The Zhuang dance originates from the imitation of hunting, but it is often closely linked with the activities of sorcerers to honor the gods. The sorcerer always sings while dancing to honor the gods, and the god of music eliminates disasters and prays for blessings. The earliest record, the actual Zhuang dance in Huashan mural is the chant of the Zhuang forefathers to the frog god at that time. The shape of this dance is two arms open elbows up, two legs squatting into a bow, the action is rough and powerful, endowed with characteristics, known as the frog-shaped dance. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, bureaucrats danced the ghost drum dance when they sacrificed to ghosts and gods. According to Huang Xianfan, a famous historian, "During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the music and dance of the ancestors of the Zhuang people saw an unprecedented prosperity. The objects unearthed from the Han Dynasty tombs include bronze drums, bronze bells, ram's horn button bells, wooden cavity skin drums, thurles, flutes and so on. In addition, Guixian Luopuwan one mound wood bang tomb unearthed a named "from the instrument from the Zhi> the list of burial goods, written above, "bolt", "Yuezhu" and other musical instruments. This shows that the music and dance of the Zhuang ancestors was very prosperous. Song Dynasty Guilin and Guibei folk Nuo team, wearing masks to jump pay God dance. Witch dance has been handed down to 1949 years ago, divided into master dance and wizard dance, is part of the superstitious activities. Shigong dance wearing a ghost face shell, one for each god, up to more than 30, and each god has a different action and singing. The Wizard Dance is danced by witches when they are pretending to be gods or ghosts, and they dance with their hands and feet as if they are possessed by a god. There are other dances related to honoring the gods, such as the Copper Drum Dance, the Spring Bull Dance and the New Year Dance.
The other dances of the Zhuang folk are mostly imitation of labor movements. According to statistics, there are dozens of dances that express labor and love life. The famous ones are Pounding Dance, Bian Tan Dance, Bee Drum Dance, Tea Picking Dance, Bailing Dance, Hydrangea Dance, Shrimp Fishing Dance, Peach Leaf Dance, Doves Dance and so on.