The Lusheng Dance is an ethnic dance.
The Lusheng Dance is mainly distributed in Guizhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Hunan, China, where the Dong people belong to the Zhuang-Dai and Dong-Shui branches of the Zhuang-Dong group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Their forefathers are the descendants of "Xiu", a branch of "Luoyue" in the ancient "Hundred-Yue".
Sui-Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty, had been called "Dong" and "Dong", and only later to "Dong" for the ethnic name of the people. The Dong people of Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, hold a grand national event with colorful contents on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar every year.
Ceremonial Lusheng Dance
Also, it has different forms and characteristics depending on the content of the event. The dance is characterized by jumping, light and fast movements and a warm and cheerful atmosphere during celebrations such as the marriage of a man and a woman and the inauguration of a new house.
Dancers also dance in the hall to show congratulations. In funeral ceremonies, the role of the Lusheng dance is mainly to comfort the families of the deceased and to pay tribute to the deceased. On such occasions, except for the jumping movement across the coffin during the coffin ceremony, the rest of the movements are calm and restrained.