Historical origin of string dance

Mangkang string dance has a long history. According to textual research, Mangkang had a history of string dance in the Tang Dynasty, but the string dance at that time was a small-scale song and dance in the form of a single singing. The development of the ancient tea-horse road in Tang Dynasty injected the vitality of innovation and development into Mangkang string dance. In the communication with other ethnic groups and surrounding areas, the clever Mangkang people constantly absorb the cultures of other ethnic groups, constantly add color and nourish, constantly develop and innovate, and then combine with today's singing and dancing, with melodious singing and beautiful dancing, taking life as the theme, everyone creates, everyone dances and processes, and constantly enrich and develop culture and art with unique ethnic and regional characteristics, which is a hobby and entertainment of the broad masses.