What are the Han folk dances

The Han folk dances include the Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, Lantern Dance, Silk Dance and Yangge.

The Han people have been known for their colorful songs and dances since ancient times, and they have never stopped reproducing and developing along with the process of history. For today's city dwellers, out of the high tension of work and life.

Narrow living space and relatively distant interpersonal relationships; foreign cultural factors and the introduction of high-tech entertainment and other factors, so that the city of generations of descendants, has been gradually forgotten, detached from, or simply do not understand and will no longer dance their own ethnic dances. This often leads to the conclusion that there is no dance in the Han Chinese nation.

In fact, the Han folk dance is not only rich in content, but also a variety of different styles. Even the same kind of songs and dances, depending on the region, will be in the style, dress up and expression of their own characteristics, unique charm.

The annual Spring Festival is the most solemn and enthusiastic traditional folk festival of the Han people. The people, wishing for the beginning of a new year and the renewal of all things, praying for a good harvest and prosperity for the future, as well as obtaining the only complete relaxation of body and mind and joy in a year, devote all their time and energy to the activities held during the Spring Festival.

As long as the Han Chinese live in the region, from the late lunar month to the new year almost the entire first month, can be called the Spring Festival period. People are excited to make new clothes, clean their homes, prepare sacrificial offerings and festive dishes, and prepare for ceremonies and performances in order to realize their expectations for the new year.

The first month of winter is a period of agricultural idleness in all agricultural areas of China, providing conditions for planning and celebrating the Spring Festival. Among the Han Chinese, the popular celebration of the Spring Festival varies according to the geographic location of the south and the north.

And began on the third or fifth day of the first month respectively, but basically all the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the first month as the culmination and end of the activities. Of course, there are some areas, in the first month of the 28th also held a "reunion after the reunion of the year".