Album of Memory: Time-honored Shehuo folk performance-Xinhua
Album of Memory: Time-honored Shehuo folk performance
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-02-16 23:16:31
BEIJING, Feb. 16, (Xinhua) -- The Shehuo parade, a time-honored performance enjoying widespread popularity in rural areas across China, originated from ancient sacrificial activities to pray for a good harvest about 2,000 years ago.
Later on, as dancing and singing performances were absorbed into the parade, it gradually evolved into a folk custom staged during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, believed to remove bad luck and bring a fresh start in the new year.
This folk custom is celebrated in multiple forms consisting of dragon dance, lion dance, Yangko dance, drum playing and other folk performances that may vary in different regions.
A Shehuo folk performance is held in Guanzhong area of northwest China's Shaanxi Province during the Spring Festival in 1982.Farmers on the outskirts of Xi 'an City of northwest China's Shaanxi province watch a Shehuo folk performance during the Spring Festival in the late 1980s.Actors of a Shehuo folk performance team perform Qinqiang opera in Shizilu Township, Guyuan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region during the Spring Festival in 1997.Members of a Shehuo folk performance team rehearse in Changning Township of Datong County in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province before the Spring Festival in 2003.Farmers take part in a Shehuo folk performance in Xigu District of Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province during the Spring Festival in 2004.Sparks pour down as the performer sprays molten iron at a Shehuo folk performance in Yuxian County, north China's Hebei Province before the Lantern Festival in 2006.People watch a Shehuo folk performance in Dongyuan Village of Jingxing County, north China's Hebei Province before the Lantern Festival in 2007.A Shehuo folk performance team performs in Sanhe Township of Haiyuan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region during the Spring Festival in 2012.A Shehuo folk performance team performs in Huayin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province after the Lantern Festival in 2014.Villagers rehearse Shehuo folk performance in Yanguoxia Township of Yongjing County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Gansu Province before the Spring Festival in 2014.Members of a Shehuo folk performance team rehearse in Jing'an Town of Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province before the Spring Festival in 2020.Actors of dozens of Shehuo folk performance teams perform at a temple fair in Xunxian County, central China's Henan Province just after the Lantern Festival in 2023.A Shehuo folk performance team visit Zijin Village of Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province during the Spring Festival in 2024.
