What are the concepts and characteristics of folk dance in China?

Folk dance, as its name implies, comes from folk dance. This is one of the oldest art forms.

People often call folk dance "the mother of artistic dance", because folk dance originated from China's primitive dance and is the oldest dance form, and folk dance contains the legacy of primitive dance.

Characteristics of folk dance

In the process of historical development, folk dance has gradually formed its own six characteristics with the continuous development and progress of society:

1, inheritance. Folk dance retains many image features of ancient life and accumulates cultural factors in different historical development stages. It is closely combined with people's traditional ideas and folk activities, passed down from generation to generation and developed continuously.

2. quality. It is the result of people's collective creation. Come from the masses, go to the masses.

3. entertain yourself. It is the artistic expression of the broad masses of people's self-entertainment and comes from the most sincere emotional expression in people's hearts.

4. improvise. That is, the performances are not standardized, and the dance styles vary from person to person and follow the crowd.

5. adaptability. It is based on the historical era, adapts to the trend and development, and has the characteristics of advancing with the times.

6. Regional nationality. Influenced by geography and natural environment, it has distinct national style and regional cultural color.