中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第93期:杯舞

Cup Dance

杯舞

It is a kind of dance popular in Erdos, Inner Mongolia. On a festive or celebrative feast, after eating and drinking to their hearts/ content, people will grab wine cups from the table and start to dance to show their happiness. Each hand holds two cups and taps them to make different sounds ：quick, slow, broken and trembling. And both hands will move to music and tap different rhythms. The movements include： both hands move in the line of a horizontal Arabic numeral “eight” and the upper body moves right and left as the hands move； two hands are crossed and tap the wine cups up and down，left and right while the body moves in the same direction ； hands move in circles； both hands shake the wine cups at the seconder the eighth position of the stage when the body moves in the same direction with the hands and the line of sight moves in the opposite direction，that is to say, the ears follow whatever direction the wine cups are moving and listen to the sound； so-called circle movement： one hand hangs over the head while another hand moves in circles in front of the body； so-called horizontal swaying movement：both hands move to one side at the back, and the range of action is small around the hip, middle around the waist and big when one hand is over the head and another hand is behind the waist. At the end of some movements or at the linking part of two movements, some beautiful and fantastic movements can be seen. The lower body may kneel down or may be accompanied by various dance steps， such as round about steps. The head may carry a bowl or a lamp. As a mixture of toughness and gentleness，the dance appears graceful and simple and has lasting appeal.

它是一種在內蒙古鄂爾多斯流行的舞蹈。每逢節日或宴席慶祝，大吃大喝後，人們從桌上會拿着酒杯，並開始跳舞以示自己的幸福。每個手中握有兩個杯子和拍打着它們發出不同的聲音：快，慢，破碎，渾身發抖。而雙手將隨着音樂和不同的節奏舞動。這些舞步包括：雙手水平移動成阿拉伯數字“八”與上半身隨着手左右移動;兩隻手的酒杯上下交叉，身體同時在同一方向左右移動，雙手循環往復;雙手搖動酒杯在後面舞臺第八的位置，身體動作在同一方向用雙手在相反方向的視線移動，也就是說，耳朵遵循任何方向的葡萄酒杯移動和聽聲音，這就是所謂的循環運動：一方面懸在頭上，而另一隻手在身體前方移動;這就是所謂的水平搖擺運動：雙手移動到背面的一側，和動作的範圍是小髖關節周圍，圍繞腰部中間，一方面是在頭部而另一手是腰部的後面。在一些動作或兩個動作的連接部分的結束，一些美麗和美妙的動作就可以看出。下身可以下跪，或可伴有不同的舞步，比如周圍舞動。頭部可以攜帶一個碗或燈。由於這是韌性和溫柔的混合物，舞蹈顯得優雅而簡單，具有持久的吸引力。