Mongolian dance is characterized by its distinctive rhythm and enthusiasm. The movements are mostly shoulder shaking and wrist flipping to show the Mongolian girls' cheerful and beautiful, enthusiastic and cheerful character. The men's dance posture is upright and bold, and the pace is light and free, showing that Mongolian men are tough and heroic, and the beauty of strength and power. Rhythm is the essence of Mongolian dance, it is the visualization of the life rhythm of a nation, and it is also the manifestation of the dancer's character, temperament and style.
Mongolian folk dance mainly has the following kinds:
One is the cup and bowl dance. Cup and Bowl Dance is generally a female solo dance, generally dancers head bowl, holding two cups, accompanied by music, according to the rhythm of the cups clinking, the two arms constantly stretching and flexing, the body or forward or backward, intended to show that Mongolian women are dignified and serene, soft and strong character temperament.
The second is the Andai dance. Andai dance in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in the southern end of the horqin steppe Kulun Banner. Initially, it was a kind of shamanic dance used to heal the sick, containing the meaning of praying to the gods for protection and elimination of demons and disasters, and later evolved into a national folk dance to express joyful emotions. In the Horqin area, people dance the Andai dance at festivals, harvest celebrations, weddings, funerals and welcome banquets. The girl daughter-in-law waved the turban jump, the young man took off his boots barefoot jump, the children made a face jumping ...... dance movements have flung the towel step, around the towel step, swinging the towel step, clapping hands and crossed the waist, forward running, flip jump and so on, the formation of a grand carnival scene, the beauty and the pursuit of beauty pushed to the extreme.
Three is Chama. Chama is Tibetan Buddhism in order to promote Buddhism, dissemination of doctrine, to prevent the evil temptation, firm beliefs and organized a kind of celebration with the nature of the art activities. Historically, in the "magnificent temple, compared to the Buddha's country" in the horqin area and even throughout the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the vast majority of monasteries and temples have been once a year by the lamas to perform this dance. To this day, some temples still perform this dance. Chama has an important position in the Mongolian dance culture.
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