The folk dances of the Buyi ethnic group all come from daily life, mainly focusing on production labor and national customs. Those that reflect production labor include weaving dance, pounding drum dance, pendant dance, production dance, harvest dance, stick dance, brush handle dance, etc.; those that reflect national customs include flower bag dance, bronze drum brush handle dance, wedding dance, Mountain dance, flower stick dance, dragon dance, lion dance, bench dance, cymbal dance, transition dance, whirlpool dance, red light dance, hammer dance, Nuo dance, etc.
In addition, the Buyi people adapted the Han "Nuo Opera" that was introduced to Guizhou Province in the Ming Dynasty in the form of "Military Nuo" from the stage to the village square, and adapted it into a Buyi ethnic group that specializes in performing historical war themes with martial arts scenes. "Earth Opera".