From a distance, Shiping Mushan Village is built on the mountain, with houses stacked on top of each other, well arranged, solemn and thick, with a bit of mystery.
The roofs of Tuzhang Houses in the whole village are almost connected to each other. If you go to the roof of any house, you can go directly or follow the ladder to the roof of other houses and walk all over the village.
The Nisu "huayao" people of the Yi nationality who live here use their diligence and wisdom to create splendid, colorful, unique and self-contained Nisu "huayao" costumes of the Yi nationality.
Huayao Yi women's colorful costumes evolved from ancient arrow suits and armor suits, and are still called "armor suits" today. The bright red dresses of the girls with flowery waists, like lantana flowers in full bloom, are dazzlingly beautiful.
The reason why it is called "Huayao" is because the women's clothing is colorful, exquisite and elegant, and the upper body is embroidered with colorful clothes, so they are affectionately called "Hua Yao Yi".
A set of costumes for Yi young women with flowery waists generally consists of more than ten accessories of various sizes, such as a scarf cap, a gown with tight sleeves, a douche, wide-leg pants, a double-breasted waistcoat, an apron, a skirt opening, a flower scarf, and a purse.
The traditional costumes of Huayao Yi are exquisitely crafted, and a girl with ingenuity completes a set of costumes. It often takes three or four years.
Originally, the dragon dancers had to run, jump, and exercise a lot, so they were all young men who were strong, flexible and alert. However, what is amazing is that the dragon dance of "Huayao Yi" is performed by women. Young girls sometimes circle and sometimes run wildly when they dance the dragon, just like a dragon born from the world, vivid and vivid.
The dragon dancers are all young and strong, aged between 15 and 18, and some of them started learning dragon dance at the age of 12 or 13. Usually they do farm work like the villagers, and they will organize a women's dragon dance team to dance the long dragon just like the men to bring joy to the people when they meet any festival.
During the whole process of the dragon dance, the flower-waisted girls kept running for more than ten minutes without stopping, wearing the clothes covered with colored ornaments and silver ornaments weighing more than ten kilograms. They once performed wonderfully at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
It is not natural physical strength, not the original qualifications, not the edification of Huayao Yi ancestors for generations, not long-term influence, who has the ability to dance the dragon so exquisitely, so shocking.