Circulating in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, China, and the Korean settlements in Heilongjiang and Liaoning Provinces. The Korean people are an ancient people engaged in paddy field cultivation, and their folk dances are characterized by agricultural work. They were formed on the basis of the traditional agricultural culture of the three Koreas and the Korean Peninsula, and were later nurtured into dances with elegant and subtle styles in the specific environment of Northeastern China. Korean dance movements are mostly improvisational. It is characterized by a large amplitude, and the performer's inner emotion is in harmony with the movement, and it is long in expressing the dashing and joyful emotion. The accompanying music is melodious and rhythmic. The main forms of Korean dances are Nongle Dance, Mask Dance, Sword Dance, Long Drum Dance, Bian Drum Dance, Fan Dance, Beat Dance and so on.
The Korean people have always been famous for their ability to sing and dance, and have been called "the nation of song and dance".
The Korean folk dances are characterized by beautiful, delicate, soft and long movements, which are like light and elegant white cranes. Among the famous folk dances are the "Nongle Dance" which celebrates the harvest, the "Long Encouragement Dance" which carries a long drum and represents the essence of Korean folk dance art, and the "Monk Dance" which represents the essence of Korean folk dance art. In addition, folk dances such as Mask Dance, Sword Dance, Top Water Dance, Fan Dance, Crane Dance, and Jima Dance have also been widely spread.
The Korean people's long artistic traditions have been further developed in the present and contemporary times. 1959 has set up the Yanbian branch of the Chinese Music and Dance Association. The famous Yanbian Song and Dance Troupe has a history of about 50 years, and they have created and performed a large number of national songs and dances with great excellence, which are generally loved by Chinese and foreigners. The Yanbian Disabled Art Troupe, established in the early 1980s, has also been praised both at home and abroad for its excellent performing arts. Since the mid-1940s, the Northeast Koreans have set up the Northeast Emerging Art Association, Harbin Korean Art Museum, Mudanjiang City Korean Art Museum, etc. is fully responsible for the organization and management of the local Korean cultural and artistic activities, and actively promote the development of Korean cultural undertakings.
Theoretical research on dance has also made some progress. 1982 Yanbian People's Publishing House published dance monographs "Long Encouragement" (written by Li Lushun) and "Top Water Dance" (written by Li Renshu) in Korean, promoting theoretical research on Korean folk dance.
The Korean people have a long and beautiful tradition of national culture and art, especially the ability to sing and dance, and they like to express their feelings with songs and dances during festivals or after labor. Whenever there is a happy event in a family, they sing and dance, forming an interesting "Family Song and Dance Party". The traditional songs and dances, such as playing and singing on the gamelan, the water dance, the fan dance, the long drum dance, and the agricultural music dance, are popular among the people.
The Korean dance is beautiful and elegant, its dance posture or soft and elegant, such as cranes spreading their wings, such as willow branches brushing the water; or strong rock, lively and elegant, reflecting the bright and exciting and delicate euphemism, subtle and deep national character.
Nongrak Dance: The dance of the Korean people, which has the longest history of expressing the content of farming life, originated from the ancient rituals and hunting activities, and later developed into a form of self-indulgent dance in agricultural labor. Nongrak Dance is divided into two kinds of plot performance and skill performance. The performance team is directed by the dancers holding small gongs, and the general team consists of 29 people, with the pilot holding the "command flag" or "agricultural flag", followed by the band and playing various characters, among which there are suona, the peace kettle, the upper sword, the deputy sword, the sword from the sword, the head drum, the drum without a stick Among them, there are suona, Taiping kettle, upper sword, deputy sword, subordinate sword, head drum, drum without staff, head drum, deputy drum, head law drum, deputy law drum, and officials, hunters, deacons, peasant crone, false women, dancing children and so on. The performance of "Elephant Hat" (wearing a kind of hat) in the dance is unique, and the dancer wears a special hat with two belts on his head, and dances while playing the snare drum and rotating the belts, which at the same time leads the dance performance to a climax. The accompanying music for the Nongle Dance consists of 12 tunes, and the music is cheerful and warm, while the dance is fun and lively.
