背装（旧县背装）

申报地区：嵩县2015年09月 第4批

传承人：省级-2017年09月 第4批：周进道

市级-2010年04月 第1批：金保安、徐景霞

旧县背装是融独特造型与简洁表演为一体的民间舞蹈。

旧县背装始于清光绪3年（1877年），由孟州人李英科随父李装奇逃荒至此传入。李氏父子先后到旧县镇河南村和大章乡大章村落脚，最终在旧县镇西店村定居。当时背装由火神社承办，用于取悦神灵，祈福消灾，保佑平安。解放后，经历代艺人不断改良，逐步发展为人们喜闻乐见的民间舞蹈。

旧县背装是集民间铁艺、彩绘、彩塑和剪纸为一体，以其精、奇、妙、险、绝为主要特色，以惩恶扬善、仗义安良、歌颂爱情、尊老爱幼等富有教育意义的故事为主题，弘扬了中华民族的传统美德，培养了人们的高尚情操和道德风尚。

近年来，旧县背装在各级政府的支持下，在传承人的努力下，已由最初的5垛发展为13垛，所能表演的节目也由原来的几个发展为60多个，曾多次参加大型演出，受到省内外观众赞扬。如：参加2020年央视春晚郑州分会场、央视戏剧春晚洛阳分会场录制，受到省内外观众赞扬好评。

Jiuxian Beizhuang is a folk dance that combines unique modeling and simple performance. It was originated in the 3rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing dynasty(1877) and was introduced here by Li Yingke, a native of Mengzhou, who fled the famine with his father Li Fangqi. At that time, Beizhuang was organized by the Huoshenshe(the organization that worships the god of fire), and was performed to please the god of fire, pray for disaster relief,and bless peace. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was gradually developed into a popular form of folk dance. Jiuxian Beizhuang combines folk iron art, colored face painting, colored sculpture and paper cutting. With virtues of punishing evil and promoting good, upholding justice and peace, praising love, respecting the old and loving the young as the theme, it carries forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and cultivated people's noble sentiments and morals. In recent years, with the support of governments at all levels and with the efforts of the inheritors, Jiuxian Beizhuang has developed from 5 to 13 groups, and the number of programs it can perform has grown into more than 60. It has participated in large-scale performances for many times, and has been praised by audiences both inside and outside the province. For example, it participated in the recording of CCTV Spring Festival Gala in Zhengzhou and CCTV Drama Spring Festival Gala in Luoyang in 2020, and was praised by audiences both inside and outside the province.