Knowledge point | Noble for thousands of years! "Is it tolerance and unbearable" What does this dance on the ceremony of sacrifice?

New Yellow River Reporter: Shi Xiaodan

On September 28, as one of the highlights of the 2022 China (Qufu) International Confucius Cultural Festival and the eighth Nishan World Civilization Forum, Renyin Nian Ji Confucius was held in the Confucian Temple of Qufu. At the scene, a traditional charm of sacrifice and dances aroused widespread attention from netizens.

What dance is this? Answer: Eight 佾 (yì) dance.

"Eight Dance" is the highest sacrifice dance in ancient China, and it is also the best interpretation of "ritual". During the dance, the performer took the feather in his right hand and his left hand (a flute -shaped bamboo tube), which had the meaning of standing and definition, respectively. Each action represents a word, a piece of music and a group of movements. In recent years, this dance appears at the annual sacrifice of Qufu, which is equivalent to ... Well, CCTV Spring Festival Gala's "Unforgettable Tonight".

You may not know that this dance is also related to what we often say. The idiom comes from "The Analects of Eight".

The story has to start with "Zhou Li". In ancient times, there were 8 people in ancient times, and the eight people were 64 people. According to the "Zhou Li" regulations, only Zhou Tianzi could use Bada. The princes were six crickets, and Dr. Qing was four, and the scholars used the two. However, Ji Shi made people dance at home. Confucius heard about it and filmed the case in anger. With this phrase, "It is tolerated, unbearable."

Why isn't Confucius of the emperor enjoy the eight dances? Because of the noble status of Confucius since the Tang Dynasty, people think that only by sacrificing Confucius with Baba Dance can it be worthy of his contribution to teaching and no class.

Edit: Weekend

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