Woo Dance: It played an important role in promoting the creation and development of the Korean national dance. Among the witch dances, there are the "Dance of God Traveling", "Dance of Inviting the God", "Dance of Sending the God", and "Dance of Entertaining the God", Dance for the Entertainment of the Gods", "Dance for the Expulsion of Ghosts" and so on. Witch dances are also divided into two categories: the "Séance Dance" and the "Hereditary Dance," and there are various forms of performances, such as the paper money dance, the sacred sword dance, the flower dance, the fan dance, and the bell dance, etc. The "Séance Dance" is the most popular form of witch dance.
Changjun: Korean folk dance. Passed down in the Korean people, has a long history, in the Dunhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386 ~ 534 AD) mural, there has been similar to the long drum drum drumming music. The long drum dance originated from the personal performance in the agricultural music dance, the earliest male solo dance, later, the stage of the improvisation of the performance of the long drum dance on the development of a certain influence on the development of the long drum, so that the long drum dance has a male and female long drum dance, two-person long drum dance and the long drum group dance and other forms. The long drum is widely practiced among the Korean people. The Korean long drum is a two-sided drum, the two ends of the drum surface were high, low different, dancers with two hands at the same time hit a variety of different rhythms of the drum. Modern long drums have two striking method: one for female dancers with drum whip (a foot long bamboo whip) and drumsticks (one end of the round thick, about a foot long mallet); one for the drum whip without drumsticks. The former only use the drum whip at the beginning of the slow whip beat while dancing, drum inserted in the long drum, dance to the climax, the party drew out the mallets for skill performance. The latter spring with a drum whip to dance with the music.
Fan Dance: a female dance performed with a flower fan. From the ancient witch activities and folk activities in the fan show, after the development of single fan dance, double fan dance two forms. The fan dance has different forms of holding one or two fans, and it has the unique rhythm of the Joseon people, the inner emotion that is contained but not revealed, the curvilinear rhythm, and the free and easy performance, and with the continuous change of the formation, the dancers can combine the fans in their hands into a variety of patterns and shapes.
Bian drum dance: a dance performed with a flat drum. The flat drum was originally an ancient percussion instrument of the Korean people, but later developed into a dance in which men and women dancers dance with drums strapped to their chests. The dance is accompanied by exciting drums, giving people a joyful, enthusiastic and dynamic emotional feelings. The joy of harvest, the happiness of life, and the cheerfulness of modern people are all expressed by the flat drum. Bianju drum not only expresses the delicate inner feelings of Korean women, but also expresses the bright and optimistic character traits of men.
Sword Dance: Also known as Sword Dance, it is a female dance performed with a short sword. The hilt of the short sword and the body of the sword between the movable device, the performer can be free to fling, rotate the short sword, so that it makes a regular sound, and the beautiful dance complement each other, resulting in a fighting atmosphere. The rhythm of the dance is the "beat order". Originally a male dance, the sword dance has been passed down for a long time and gradually evolved into a slow and elegant female dance. There are many types of sword dances, and they are usually performed by four people. There is also a juvenile sword dance handed down by wandering artists, whose style resembles martial arts and has a fighting character. The music of the sword dance is basically a tune with the rhythm of "playing bells" throughout, and is harmonized with the sound of the sword.
The Dai Dance is an ancient folk dance of the Dai people, and it is also the favorite dance of the Dai people. Popular in the entire Dai area, Ruili County and Gengma County Meng Ding peacock dance as a representative, and there are many to dance the peacock dance for a living of professional artists, they imitate the peacock: running down the mountain, walking through the forest, drinking spring water, chasing and playing, dragging the wings, shaking the wings, spreading the wings, boarding the branch, resting on the branch, open the screen, flying ...... and so on. Jumping out of the colorful dance movements and rich in sculptural dance shape. Their dance has a strict program and requirements, a fixed step and status, and even each action has a fixed drum accompaniment.