The history of folk dance is long and varied, and even if it is the same kind of song and dance, depending on the region, it will have its own characteristics and charm in terms of style, dress and expression. Now roughly including the dance world is divided into the Han and Tang Dynasty classical dance (Tap Song, Xianghe Song, etc.) and Han folk dance, now more famous Han folk dance is the Dragon Dance, rice-planting dance, sacrificing the old music dance, sacrificing the hole music dance, and so on.
I. The Dragon Dance is a stylized dance in which several men hold up wooden handles to support the dragon body and perform "Dragon Rolling", "Dragon Tail", "Golden Dragon Wrapping Jade Pillar", etc. in the midst of weaving and running. The dance is characterized by an extremely imposing shape. In Zhejiang, after the beautiful and lyrical lotus dance, by the lotus petals for the scales connected to the "hundred leaves of the dragon", there is a southern rice country, tied into the shape of a dragon with straw, specializing in dancing late at night on New Year's Eve, "grass dragon".
Two, "rice-planting" is the Spring Festival mass celebrations, play a role in the beginning and end, the atmosphere of the large-scale song and dance forms. The "Yangge" referred to here is not only a single "Yangge Dance", but contains dozens of song and dance forms combined with the cultural and artistic performance team.
Three, the festival of the old music and dance, Nishang Yuyi song is also known as Nishang Yuyi dance. Is a kind of Tang Dynasty court music and dance. For the song made by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, used to sacrifice Laozi in the Qing Palace when playing. It was lost after the Anshi Rebellion. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiang Kui discovered eighteen pieces of sheet music for the Neishang Song. These fragments are still preserved in his Songs of the White Stone Taoist.
Four, Confucius music and dance on the right track is the Ming and Qing dynasties. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, by the central promulgation of the "Ming Dynasty", that is, the Confucian culture of the "festival of Confucius" has a set of standardized music and dance system. Ancient gentlemen do not have to pro and have words with each other, to rituals and music to show each other, in order to know the music all show and also. The music of the dance show things also, then the so-called da Ling Cheng sex, like Germany Zhao Gong, not the heart and words also.
Expanded Information:
The Han Chinese have a long history of folk dancing. There is also a record in Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals: "In the past, the music of Gertian's.... Three people manipulate the cow's tail. Throw enough to sing eight que." The dancers hold the tail of a cow and stomp their feet while dancing and singing. Han Chinese folk dance can be traced back to the virtual reproduction of primitive human labor scenes. Also see the primitive group dance on colored pottery pots.
There are many species of Han folk dances, such as the Wan Dance, one of the dances that originated in the Xia and Shang dynasties and flourished in the Spring and Autumn period. Summer (yfi) dance a special form of witch dance, a dance to drive away ghosts, Wen dance - the performance of fishing and hunting harvest festive dance, Wu dance - the performance of force to conquer the foreigners and build the dance, elegant dance - the meaning of "childish" dance. -Yi said "childish music". Refers to the court music and dance. Common dance - also known as "common music" folk dance.
Modern still popular Han Chinese folk dance: "Dragon Dance", "Lion Dance", "stilts", "lanterns", "money stick", "tea-picking dance", "Spring Bull Dance", "Silk Dance", "Jasmine Tea Dance" and so on. After the founding of the Chinese People's **** and the country, on the basis of folk dance, literature and art workers have adapted the Red Silk Dance, the Cart Dance, the Flower Encouragement, the Victory Waist Drum and other dance programs.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Han Chinese Dance