Folk dance is a form of dance produced and circulated in the folk, subject to the constraints of local folk culture, with a relatively stable style, and with the main function of self-entertainment and self-pleasure. It is closely related to people's life, labor, environment and regional customs, and is created collectively by the working masses and passed down among the masses, thus reflecting the development of the material and spiritual civilization of a nation or region. Folk dance in different countries and regions there are obvious differences, because the countries and regions of people living in different environments, by the national character, national traditions, lifestyles and customs of the influence.
(1) Regionality.
Folk dance has a distinctive regional nature, different regions have different dance forms, such as the Northwest Xinjiang Dance: its performance form has ? Sai Naim? ,? Xardi Yana? The dance is performed in the form of Sai Naim, Shadiyana, and Sama. Sama? Sama? Dolan Dance, etc. The dance is mainly distributed in Xinjiang and Uygur areas. etc. The dance is mainly distributed in the Xinjiang region and the Uyghur settlement area; Tibetan dance in the southwest region: the performance forms are? Wine Song? Knife Dance? Stick Dance? Dragon Dance etc., mainly distributed in Tibet and Yunnan Tibetan area; Mongolia Dance in the northern region: the performance form has? Sword Dance The Mongolian Dance in the northern region includes the Sabre Dance and the Chopstick Dance. Chopstick Dance and the Chopsticks Dance. Andai Dance, etc., mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia. etc., mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia; Northeast region of the rice-planting folk dance: the dance to the Northeast duo for the style of expression, loved by the people; the southern region of the Li dance: the performance form? Bamboo pole dance? The dance of the Li people in the southern region: the performance forms are Dance to drive away ghosts? Peaceful dance? etc.
(2) Ethnicity.
Different ethnic groups in the life of production in the accumulation of their own unique national dance, such as the Korean? Mask dance? Sword Dance? fan dance? The Tujia's? Mourning Dance? The Mourning Dance? Waving Hands Dance? of the Hmong; the Lusheng Dance of the Hmong; and the Lusheng Dance of the Hmong. Lusheng Dance The Lusheng Dance of the Hmong. Bronze Drum Dance? and the "Wooden Drum Dance" of the Hmong people. Wooden Drum Dance The Dance of the Wooden Drums, the Wooden Drums, and the Wooden Dance. Bench Dance? and? The ancient dipper dance? The Lion Dance of the Dong ethnic group. Lion Dance? The Lion Dance of the Dong people, the Lusheng Dance of the Dong people. Lusheng Dance? and Lusheng Dance of the Dai ethnic group. Peacock Dance and the elephant dance of the Dai people. Elephant Dance The Butterfly Dance Butterfly Dance and the Takayama Dance. Pestle Dance and the "Pestle Dance" of the Takayama people. Hunting Dance etc. Therefore, we can say that the national dance is formed from the living customs and cultural traditions of various ethnic groups, it is the product of human cultural development, but also a blend of different cultural styles of dance forms.
(3) Mass.
Folk dance is produced in the folk, it is the people *** with the creation of spiritual wealth, has a distinctive style, rhythmic elegance, simple, full of real feelings of the characteristics of the people, can fully reflect the people's daily life and spiritual outlook, is an important form of traditional folk culture. Because folk dance is produced in the folk, rooted in the people's masses, in the process of long-term historical reproduction and development, through generations of folk artists and the masses of refinement and creation, formed a complete form of artistic expression and a unique artistic style, can be more typical, graphic expression of a nation or region of the people's habits, customs and rituals, thoughts and feelings, moral concepts, as well as **** the same aesthetic interests, and become a manifestation of the national spirit. It has become a form of expression of the national spirit, and has always been widely circulated in the folklore in a colorful style.
(4) Inheritance.
Human dance culture endures, which lies in the preservation of human cultural survival and development. Substrate, no matter how many times through the historical changes and national integration, folk dance has always been the carrier of folk culture, this characteristic is reflected in all stages of history. It preserves and accumulates the cultural factors of different historical stages in its own unique way.
(5) Entertainment.
Leisure and entertainment is one of the most prominent features of folk dance. The nature of its performance is generally closely linked to mass self-entertainment activities. It comes from people? instinctive impulse? and? Self-expression? Consciousness, is the masses of people's self-entertainment and self-expression of artistic expression, from the people's heart the most sincere emotional outpouring. The masses need dance mainly for the sake of entertainment, leaving the fundamental characteristic of entertainment, leaving the masses. In common parlance, the dance in which people gather together to entertain themselves is a form of folk dance. Because of the dance movement steps are relatively simple and refined, easy for the masses to grasp. Generally in the family, the village in a unique way to teach by word of mouth inherited.
(6) Improvisation.
When people entertained themselves with the performance of the dance gestures, and then the movement of the normative also appears to be weak, the movement of the variability of the stronger, then, people's pace, movement and so on can be a variety of improvisation.