Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 232 4th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2018) A Study on the Inheritance of Twelve Sets Bronze Drum Dance of Zhuang Nationality — A Case Study of Guima Village, Guangnan* Jun Wang Song Gu Yunnan Agricultural University Yunnan Agricultural University Kunming, China Kunming, China Ni Lu Yan Zhu** Yunnan Agricultural University Yunnan Agricultural University Kunming, China Kunming, China **Corresponding Author Abstract—This study used the literature data method, field inherits a Majiang-style public drum. According to the investigation method and interview method to investigate the records, it has been passed down for 13 generations. There inheritance of the Zhuang people's bronze drum dance in are 264 Zhuang people families in the village, with a total of Guima Village, Guangnan County. Through a random sample 1148 people, but now more than half of the people in the survey of the local Zhuang people on the development, village work or study outside, so those who are at home are inheritance and protection of bronze drum dance, a total of 45 mostly old people and children. There are 12 sets of Zhuang people in Guima Village were visited. It was learned complete Zhuang people's bronze drum dance movement that Guima Village retained 12 sets of complete bronze drum retained, which represent 12 months of the year, reflecting dance, which are the real reaction of the local people's labor the different content of the production and life of the Zhuang life and folk culture, people will beat the bronze drum and people in each month. dance during the festival or leisure time, express their love for life and the joy of harvest. The dance has been included in the The bronze drum dance is one of the important heritages national intangible cultural heritage protection list. It is the of the ancient culture of the Zhuang people. It is a dance in pride of the local people. Through the investigation of the which the drummers rhythmically beat the drums and the development and inheritance of Zhuang bronze drum dance in rhythm of the drums drives the dancers' movements and Guima Village, Guangnan County, more people can form change. According to archaeological findings, as early understand the Zhuang people's bronze drum dance culture. as the fourth century AD (the end of the Spring and Autumn How to protect and inherit the bronze drum dance culture is Period), the bronze drum appeared in the scene of dance explored to make it develop better. accompanied by music, which embodies the creative talents Keywords—Guima Village; bronze drum dance; inheritance and ingenuity of the Zhuang people. As an important research medium for studying the social history of Zhuang people and inheriting the national traditional culture, it has the historical and cultural connotations of maintaining the survival and I. INTRODUCTION development of the nation. It reflects the psychology and Guima Village, an administrative village in Nasa Town, aesthetic tastes of Zhuang people from different angles and Guangnan County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province is to varying degrees. located in the southwest of Nasa Town, 19 kilometers away from the town government. The road to the township is dirt Bronze drum dance integrates culture and sports, which road, and the traffic is inconvenient. It is 87 kilometers away not only entertains the body and mind, but also has a good from the county. Here, the mountains and rivers are beautiful fitness effect. The Zhuang people's bronze drum dance that and the trees are green. For generations, there are a group of has been circulated in Guangnan County is a local art that is happy, open-minded, temperate, warm and hospitable popular among the Zhuang people. Guangnan enjoys the Zhuang, Miao and Han nationalities. The villages of Guima reputation of “the hometown of Chinese bronze drum dance”. Village now have Zhuang people with the surnamed Nong, In June 2006, the Zhuang bronze drum dance of Guima Lu, Shen, Liang, Dai, and Li. Among them, Dai family Village was included in the national intangible cultural heritage “bronze drum dance of Zhuang and Yi people” *2017 Research, Interpretation, Study and Implementation of the protection list, and the project was listed into the list of first Party's 19th National Spiritual Social Science Planning Project of Yunnan Province (YB2017107); Yunnan Agricultural University Social Science batch of national intangible cultural heritage through the Youth Project (2015SK22). approval of the State Council, which is the pride of the local Copyright © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). 