牛犁歌陣 , 頭譜 ( Plow 's Song, a traditional folk show in Taiwan, overture )

Plow's song
In the early age, Taiwan farmers plow rice fields by water buffalos.
Plowing is a very hard work therefore sometimes farmers sing simple folk songs to release themselves and encourage their pals.
These folk songs usually say things that happen in farmers' daily life, usually relate to weather, crops, livestock, and most cases, feeling between young man and young woman.
This video records a show that performed in a temple court during its religious festival.
The name of this show is " Plow's song formation ( Niu Li Zhen)". This is a very traditional folk show that combines the old songs, traditional instruments and special religional dance steps. The feature says a farmer and his wife banter with each other during their work in the field. The show was commonly seen in temple festivals in south Taiwan before. But it is now almost fail to be handed down due to "Modernization of the countryside".
To inherite this tradition, some people train boys to do it. They teach the boys how to sing the old folk songs and how to dance the special steps . It is said that this team performs this show for almost 200 years, and in this video, we see the kids do it very well.
拍攝日期 : 4/22/2012
拍攝地點 : 台南西港慶安宮
表演團隊 : 七股 慶善宮牛犁歌陣