What are the main characteristics of folk dance in China?

The Tibetan folk dance is mostly in the form of song and dance. As people wear long-sleeved "chupa" (Tibetan robe) in daily life, the dance adds the beauty of "Yishunbian"; and the pious religious mentality renders the dance with many religious colors. In addition to the aforementioned temple dance "Qiangmu", the typical dance also has: "harmonic", "Guozhiharmonic", "Zhuo" and "Reba" and so on.

The Mongols are a people who can sing and dance well. Mongolian dance is characterized by fast rhythm, passionate, novel phrases and unique style. 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 the beauty of Mongolian men's toughness and vigor. Mongolian dances are famous for a long time. The traditional saber dance, Ordos, chopsticks, Andai, Buryat marriage ceremony, horse-taming hand, small green horse, cup and bowl dance, etc., with cheerful rhythm and light steps, all of them show the pure, enthusiastic and robust healthy temperament of Mongolian working people.

Retained programs include "Chopsticks Dance", "Sabre Dance", "Horse Taming Dance", "Cup and Bowl Dance", "Milkman Dance", "Eagle Dance", "Herdsmen's Joy", "Blessing", "Inspiration Dance", etc. Dai dances are colorful and varied, and can be divided into group dances, solo dances, pairs of dances, and instrumental dances, etc.; according to the content of the performances, it can be divided into the Peacock Dance, the Elephant Feet and Drums Dance, the Knife Dance, Wax Strips Dance, the Nail Dance, Fish Fishing Dance, and the Peacock Dance. According to their contents, they can be divided into Peacock Dance, Elephant Foot Drum Dance, Knife Dance, Wax Strip Dance, Long Fingernail Dance, Fish Fishing Dance, Malu Dance and Lion Dance. Among them, the Elephant Foot Drum Dance and Peacock Dance are the most famous. The Korean folk dances are characterized by beautiful, delicate, soft and long movements, and the dance steps of the Korean folk dances are like the light and elegant white cranes. Some of the famous folk dances include the "Nongrak Dance" which celebrates the harvest, the "Long Encouragement Dance" which is a lyrical and soft dance with a long drum, and the "Monk's Dance" which represents the essence of the art of Korean folk dances. In addition, folk dances such as the Mask Dance, the Sword Dance, the Top Water Dance, the Fan Dance, the Crane Dance, and the Jima Dance have also been widely spread. The dance of the Li people has remarkable national characteristics and a strong flavor of life.

Folk dances are performed in groups during marriages, building new houses, celebrating festivals, or during agricultural recreation. Among the many dances, they can be roughly categorized into three kinds: ancestor dance, life dance and production dance. In the former, there are ghost-catching dance (i.e. "ghost-exorcising dance"), fortune-beckoning dance (i.e. "soul-beckoning dance"), yearly dance (i.e. "peace dance"), bowl-playing dance (i.e. "jumping mother" dance), etc. The life dances include the Chai Dance (i.e. "Jumping Bamboo Pole"), Drum and Gong Dance, Teasing Niang Dance, Money Bell Double Dagger Dance, Money String Leader Dance, etc. The production dances include the Pounding Dance, etc. The Han folk dances not only have rich contents, but also include the following dances. The Han folk dances are not only rich in content, but also in variety and style. Even for the same kind of songs and dances, depending on the region, they have their own characteristics and charm in style, dress and expression. In the Dragon Dance, several men hold up wooden handles that support the body of the dragon and perform the "Dragon Rolling", "Dragon Swinging", and "Golden Dragon Dance" as they run through the streets.

In addition, the dragon body is divided into a number of "section" or "section" of the "section of the dragon", "five sections of the dragon"; by a person alone to play, surviving in Suzhou and Hangzhou and northern Sichuan, small "Cang Long", "paper dragon", "paper dragon", "paper dragon", "paper dragon", "paper dragon", "paper dragon", "paper dragon", "paper dragon", "paper dragon" and "paper dragon". "Canglong" and "Paper Dragon"; and the little-known "Jewelry Dragon" and "Eighteen Stalls Dragon", which continue to be performed in the fishing villages along the coast of Zhejiang Province and are in the shape of a boat with almost no dragon. "etc., which are really colorful and countless. During the Spring Festival, these varieties of flying in the vast areas of the Han people, the shape of the strange dragon, fully displaying the long history of the heir of the dragon and the vastness of the culture. Han "Lion Dance" since the Han Dynasty from the Western region of the false form of dance imported. With the spread of Buddhist culture, the "Lion Dance" has gradually become an indispensable form for people to avoid evils and disasters, as well as for good luck and good fortune, with the sound of firecrackers exploding at the time of the Chinese New Year. The gentle, gentle lion dance, which is characterized by playing with balls and stepping on boards, and which is intimate with people like a cat, and the martial lion dance, which is strong, swift, and fierce, and which focuses on difficult acrobatic performances, have basically become two different styles of lion dances in the north and the south. "The Lion Dance is a form of large-scale song and dance that plays an important role in setting the mood for the Spring Festival celebrations.

The "Yangge" referred to here is not just a single "rice-planting dance," but a cultural performance group that includes dozens of different types of songs and dances. This is the characteristic of folk dance.