming the first comprehensive performing arts base of folk culture in northern Shaanxi that integrates waist drums, folk songs and storytelling and other folk arts in Ansai District.

The article can be divided into three parts according to the principle of "before the drum sounds, waist drum performance, and drum stopping". The second part is the main part of the article, which shows the artistic courage of waist inspiration from four angles, and the watershed of these four angles is the same sentence.

Part 1 (1-4) before the performance.

The quiet waist drum - it never seemed to sound.

Quiet. The second part (5-27) is being performed.

The passionate waist drum - singing the praises of the power of life.

Paragraphs 5-13) magnificent scenes.

14-17) majestic sound.

Move. (18-22) The afterlife of drumming.

23-27) Strange dance postures.

After the performance of the third part (paragraphs 28-30).

The drums stopped abruptly, and everything fell silent. Quiet.

Part 1 (1-4) before the performance.

The quiet waist drum - it never seemed to sound.

Quiet. The second part (5-27) is being performed.

The passionate waist drum - singing the praises of the power of life.

Paragraphs 5-13) magnificent scenes.

14-17) majestic sound.

Move. (18-22) The afterlife of drumming.

23-27) Strange dance postures.

After the performance of the third part (paragraphs 28-30).

The drums stopped abruptly, and everything fell silent. Quiet.

Ansai waist drum is a traditional folk dance in Ansai District, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. Known as the "first drum in the world", the Ansai waist drum can be carried out by several or thousands of people together, and was originally used by the ancient military to increase the morale of the army and transmit information, and was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006.

Shaanxi is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, and the provincial capital is Xi'an, referred to as "Shaanxi" or "Qin", which has a very long history.

Five thousand years ago, the Yellow Emperor tribe living in the Jishui Basin of Shaanxi Province and the Yandi tribe in the Jiangshui Basin gradually formed the earliest ethnic community in Chinese history - the Huaxia people.

Shaanxi is very rich in biological resources, distributed golden monkeys, takin, crested ibises and other national first-class protected animals, Qinling Bashan is known as the "biological gene bank".

Ansai waist drum is in Ansai District, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Ansai waist drum, a traditional dance spread in Ansai District, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

The Ansai waist drum has a long history, but it is difficult to verify the specific era of its formation. Alarm with drums, cheer with drums, report emergencies with drums, and take drums for fun, these are the functions of Ansai waist drums. Ansai waist drum is divided into two kinds of drums and martial drums, the drum is mainly twisted, heavy twisting and light beating; The martial drums are mainly beaten, and the heavy beats are light twisted.

The Ansai waist drum is an integral part of the Yellow River culture, which is the embodiment of the fierceness, tiger strength and bull strength of the Han people in northern Shaanxi, and has national style and regional characteristics.

On May 20, 2006, the Ansai waist drum was approved by *** to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, heritage number: -13.

The historical origin of the Ansai waist drum

According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the drum was a product of the great battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, and later developed into an indispensable equipment to boost morale and deter the enemy. In order to carry the Fang Yu Pai, people imitated the shape of the drum and made a small drum tied around the waist.

After the Qin Dynasty, Ansai has always been a key garrison and a place for soldiers to fight. The waist drum is the same as the sword, spear, bow and arrow as the equipment of the combat troops: in the event of a surprise attack, the drum is used to alarm and transmit information; The two armies clashed and cheered with drums; The war was lost, and the drum was urgent; Defeat the enemy and use the drum as a joy to celebrate.

With the development of history, the military use of the waist drum gradually disappeared, and it was only an accompaniment instrument for dancing and singing.

In the Song Dynasty, Yangge rotten chops and waist drums were very prosperous, and developed into a town calendar for folk entertainment.