Square dance can be traced back to ancient times, the ancient ancestors in the ritual praying for blessings will be in the open space, worship, hooting and dancing, which is the prototype of square dance. For a long time after that, square dance was widely spread in China as a ritual dance. Until 1942, under the influence of new literary ideas, a new type of square dance appeared in the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region - the new Yangge Dance, which combines theater, music and dance into one, becoming a novel small square drama, enriching the spiritual entertainment needs of the people at that time. Turning to the late 90's, with the improvement of people's living standards, fitness awareness is increasing, with the beautification of the body, fitness and physical and mental functions of the square dance just to meet the multiple needs of the people to participate in physical activities, the modern square dance has been rapid development, spreading throughout the country. Square dance has developed to the present, is not only a simple form of artistic performance, but also both the bodybuilding plastic, enhance physical fitness, relieve tension and other functions of the sports program. More and more dance competitions, sports events to join the square dance program. It not only helps a lot of middle-aged and elderly people to enhance physical fitness, enrich the life of the elderly, but also attracted a lot of young people to participate in it, rounded out the different occupations of the crowd on the stage to show the dream of the dance, for the national fitness in our country has injected a stream of fresh vitality.