Among folk dances, the most striking thing is.

The most powerful thing about folk dance is encouragement.

Drum Dance is a folk dance of Miao nationality in China. There are various forms of encouraging performances, which can be divided into three categories according to the number of dancers: single, double and group encouragement; According to the manifestations of encouragement, it can also be divided into four types: monkey drum, two-person drum, four-sided drum and reunion drum. There are various forms of performances, and the atmosphere is brilliant for different festivals.

Encouragement is a Miao folk dance, which dances while playing drums. The drum is made of wood, wrapped in cowhide at both ends, and knocked on the shelf.

The written record of Miao people's drumming, singing and dancing in history can be found in Volume 14 of the Record of the Ruling and Opposition in the Tang Dynasty: "I hope to be full, my parents died, I was buried outside the village for three years, I played drums in Luge, and my relatives ate wine and danced for more than a month." Account. Miao nationality's "drum dance" is mainly distributed in Qingshui River basin in western Hunan and southeastern Guizhou.

Miao people's encouragement comes from different sources. It is said that there were many monsters in ancient times who killed Miao people, women and children, and did many evils. After seven days and seven nights of bloody fighting, the brave Miao epigenetic Xiong Ya led his companions out of the sinkhole, finally killed the ferocious multi-headed monster and rescued the beautiful Azhu.

All the people in the village gathered around the burning bonfire to celebrate the victory. Xiong Ya and other soldiers skinned the monster, turned it into a big drum and beat it hard ... It is said that this is the origin of Miao drum.