Chinese Dance


The brilliant culture of Chinese dance found its root in the depths of history. Dance is an important part of the ancient Chinese term "Yue" (music), which is a comprehensive art form. Ancient Chinese believed that, "Poems express thoughts and feelings, songs put them into sound, and dances manifest their external features. All three originate from one's heart, with musical instruments they are then performed." Hence Yue includes such elements like poems, songs, dances and music. At its birth, this ancient art was all in one. The present division of songs, music and dances was gradually formed through a long course of development.

Chiese Folk Dance
Since its birth, this primitive art form has become a loyal companion of mankind on his passage from childhood to adulthood, from ignorance to enlightenment. During this process, different societies and cultures in different periods all left their prints or deep marks in the art of music and dance. Thus, the ancient dance culture offers extensive fields and viewpoints for research and explorations on not only art history, but also the forms of human production, living style, religions, folk customs, ethics, morality, aesthetic views, even the political culture.

Ansai Waist Drum Dance Chinese Dragon Dance
Ansai Waist Drum Dance Chinese Dragon Dance Yangge
Lion Dance
Gaoqiao dance  Lion Dance Fish Dance

Dances of Different Nationalities
We are boating on the long river of history and impressed by the brilliance of ancient dancers. Time goes by, we can no longer see their dances. However, in the vast land of China-in remote mountainous villages, on broad pasture land, in red valleys, on the blue sea, among dense forests, along the endless silk road-we can still feel their dancing arts.

Andai Dance Zhoi dance, Guozhuang Kuiyi Dance
Andai Dance in Inner Mongol  Zhoi dance, Guozhuang in Tibet Kuiyi Dance in Xinjiang
Goraxa Dance in Tibet Yishunbian Dance, Yi Dance in Tibet Batang Xianzi Dance
Xiangxi Dining Guide
Salang Dance Nuo Dance Miao Ethnic Drum dance in Xiangxi
Saman Dance, Tiaodashen Swans Dance Chopsticks Dance
Turpan Nazierkumu Dance Sawuerdeng Dance Zhongwan Dance
Bamboo Pole Dance Lusheng Dance
Bamboo Pole Dance Lusheng Dance Hair Swinging Dance 


Chinese Classical Dance
The ancient dance of China went through embryo and childhood stages in a primitive society. It became ripe at about the Bronze Age. Through further development in the feudal society, especially after the Han Dynasty, the dance culture reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty, it entered a transformation period as a result of the changes in the entire art field.

Yayue Dance The Dance in Feathery Clothing
Jiyue Dance Yayue Dance The Dance in Feathery Clothing
Tage, Dancing to The Beat Qianshou Guanyin Dance  Chinese Ballet
Tage, Dancing to The Beat Qianshou Guanyin Dance Chinese Ballet
Impression Yunnan Show
Tang Dynasty Music and Dance   Yunnan Folk Dance Impression of Liu Sanjie

Within Music and dance are the deepest consciousness of national spirits. China has a vast territory and has many nationalities. The diversified natural environment and cultural traditions together with different developing processes have painted a magnificent Fig. for the Chinese dance Culture. Chinese dance is no doubt the fruit of the Chinese nation's wisdom and soul combined.

Chinese dance possesses numerous types, with each nationality, each region and each type of dance carrying unique features and savors. Yet it is also easy to discover that Chinese dance is actually an integral body with common spirits and views. The frequent communication and assimilation between different ethnic groups and regions, the different dance fields between entertainment for others and self-entertainment, professional and amateur, religious and worldly, royal and grassroots, etc., have all melted and become one in another. Dances for rituals, performances, social contacts, education, clans, trades, etc., all take up an important and indispensable place in the garden of dances. In the Chinese dance tradition, the elegant official dance, the dance by folk troupes, the dance of folk customs, and the dance on religious occasions were the most important.


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