There are several kinds of Miao dances

There are two main types of Miao dances: the Lusheng Dance and the Drum Dance. The Lusheng Dance is a kind of traditional folk dance mainly characterized by men blowing the Lusheng while dancing flexibly with their lower limbs (including the hips, knees and ankles), and it is widely spread and popularized in all the Miao areas; the Drum Dance is a folk dance of the Miao people that involves beating the drum while dancing, and the drums are made of wood, and are placed on a stand and struck at both ends by the cow leather. The drum is made of wood, covered with cow leather and placed on the shelf to beat. The Miao "drum dance" has a long historical origin.

Customary Lusheng dance is the annual "Huashan Festival" when jumping, this is the young men and women to celebrate and choose a spouse of the good times, this day jumped the Lusheng dance, the ancient times known as "jumping flowers" or "jumping moon", mostly in the moonlight and the moonlight. The Lusheng dance on this day was called "Jumping Flower" or "Jumping Moon" in ancient times, and it was performed on the night when the moon was bright and windy.

Performing Lusheng dances are usually performed in festivals or rallies in the form of competitions or skill offerings.

The ritual Lusheng Dance is usually danced to the accompaniment of wooden and bronze drums. Because it is important to show respect and remembrance of ancestral spirits in a solemn and solemn atmosphere, this dance moves steadily and sluggishly.

The ceremonial Lusheng dance also has different forms and characteristics depending on the content of its activities. The jumping and brisk movements and the warm and cheerful atmosphere are the characteristics of this dance.

The activity form of the Flower Drum Dance is made up of two people each holding two foot-long drumsticks, standing on both sides of the drum at the same time, and one person holding a single stick in the center of the drum waist as an accompaniment to the rhythm of the two requirements of unity and symmetry of movement.

Reunion drum dance is a form of drum dance with songs, dance by a drummer in the center of the field drumming accompaniment, the people who participate in the dance around him, stepping on the rhythm of the drums, light and heavy, swaying hands swinging waist and dance around the circle.

The single drum dance is a popular performance dance among the Miao people in western Hunan, often performed during harvest celebrations and other traditional festivals. It can be categorized into two kinds, one performed by men and the other by women.

The Monkey Drum Dance is a kind of men's performance dance with strong skills. The content of the dance is mainly to show the panic and playfulness of monkeys when they inadvertently beat the drum when they enter the temple to steal the fruits of the offerings, which is very dramatic.

The Treading Drum Dance is a kind of women's self-entertainment group dance. Dancers wear silver headdresses, collars and bracelets, and wear thick flowery dresses and long skirts for their beauty, and their movements are subject to certain constraints, so that the dance accordingly develops a natural style of flinging the hands and swinging the waist, and gently lifting the legs and kicking the feet.