The Artistic Connotation and Expression of "A-mei Seven Drags A-mei Seven Drags"

"A-mei Qituo" is a pure Yi wedding custom dance, without music accompaniment. When the newly-married girl was about to get married, the female companions in the village and neighboring villages stepped forward to see the bride off. When they left the bride, they expressed their reluctance, and at the same time warned the bride to keep the house diligently, honor her in-laws, care about her husband's education and children, and respect her neighbors. I wish the bride and her husband a harmonious and prosperous family. "Amichito" is a dance gradually formed by the Yi people in their long-term productive labor, daily life and national historical and cultural development. From the unique cultural landscape of Amikito, we can still reflect the ancient historical and cultural information of this nation and its local cultural connotation. "A-mei Seven Tows" is a kind of women's collective dance, which forms a formation, a row or a circle in even numbers. A group of eight or twelve or sixteen people, even in number, can dance hand in hand. The dance is divided into twelve sections, namely, Yi people's umbrella step (Chinese translation is farewell wedding), western step instead of stepping on mother (frugal housekeeping), hook beam (sickle delivery), coax (transplanting rice), joint root (happiness depends on labor) and beautiful liquid flower (flower). Its movements mainly rely on the movement changes of hip joint, knee joint and ankle joint to express the beauty of dance. The performers' tacit cooperation can be said to have reached the state of perfection, and their movements are neat and neat. The kicking sound from the soles of their feet is extremely crisp, which gives people a shock and gives viewers a visual impact and artistic appeal, which is amazing. No wonder some people dubbed "A-mei Qituo" as "Oriental Tap Dance". The original ecological wedding custom dance "Ameiqituo" of Qinglong Yi nationality showed a business card to the world in the "Colorful Guizhou" Dance Dazhai in 2007. It has been declared as "Guizhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List", and then entered a higher-level "Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List". Nowadays, "Amichito" has entered the Yi school and become a compulsory course on campus. It is not difficult to imagine that the wonderful folk art of "A Mei Qi Tuo" will be even more dazzling.