A folk dance in China, where the Yao people live in compact communities, is called "Aiwangdu" in Yao language, also known as "beating the horizontal drum" and "jumping the flower drum". Spread in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan Province, Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong Province and fuchuan yao autonomous county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. There are various performance routines of Yao nationality's Long Drum Dance, or they specialize in building houses or incorporate interesting animal and plant forms into the dance. Yao's Long Drum Dance is mostly performed on traditional festivals of Yao nationality and on days to celebrate harvest, housewarming or wedding.
Folk dance in Tumen City, Jilin Province is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. The Korean Long Drum originated from the Indian waist drum, spread to the Central Plains of China via the Silk Road, and then spread to the eastern part of Korea, becoming the main percussion instrument of Korean national music. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Korean population moved from the Korean Peninsula to China, and then the Long Drum Dance was introduced to China, forming a Korean dance with China characteristics.
Brief introduction of Yao nationality's long drum dance;
Yao's Long Drum Dance is a folk dance in China's Yao-inhabited areas. Yao language is called "Aiwangdu", also known as "beating horizontal drum" and "hanging flower drum", which is spread in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County of Hunan Province, Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Guangdong Province and fuchuan yao autonomous county of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.
There are various performance routines of Yao nationality's Long Drum Dance, or they specialize in building houses or incorporate interesting animal and plant forms into the dance. Yao's Long Drum Dance is mostly performed on traditional festivals of Yao nationality and on days to celebrate harvest, housewarming or wedding. Yao nationality's Long Drum Dance has a long history. It was born out of the ritual table of Wang Yi, who originated very early, and some dances in witchcraft activities. Now it has developed into a mass entertainment activity. The Yao Long Drum Dance in Liannan was introduced when the ancestors of Paiyao moved to Liannan in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and then it became popular with the prosperity of Guage Hall.