The most prominent feature of Chinese folk dance is its folklore. From the point of view of dance function, we classify folk dances of various ethnic groups into five categories, namely: festival custom dances; life custom dances (e.g., self-entertainment, socializing and choosing a spouse, fitness and athletic activities, performing and selling arts, etc.); ritual custom dances (e.g., dances performed in birth rites, rites of passage, weddings, longevity rites, funeral rites, sacrificial rites, military rites, etc.); faith custom dances (e.g., dances danced during the activities of Taoism, Buddhism, Islam,
Dances performed in primitive religions and folk beliefs); and labor custom dances.
Chinese folk dances, in the long process of transmission and evolution, form a very complex cross-chaotic multifunctional phenomenon, and their attributes often show a diversified situation. Therefore, the following classification is based on the main attributes of the dances in order to more appropriately highlight their cultural connotations.
Customary Dances of Festivals and Seasons
Drum Rice-planting Dance--"Shandong Volume"
It is widely spread in Shanghe, Huimin, Fanling, Lingfeng, Xixin, Jiuoxi, and Yi counties and cities in Shandong Province. It is performed during the annual Chinese New Year festival and major festivals.
The roles of the drum rice-planting songs are known as umbrella, drum, stick and flower. The first three are named after the props they hold, and the flower is the female role. The umbrella's diligence is rounded and stretched, upright and powerful; the drum's action is big and rough;
The rod's action is fast and lively, clean and sharp; the flower's action is both wind and fire powerful and light and airy.
The drum rice-planting song has a long history, and according to historical records, it has been passed down at least during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.
Korean Nongle Dance - Jilin Volume
Nongle Dance is a representative dance popular among the Korean people in the Northeast region, where they live. It is mainly performed at the beginning of the New Year and at the time of harvest celebration. It is also used on other celebratory occasions. The main features of the dance are the tambourine dance and the elephant hat flinging. Dance tambourine players rich in action, dance like horseback riding and archery, vibrant; flinging the elephant hat to the neck as the axis, turning the head of the elephant hat on the top of the ribbon axis, with the longest up to 12 meters in the dancers around the body as a wheel like flying, dazzling. Agricultural music dance team is generally about 60 people, the activities of the agricultural flag written with the words of the world's largest agricultural flag, indicating that the agricultural dance based on agriculture, agriculture for the purpose of fun
Hat dance of the Hani people - "Yunnan Volume"
Hat dance spread in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, is a branch of the Hani people in the autumn festival, bamboo shoots, rice planting festival seasonal customary dance. When jumping, men and women gather in a circle, the number of people is not limited. The men play music to accompany the music, and cooperate with the women to change the formation. The dance is mainly performed by women, who hold chic hats, suddenly stretching out in front of them and suddenly circling above their heads, with their knees trembling slightly and jumping flexibly. The whole dance is free and lively.
Waking Lion Dance--Guangdong Reel
The Waking Lion Dance is one of the varieties of lion dances, which is mainly circulated in the southern part of China, such as Guangdong, as well as in the areas inhabited by overseas Chinese. It is danced during every festival or celebration as a metaphor for the prosperity of the country and the people. Peace and good fortune.
The Lion Dance has a unique style of movement and delicate performance, and the most exciting part of its performance is the picking of greens--
People tie greens and red packets (gratuities) together. They put them on the ground (ground green) or hang them on a high place (sky green) for the lion dancers to pick. Various obstacles are also set up, by which the performers' intelligence and kung fu skills are tested. Although some of the green is difficult to pick, the lion dancers who are highly skilled are able to pick the green in the end, generating loud cheers and applause from the audience.
Stilted Rice-planting Songs--Liaoning Volume
Stilted rice-planting songs are widely distributed in the north of China, and the stilted rice-planting songs that have been passed down in the south of Liaoning Province are one of the best varieties of them, and they are one of the most popular programs at temple fairs and spring festivals. The local people have a trumpet (suona) sound, itchy body; gongs and drums a knock. The local people have a folk song, which is a favorite of the local people. The folk song, love can be and a spot.
Liaonan stilt rice-planting song has many roles. There are mainly head stilts, two stilts, fisherman, old woman and raw, Dan, ugly. The performance form has street trip, frame elephant, big field and small field. Street trip is a group dance performed on the street; frame elephant means peaceful elephant, is the performance of stacked Luohan group modeling form; large field is a group dance performed on the ground, the atmosphere is hot and warm; small field is full of episodic, mostly men and women in love as the content of the performance, the performance is full of fun, rich in life, the most popular among the people.
Xinjiang Dance--"Uyghur Rolls"
The dance is lively and graceful, with a light and dexterous pace, and the use of various parts of the body is more detailed, especially the changes in the wrists and the dance posture are extremely rich.
The dance style of Xinjiang has a strong Western style. In today's Xinjiang dances, we can see the movements of raising eyebrows and moving eyes, shaking the head and neck, and clapping and snapping fingers. In addition, holding the head high, lifting the chest and standing on the waist are also the basic shapes of Xinjiang dance, which can show women's graceful body lines. Pairs of men and women are more common, with the women dancing beautifully and sparingly, and the men dancing vigorously and powerfully.