How Chinese Folk Dance Was Formed

When did dance, the mother of all arts, originate? Just how long is its history? This is a mystery. General researchers believe that the dance began in the Paleolithic Age, and may be earlier. In our country's ancient legends have Zhu Rong's son Chang Qin began to make music and wind; some say that the eight sons of Emperor Jun began to sing and dance, Yan Di (Shennong's) grandson of Yan Di Yan began to music and wind; others say that the Yellow Emperor created the music and dance. In fact, the founder of dance should be a group of human beings. People in the struggle with nature, in order to survive and engaged in labor, through the human body has produced rhythm, rhythm - the most primitive dance movements, can also be regarded as instinctive "human behavior". Therefore, dance and labor have a natural, inseparable link. It was created much earlier than the legendary era. Although no concrete images have been left, we can imagine the most primitive dances that are rich in mystery and charm based on the images of dances unearthed later and the ancient folk dances that have been preserved to this day. Ethnic folk dances are usually closely combined with folk songs to form a form of expression of singing and dancing, which is free, vivid and lively - able to express the rich content of life and easy to be understood by people. During farming, after the harvest, during weddings and funerals, and during traditional festivals, people of all ethnic groups use their own songs and dances to express the joy of the harvest, as well as innocent love and beautiful ideals, and to draw wisdom and strength from them. Ethnic folk dance emphasizes the content, usually based on a certain story or legend, so the characters are distinctive, with outstanding character and theme. Ethnic folk dance is highly unified between self-entertainment and performance. For the performers, both for self-indulgence, express personal feelings, but also for the performance, with elegant and popular **** appreciation of the aesthetic characteristics. The northern part of China originated from the nomadic dance in the style of robust, unrestrained, bold, spirited, often make people y feel the folk style of the table Han. Swarthy, rough. And the south of the dance originating from the agricultural people, is steady, subtle, lyrical, easy to make people think of the beautiful mountain scenery and water color. Song and dance activities are an important part of the life of our people of all ethnic groups.