How did the Tang Dynasty dancer Gongsun Auntie become the idol of the literati? On the art list of the Tang Dynasty, as a woman, it is rare to be able to become the idol of everyone. And she is still famous for her sword, which is even more unusual, this is Aunt Gongsun. However, Aunt Gongsun's sword is not her **, to be precise, it is her dancing prop.
She was the first dancer of the Tang Palace during the heyday of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. His sword dance is a combination of swordsmanship, and his movements are both rigid and soft, light and elegant. First of all, the title of this eldest lady was the eldest daughter in a family in ancient times, and Gongsun Auntie refers to the affectionate title of the eldest daughter of the Gongsun family. Therefore, she can't be completely understood as the meaning of our current eldest mother, and it may be more appropriate to call her a grandson.
In the Tang Dynasty, this kind of sword dance was often seen in folk gatherings, court banquets, and military drills. And the sword, which has a unique and noble temperament, was also highly respected by literati and scholars at that time, and even Li Bai had a soft spot for this sword and sword dance. It is speculated that this Li Bai may also have studied under Pei Min, who is superb in swordsmanship. Pei Min was born in the military camp and was good at sword dancing, and he also performed a sword dance for Tang Xuanzong. However, this Pei Min is an occasional cameo, and Aunt Gongsun is a professional sword dance performance artist. Aunt Gongsun's best dance is "General Pei's Full House", which is said to be adapted from the swordsmanship of this sword saint Pei Min, which can be described as fierce and clever, and full of flying flowers.
It is said that the calligraphy inspiration of the grass saint Zhang Xu's pen walking flying dragon originated from the sword dance performed by Gongsun Auntie. In the second year of Emperor Zong of the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu, who was exiled in Kuizhou, went to a banquet at the house of Don't Drive Yuan. During the banquet, he saw the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie's ** Li Twelve Niang, Du Fu's heart was full of emotion, and his thoughts suddenly returned to 50 years ago, thinking of the wonderful sword dance that he had seen Gongsun Auntie in Yuncheng when he was a child, and watched Gongsun Auntie's 'Huo Ruyi shoots nine sunsets, and is like a group of emperors and dragons', which makes him unforgettable for life. So he wrote "Guangongsun Auntie** Dancing Sword Weapon Xing", "In the past, there was a beautiful Gongsun family, and a sword dance moved in all directions".
But in the past few decades, things have been wrong, the country has decayed, and the people have suffered from war. The grandmother of the princess back then can be described as beautiful and gorgeous, and she is radiant. And now, he has become this gray-haired old man. Aunt Gongsun's ** Li Twelve Niang is no longer a young woman, and she can only vaguely recall the prosperous scene of the Tang Dynasty from this sword dance.
Before Gongsun Auntie became famous, Tang Xuanzong set out to establish this teaching workshop and pear orchard, and personally selected the music of the music workers. At that time, inside and outside the palace, there were more than 8,000 singing and dancing girls in the workshop, and the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie was known as the first among the 88,000 people.
There is a legend that this Gongsun Auntie was driven away because of competing with this Yang Guifei, but there is no clear record in this history book. However, according to the records of the wild history, Tang Xuanzong once personally summoned Gongsun and Auntie to dance the sword seven times. Looking at this Tang Xuanzong like this, he should like it, at least he appreciates this Gongsun Auntie. But since Yang Guifei came, all this has changed. Tang Xuanzong never summoned Aunt Gongsun again. The Anshi Rebellion, the Chang'an Rebellion, the emperor fled in a hurry, and the remaining people became sacrifices in the city. Aunt Gongsun also disappeared in this war.