Square dancing becomes a butterfly.

The "round" culture of China's dance has an essential core in any art form, which determines the basic characteristics and system composition of art, while China's dance art generally presents a "round" state, which includes external forms and connotative aesthetic principles. China's dance style is characterized by "circle" as the core, which is composed of round and curved dance modeling, rigid and flexible action mode and strong contrast rhythm. Interpretation and exploration of "circle" The word "circle" is mostly used to express shapes, but the extension of "circle" is far greater than this. "Circle" is a kind of thinking form, which is the thinking expression when thoughts spread outward and then fall back to the original starting point. This "round" thinking can be seen in Taoism, Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty and many cultural forms, and it is also a concrete manifestation of the flexible spirit of the Han nationality, which has been affecting today. The formation of this "inertia" may be related to the initial wizard's behavior and reincarnation. Many movements are not in the same direction, but change direction. It is neither a straight line nor a complete curve, but it vaguely makes a complete circular motion, which seems to imply the transformation between this life and the afterlife, and then develops into a Taiji spiral. China dance is a typical art of drawing circles, and circles run through the dance activities. Mainly "three circles" and "two circles", namely "flat circle", "vertical circle", "eight-character circle" and "big trap and small circle". Others, such as twisting, twisting, bending and turning in posture, also belong to the dynamic law of "circle" First of all, from the static dance modeling, the so-called "circle" is really everywhere. For example, the elbow is hidden, that is, the palm root is supported outside, the arm and the whole body are in an arc circle, and the wrist forms a small circle, that is, a "big depression and small circle" circle. The harmony of all parts of the body forms the overall impression of the circle. Secondly, judging from the movement track, China classical dance pays attention to roundness, roundness and roundness. For example, "Cloud Hand" takes a flat round route, "Big Sword Flower" takes a vertical round route, and "hot wheels" takes his arms to make a "downward left and then right" rotation. "Everything changes in a circle, and everything changes without leaving the circle." Dance art is inextricably linked with the circle in dance modeling, action law, rhythm treatment, process route and so on. It is also the existence of "circle" that produces endless and ever-changing creative power and leaves people with endless aesthetic feeling of "circle". The cultural expression of dance forms, like any artistic phenomenon in the world, can only be traced back to the national culture. As for the reasons for the formation of China's dance "circle", we need to contact our national culture to analyze it. National philosophy has formed a movement line with "circle" as the core. "Lu Chunqiu" said: "If you leave, you will recover, and if you combine, you will leave, which is called nature; When the heavens and the earth rotate, the beginning will start again, and the extreme will be reversed. " "Beginning is beginning" and "extreme is opposite" refer to the movement of "arc trajectory". Ou Yangyuqian's "One Get More Copy" said: "All dance movements in Beijing Opera can be said to be round, and so can Kunqu Opera; I want to say that Beijing opera inherits the art of drawing circles in Kunqu opera in dance movements. It seems that this is also the most remarkable feature of China classical dance. " The Book of Changes can be said to be a concentrated expression of China's philosophical thoughts. The Book of Changes, which is suggested in the form of charts, is the most typical one. It uses a circle, an S-line and two small circles to help black and white colors alternate. Its outer circle turns inward, reflecting the rotary and balanced movement mode and its integration with the natural universe. The philosophical thought of Zhouyi was reflected in the dance practice at that time, that is, taking the composition of dance as heaven and earth, using gestures and dynamics to compare Gan Kun, and using pitch and rotation to symbolize the endless rotation of the universe, which proved some concepts in dance performance. The individual psychology and emotional expression of the Chinese nation have influenced the art of dance. China people give the world the impression of modesty, reserve and reserve. China people's pursuit of virtue and beauty mostly starts from themselves, that is, "honesty, honesty, self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world." Mencius said earnestly: "He who tries his best knows his own nature; Knowing its nature, we can know its nature ",which fully illustrates the position of China people in understanding life issues. This spirit of exploring China culture reflects China's unique "Tai Chi", and circular movement is the essence of Tai Chi. Aesthetic characteristics with "circle" as the core. China's dance forms, from the female music dance in the Warring States to the towel sleeve dance in the Han Dynasty, from the dance in Dunhuang frescoes in the Tang Dynasty to the figures in the opera dance in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and even from today's square folk dance to stage dance, can see the traces of this circuitous and harmonious movement. The origin of China dance, the art of drawing circles, can be said to be the aesthetic characteristics of China people which have been deposited for 5,000 years. Ceng Yun Cao Zhi's "Luoshen": "If you dance, it will be strange, if you dance, it will be a dragon ... If you walk, you will walk in small steps, it will be great ..." He seems to describe a beautiful agility that is beyond the reach of the world, and "If you walk, you will walk in small steps" reflects China's dance. This "round" aesthetic feature is also obvious in the ancient architecture of China. China's architecture takes the main building as the core and the central building complex as the axis, which is complementary from left to right, extending from front to back, harmonious and symmetrical, showing a majestic, mighty, huge and sacred aesthetic feeling, and this layout also gives people a sense of roundness, fullness and light. Throughout the aesthetic concept of the Chinese nation, all show the "round" thinking, which is a symbol, pointing to the circle of the universe, the harmony of nature and the perfection of human feelings; This is a self-sufficient cycle, self-sufficient in the combination of heaven and earth, self-sufficient in the eternal flow of nature, and self-sufficient in the elimination of human contradictions in Tong Yuan.