233 Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 232 people. However, in order to let the Zhuang people exert the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage their artistic characteristics and charm, and let the bronze protection list approved by the State Council in June 2006, drum dance go higher and further, it is necessary to which is the proud of local ethnic group. strengthen the protection and inheritance of the bronze drum dance, so that it can have better development. III. CULTURAL CONNOTATION OF ZHUANG PEOPLE'S BRONZE DRUM DANCE IN GUIMA VILLAGE, GUANGNAN II. THE STATUS QUO OF ZHUANG PEOPLE'S BRONZE COUNTY DRUM DANCE IN GUIMA VILLAGE, GUANGNAN COUNTY The performance of the Zhuang people's bronze drum The Zhuang people's bronze drum dance is mainly spread dance in Guima Village seems to be a performance of in the villages of Zhetu town, Diyu town, Zhetai, Zhulin people's interest. The movements are simple and tidy, mainly town, Jiumo town and Nasa town in Guangnan County. based on the changes in hands. There are crossing hands, During the major festivals such as the “Spring Festival”, swinging hand and raising hands. The movements of feet are “March Sanhua Street Festival” and “Liulang Festival”, the mostly lifting and jumping. The whole activity is flexible and Guangnan Zhuang people will hold a grand bronze drum casual, with strong sense of rhythm. Each movement in the dance event in the villages with bronze drums. When the dance is a common movement in people's production and life, drum is beat, the villagers will wear festive costumes to sing which all reflects a rice culture and life scenes. Each and dance in the places where group activity can be carried movement is naturally fresh and reproduces the desire of out in the village. people to create a better life. The dance is mainly performed in circle. The steps are strong and vigorous, and the dancing The festivals when Zhuang people of Guima Village postures are rough and flexible. It reflects the unrestrained dance bronze drum dance are mainly Spring Festival, and simple character of the Zhuang people, expresses their Women's Day, March 3, June 6, Double Ninth Festival, passionate and happy thoughts and feelings, and also shows Longtaitou Festival, April 8th Festival, the Dragon Festival, the national spirit of unity and progress. It embodies the and the Harvest Festival. Guima is called "the hometown of creative talents and ingenuity of the Zhuang people and also love, and the ocean of songs". It can be said that people reflects the industrious, simple and kind character and celebrate festivals every month, dance every day, and sing aesthetic concept of the Zhuang people. It is an important every night. Every year, Zhuang people carefully prepare for medium for studying the social history of Zhuang and the large-scale festival and carefully organize them. The inheriting the traditional culture of the nation. It has the masses wear costumes to beat the drums, sing and dance in historical and cultural connotation of maintaining national the old pavilion. The content on the day of the festival is rich survival and development, and also has functions such as and colorful. There are traditional "bronze drum and towel fitness and recreation, strengthening national cohesion, and dance" in Guima Village, "ritual music" and self-produced carrying forward national culture and performance. "Frog Dance", "Working Dance", and "Silk Music" and so on. At the small festival, the Zhuang people also danced with The Zhuang people's bronze drum dance in Guima bronze drums to celebrate the festival. Village has strong endemicity and national characteristics. Through rhythmic and regular limb movements, the dancers The survey results show that the bronze drum dance is can play the role of dredging the muscles and bones, deeply loved by most Zhuang people in Guima Village. The strengthening the body and pleasing the body and mind. It movements of bronze drum dance are simple and generous, can also bring enjoyment of beauty to people, enhance rich in content, and unique in dance style. People think that national cohesion and maintain national sentiment. During bronze drum dance can stimulate the body and mind, the festival, the masses came from all directions to gather enhance emotions and promote national unity, which is one together to dance bronze drum dance, make emotional of the important spiritual pillars. It is also one of the exchanges, enhance mutual understanding, strengthen mutual important factors for the better inheritance and development feelings and promote national unity. It is precisely because of of bronze drum dance. In 1988, on "The 3rd Kunming Art their concerted efforts that the culture of bronze drum dance Festival in China", the bronze drum dance of the Zhuangzu can be inherited and developed from generation to in Guima Village was unveiled in the opening ceremony and generation in the long history. The bronze drum dance, one made a great coup.