Huteng dance is one of the dances in the western regions. In the Tang dynasty, it came from the western regions (in Tashkent, Central Asia, the Soviet Union). Men's solo dance. It is named after the jumping action. During the reign of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty, it was very popular in Kaiyuan and Tianbao (7 13-755). Hu Teng Dance, like Hu Xuan Dance, is a minority dance in the Western Regions that prevailed in Chang 'an during the Kaiyuan (7 13-74 1) and Tianbao (742-756) periods. According to a poem written by Liu Yanshi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, "Wang Zhongcheng's Night View Song and Dance", "There are few stone people, and they are anxious before squatting. Woven into a hat with a virtual top and a thin beard shirt with small sleeves. Leave the grape lamp in your hand, and you will miss your hometown in the west. Jump the hub with a treasure ring to make your feet colorful and your boots soft. Four seats are silent, and the flute and pipa are all over the head. Spread a pile of new carpets and snow, and gently brush red candles. When the wine column dances, the silk tube is broken, and the hibiscus flowers see the western sky and the waning moon. " Li Duan's poem "Hu Tenger" also said: "Hu Tenger is a child in Liangzhou, and his skin is like a jade nose cone. Tongbu light shirt rolls back and forth, and grapes hang on one side. Kneel in front of the tent as the local voice, pick up the lapel, fiddle with the sleeves and let the king dance. An old shepherd in Xi closed his eyes and watched, while a poet in Charlotte copied music and poetry. Raise your eyebrows and move your eyes on the carpet, and the red sweat exchanges with the beaded hat. Drunk and inclined east and west, the boots before the lamp are weak. Round and swift, backhand is like the moon. " Judging from their poems, "Huteng Dance" should have originated from the western region stone country (now Tashkent, Uzbekistan), so it is called "there are few stone people" in the poems. Liangzhou, with jade skin and a nose like a cone, may have been originally a stone man and later moved to Liangzhou; Or "Huteng Dance" passed through Liangzhou when it was introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, where people learned it first and danced well. But in any case, all these show that Huteng Dance was introduced to Chang 'an from the Western Regions, and Liangzhou was just a transit station. The dancer's "skin like jade and nose like a cone" also shows that she is of Central Asian descent.
"Huteng Dance" is a solo dance for men with strong characteristics of ethnic minorities in the western regions. The performers are mostly Chinese in the western regions with "skin like jade and nose like a cone". This dance is powerful, fast and good at jumping, hence the name Tiger Teng Dance. The dancer wore a beaded spire Hu Mao, a long dress with narrow sleeves, rolled back and forth, a long belt with grapes around her waist, one end of the belt drooping and soft brocade boots on her feet. The main accompaniment instruments are flute, pipa and cymbals. At the beginning of the dance, the performer kneels, makes a speech in his mother tongue, drinks a glass of wine, and then throws a cup of dance. The facial expressions such as "squatting as fast as a bird", "jumping around", "jumping around and turning the hub" or "backhand akimbo" and "holding one's head high" in the dance fully reflect the uninhibited national character and humorous national sentiment of the people in the western regions, and also fully demonstrate the superb skills of the performers and the unique artistic characteristics of the western region dance. Judging from the costumes and movements of the dance, it is very similar to the solo dance of Xinjiang minority men and some folk dances in Russia, Uzbekistan and other countries, showing their close internal origin.
1952, archaeologists found a complete and vivid mural of music and dance in the east wall of the fourth tomb of Tang and Su excavated in the eastern suburb of Xi.