In the 5,000 years of traditional culture of the Chinese nation,dance,as a form of cultural art to entertain the public,uses aesthetic body language to express the living conditions of the grassroots,reflecting the arc of the people’s most basic needs for happiness.Shandong,one of the birthplaces of Chinese ancient culture,as the hometown of Confucius and Mencius,extends the culture of etiquette,the spirit of love that has been bred out of the Red Land,and the dedication that has been sublimated from the people’s responsibility,while carrying forward the splendid civilization of Shandong,has added to the diversified development of Qilu civilization and promoted the folk dance of Shandong to flourish in the long river of history.The Yiyuan horse-running lantern,which was born on both sides of the river Yiyuan,has been able to flourish with the support of its unique human and geographical environment.The study of its origins and evolution,the prosperity and the trough of the Yiyuan horse-running lantern,through visits and exchanges with the inheritors and other people,it is easy to find that,compared with other standard folk dances,the Yiyuan horse-running lantern has simple characters,agricultural props,modeling costumes,and a fixed pattern of performance procedures.This art form,combined with folklore,has created the unique style and characteristics of Yiyuan horse-running lantern.As a part of Qilu culture,these styles are formed by the cultural penetration of both theater arts and folklore,and their accumulated cultural richness is bound to produce corresponding values.The value of Yiyuan Running Horse Lantern,both in terms of historical and cultural as well as educational significance,makes the relevance of Yiyuan Running Horse Lantern all the more unmissable.The development of Yiyuan horse-riding lantern is still hampered by many factors.The limitation of financial support,the aging of the inheritors,and the diversification of the cultural market are the difficulties of its current slow development.As a new generation of young people in Yiyuan,they have the responsibility and obligation to protect and inherit this intangible cultural heritage,starting from recording basic theories,organizing literature and analyzing questionnaires,so as to put forward their own views on the effective path of inheritance and development of Yiyuan Running Horse Lantern. |