1, Mongolian dance (Mongolian name)
China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well as Jilin, Heilongjiang and other provinces of the Mongolian people inhabited areas of folk dance. Mongolian national dance culture and their hunting, nomadic life has a close connection. The primitive dance form of the ancestors of the Mongolian nation has a vivid and real performance in the Yinshan cliff paintings and Ulanqab cliff paintings chiseled in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
2, Yangge (Han)
Yangge is a widely circulated in China (mainly in the northern region), a very mass and representative of the folk dance class name, different regions have different titles and styles. In folklore, there are two kinds of rice-planting songs: those performed on stilts are called "rice-planting songs on stilts", and those performed without stilts are called "rice-planting songs on the ground".
3, Zhuang dance (Zhuang)
The Zhuang dance originated from the imitation of hunting, but it is often closely linked with the activities of the sorcerer 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 elbow up, two legs squatting into a bow, action rough and powerful, endowed with characteristics, known as the frog-shaped dance.
4, Xinjiang Dance (Xinjiang Famous Ethnic Group)
The original Xinjiang Dance is Uygur, the dance is lively and beautiful, the pace is light and dexterous, the use of all parts of the body is more detailed, especially the changes in the wrist and the dance posture is very rich, the female dance posture is beautiful and stretching, the male dance posture is strong and powerful, there is a strong Western style, is divided into Sai Naim Dance, Sama Dance, Dagger Dance, and so on.
5, Lion Dance (Han)
One of the Han folk dance forms. Popular in a large area of China. Long history, the Han Dynasty has been recorded. Generally by two people acting together a lion, a person playing a warrior holding a colorful ball to tease. The performance is divided into "cultural lion", "martial lion" two kinds. Mostly accompanied by percussion. After processing to improve, using many difficult movements, and become a combination of dance and acrobatics dance form of art.
6, Chao (Korean)
One of the Korean folk dances, "Nongle Dance", commonly known as "Nongle", is a kind of music, dance, singing as one of the comprehensive ethnic folk art. Circulating in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and other areas inhabited by the Korean people. It is very popular among Korean farmers and is usually performed during agricultural work and festivals. The Chinese Korean Nongle Dance, declared by the Jilin Provincial Department of Culture, was approved for inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in September 2009.
7, Tibetan dance (Tibetan)
Tibetan dance is the umbrella name for Tibetan folk dance. Tibetan dance culture has a long history and exchanges with the Han Chinese dance culture, but also with the neighboring ethnic groups and countries of the dance culture mutual influence, formed a unique Tibetan culture in the Tibetan plateau region of China. Some of the more common Tibetan dances include the stringed dance, the potshuang, and the tap.
8, Miao dance (Miao)
Miao dance, that is, the Miao region has and inherits the heritage of Chinese history and culture. Miao is rich in song and dance, only the Miao "drum dance" one, nearly a dozen kinds of. And it has a large number of branches and a wide distribution, forming a large number of rich song and dance varieties, reflecting the long history of the Miao "drum dance".
9, black walking horse (Kazakh)
Traditional Kazakh dance, mostly imitating the movement of birds and animals as a characteristic, exaggerated and humorous, vivid and vivid, with strong expressive and infectious. The traditional dances include "Hala Chorha" (also translated as "Black Walking Horse")
10, Sainam (Uyghur)
The original name of the ancient Uyghur dance song. One of the forms of Uyghur folk songs and dances. It is popular in the vast area of Xinjiang. The form is free and the movement is flexible. Often improvised songs and dances after festivals or labor.
11, flat dance (Zhuang)
The Zhuang folk dance is one of the forms. Popular in the Guangxi region. The dancers are in even numbers, holding flat burdens and striking each other, striking out the rhythmic sound of changing, singing and dancing at the same time. The movement mostly shows agricultural labor.
12, Lusheng Dance (Miao)
One of the Miao folk dance forms. Popular in the southwest, south-central Miao inhabited areas. Characterized by dancing while playing the reed-sheng. Often with performances and competitions.
13, A fine jumping moon (Yi)
Yi folk dance form. More in the self-proclaimed "A fine" and "Sani" people in Yunnan Yi settlement area popular. A social dance for young men and women. Male dancers generally play the big three strings or play the flute and female dancers dance. The rhythm is cheerful. During festivals, it is often danced under the moonlight or around torches until late at night, hence the name.
14, Yao dance (Yao)
Yao dance is mostly related to religious rituals, the most famous of which are the long drum and copper drum dance. The long drum dance is mainly popular in the Yao areas of the Pan Yao branch. in 1996, the Jinxiu Au Yao of Guangxi went to Japan to perform the long drum dance, which was greatly praised.
15, Peacock Dance (Dai)
One of the Dai folk dance forms. It is popular in the Dai settlement area in Yunnan Province. The peacock is a symbol of good luck for the Dai people. The dance mostly imitates the image of the peacock, with beautiful movements. Some of them have been processed to become the performance dance of professional actors.
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